Stun is used to express great surprise or shock. I was stunned when I found out I'd won the football pools (I wish! It's only an example :-)
Stun has been popularised as the adjective "stunning". Stunning means very attractive, impressive, astonishing.
Like a beautiful and vivid photograph.
Or a brilliant theatrical performance.
Advertising copy likes the word too. Your hairdresser offers you a stunning new look, and property developers promise you a stunning new home (see photo). But then, they are only words :-)
Can't remember the last time anybody described me as 'stunning'. Maybe cos it never happened...
ReplyDeleteMe neither! No doubt they are shy :-)
ReplyDeletesee how I stun... see how I stun...
ReplyDeletei usually associate expressions or word with lyrics.
In this case, Interpol's 'Pace is the trick'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smhKr3mYql4&feature=related
Songs are definitely a great and fun way to learn a language. Thanks for the recommendation, I like it!
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