Como dizer "surpreender" em inglês

Complemento:

To astonish
Astonish that

Dale astonished her by refusing to help.
(Dale a surpreendeu ao recusar a ajudar.)

English Experts website always astonish me in some way.
(O site do English Experts sempre me surpreende de alguma maneira.)

It always astonished him that his children did not feel closer to their grandfather.
(Sempre o surpreendia o fato de suas crianças...)

And:

To amaze someone

For instance:

You amazed her back there in biology, Bug!
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Outro complemento:

Take aback
desconcertar, surpreender

He was taken aback when she told him the truth.

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"be take aback" (ficar surpreso)

It`s a phrasal verb very commom, and sound really good.

I was really taken aback (Isso realmente me surpreendeu)

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