Expressing surprise in English
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| EXPRESSING SURPRISE |
| Are you joking? / Are you kidding? |
| Are you serious? |
| Can you imagine that? |
| Do you believe it? |
| Do you know what? |
| Don’t you think it’s odd that….? |
| Everyone’s reeling from the shock of… |
| Fancy seeing you here! |
| Fancy that! |
| Good heavens |
| Guess what! |
| Hey, nothing new! |
| How strange! |
| I (just) can’t get over …. |
| I / You just can’t imagine… |
| I can’t think of it. |
| I don’t believe it. / I just can’t believe… |
| I don’t trust you. |
| I find it hard to believe |
| I just adore this colour! |
| I must say it surprises me. |
| I was just stunned by… |
| I was pleasantly surprised. |
| I was shocked to hear… |
| I’m not surprised at the news. |
| I’m not surprised by the way he behaved. |
| I’m not surprised. |
| I’ve got news, for you |
| I’ve never met anyone so attractive! |
| I’ve never seen anything like it! |
| Isn’t it beautiful? |
| Isn’t that fantastic! |
| It can’t be true. |
| It happened out of the blue. |
| It’s a catastrophe |
| It’s a tragedy. |
| It’s terrible / What terrible news. |
| It’s unbelievable. |
| It’s absolutely splendid! |
| It’s really something! |
| It’s really wonderful! |
| It’s very surprising to hear this! |
| My goodness! |
| No, I don’t believe it. |
| Oh, no! that’s not true! |
| Really fantastic! |
| Really? |
| Really? That sounds interesting. |
| Seeing is believing. |
| Surely not! |
| Surprise! |
| That’s a surprise! |
| That’s incredible! |
| That’s quite fantastic! |
| That’s very surprising! |
| The news came as a complete shock. |
| There’s no way it could have happened. |
| This is really a surprise! |
| This is the worst thing that could have happened. |
| We were completely taken aback by… |
| We’re all in complete shock. |
| What a grand view! |
| What? |
| What’s new in that? |
| What’s so unusual in that? |
| Who could have predicted it? |
| Words can’t describe how I feel |
| Wouldn’t you believe it? |
| Wow! What a surprise! |
| You don’t believe it, do you? |
| You don’t say! |
| You must be joking/kidding! |
| You won’t believe it! |
| You’re kidding! |
| You’re the prettiest girl I’ve ever seen! |
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