giật mình
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Vietnamese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
- to jerk, to twitch
- to be startled, to get a scare
- giật cả mình ― (slang) to jump out of one's skin
- 2005, Nguyễn Ngọc Tư, "Cánh đồng bất tận" chapter 6 (in Cánh đồng bất tận), Trẻ publishing house
- Hai đứa tôi đều kỳ dị, đến mức nhiều khi tự giật mình.
- The two of us were weird, so much so that we often startled ourselves.
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