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disconcert Verb to disturb the confidence or self-possession of; upset, embarrass, or take aback disconcerting adj
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disconcert Translations v disconcert [diskənˈsəːt] to embarrass or take aback He was disconcerted by the amount he had to pay. verbouereerd, verleë, van stryk af يُرْبِك، يُقْلِق разстройвам rozrušit, znepokojit ryste; bringe ud af fatning aus der Fassung bringen φέρνω κπ. σε δύσκολη θέση, αναστατώνω desconcertar segadusse ajama گیج کردن؛ دستپاچه کردن saattaa ymmälle déconcerter לְבַלבֵּל, לְהָבִיך क्षुब्ध कर देना smesti, dovesti u nepriliku meghökkent terkejut koma úr jafnvægi sconcertare, sconvolgere 当惑させる 당황하게 하다, 깜짝 놀라게 하다 nustebinti, sugluminti apmulsināt; pārsteigt resah in verwarring brengen gjøre forlegen, forstyrre, gjøre desorientert żenować, wprawiać w zakłopotanie desconcertar a deconcerta приводить в замешательство znepokojiť vznemiriti zabrinuti bringa ur fattningen, göra förlägen ทำให้อึกอัก mahçup etmek; şaşırtmak 使困窘 бентежити; розладнувати بے کل کرنا làm bối rối; lấy lại 使困窘 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Commenting specifically on the problems that a monolingual reader might have with these texts, as compared to a bilingual-bicultural reader, and the calculated disconcertions that writers feed these monocultural readers, Dasenbrock nevertheless concluded, "No matter where one starts, the difference between the two reading experiences should be eliminated or at least reduced by the books' ends, as the monocultural reader should be that much less monocultural than at the start" (16). |
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