29. Mark: You look pale. What’s wrong with you? Terry: The death of my dear friend, Tom, really ____.
(A) cheered me up
(B) took me by surprise
(C) brought me to
(D) held me up IV. Error Correction

take someone/thing by surprise

• 1Attack or capture someone or something unexpectedly: his flotilla was taken wholly by surprise when fired on by the British warships

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• 1.1 (take someone by surprise) Happen when someone is not prepared: the question took David by surprise

1Support and prevent something from falling: concrete pillars hold up the elevated section of the railway

（以上資料來源：OXFORD DICTIONARIES       http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/take-someone/thing-by-surprise）