Rus büyükelçisi şaşkına döndü.
- The Russian ambassador was taken aback.
Rus büyükelçisi şaşkına döndü.
- The Russian ambassador was taken aback.
Şaşırmış görünüyordun.
- You seemed taken aback.
Tom şaşırmış görünüyordu.
- Tom seemed taken aback.
By setting the foresail aback and the headsail in the middle one can bring a fore-and-aft rigged sailing boat practically to a halt even in heavy wind.
Therewith aback she started. - Geoffrey Chaucer.
The bad news took us aback.