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disconcert |
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disconcert verb abash, agitate, alarm, annoy, appall, astound, bedazzle, bedevil, cause discontent, chagrin, confound, confuse, discomfit, discomfort, discompose, dismay, disquiet, disrupt, disturb, fluster, give cause for alarm, percellere, perplex, perturb, perturbare, puzzle, ruffle, startle, throw into confusion, upset See also: affront, agitate, badger, confuse, counteract, discommode, discompose, disorganize, disorient, disturb, embarrass, frustrate, harass, harrow, harry, menace, muddle, obfuscate, obsess, perplex, perturb, upset 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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