it came as quite a surprise to me

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• quite some — quite a/quite some/ phrase used before a noun for emphasizing that something is unusual or interesting The news came as quite a surprise. It was quite a competition. He’s been renting the house for quite some time. They have to walk home and it’s …   Useful english dictionary

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