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    startle

    US /ˈstɑ:rtl/

    ・

    UK /ˈstɑ:tl/

    B2
    v.t.Transitive VerbTo give someone a shock or surprise
    Oh my goodness, you did startle me!

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    • Not that I dreamed of resuscitating Hyde; the  bare idea of that would startle me to frenzy:  

      Not that I dreamed of resuscitating Hyde; the  bare idea of that would startle me to frenzy:  

    • Not that I dreamed of resuscitating Hyde; the bare idea of that would startle me to frenzy;

      Not that I dreamed of resuscitating Hyde; the bare idea of that would startle me to frenzy;

    B1

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    • I didn't mean to startle you.

      I didn't mean to startle you.

    • - [Chris] I didn't mean to startle you.

      - [Chris] I didn't mean to startle you.

    A2

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    • I didn't mean to startle you.

      I didn't mean to startle you.

    • It's alright, I didn't mean to startle you. I'm here to help.

      It's alright, I didn't mean to startle you. I'm here to help.

    B1

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    • It's just enough to startle them.

      It's just enough to startle them.

    A2

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    • To spook an animal is to scare him, startle him, cause him to run off. Spook him.

      To spook an animal is to scare him, startle him, cause him to run off. Spook him.

    A2

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    • Did it startle you?

      Did it startle you?

    • - Did it startle you? - Yeah.

      - Did it startle you? - Yeah.

    B1

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    • Startle Startle The unexpected knock on the door startled her and she almost spilled her coffee.

      Startle Startle The unexpected knock on the door startled her and she almost spilled her coffee.

    B2

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    • Nothing does startle loud.

      Nothing does startle loud.

    • Sweet dreams come after hours, nothing does startle loud.

      Sweet dreams come after hours, nothing does startle loud.

    A2

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    • more than it could be thought. Like the startle experiments, for example. If you sit a guy

      more than it could be thought. Like the startle experiments, for example. If you sit a guy

    • Like the startle experiments, for instance, if you sit a guy on a chair with all this kind of apparatus measuring your physiology and there's a kind of a bomb that goes off.

      Like the startle experiments, for instance, if you sit a guy on a chair with all this kind of apparatus measuring your physiology and there's a kind of a bomb that goes off.

    B1

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    • Mrs. Stiles, you did startle me.

      Mrs. Stiles, you did startle me.

    A2