astonish，be bound to，freezing，contrary to，arise，take sb's breath away，start out，a bunch of

（1）When I first caught a glimpse of the oil painting，it nearly

took my breath away

took my breath away

.
（2）All the people present at the meeting were

astonished

astonished

at the news.
（3）Before they

started out

started out

，they had made careful preparations for the long journey.
（4）Different kinds of problems will

arise

arise

，so get prepared to face and solve them.
（5）On a very

freezing

freezing

morning in January，a poor boy walked alone on the street in rags.
（6）If you always keep a good state of mind towards life，you

are bound to

are bound to

live a happy life.
（7）The charming lady received

a bunch of

a bunch of

red roses on her birthday，but she refused to accept them.
（8）

Contrary to

Contrary to

other students' ideas，Martin thought it was quite easy and simple to deal with the situation.