The past tense of "be taken aback" is "was taken aback" or "were taken aback," depending on the subject.
Yes, as far as I know a rag worm is an Invertebrate.
"He was taken 'aback' by the story he heard"
aback is having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
It is a nautical term. When the sails of a squared-rigged sailing ship are suddenly carried by the wind back against the mast the ship is 'taken aback' and stopped dead. So that lead to a person being taken aback as well.
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I was momentarily taken aback by the kitten's sudden defiance.
No, bees -- like all insects -- do not have a bony skeleton, so no backbone. They have a hard outer casing called an exoskeleton which gives them their body shape.
There is not word in English spelled 'beeds'.The collective noun for beads is a string of beads.The collective nouns for bees are a bike of bees, a charm of bees, a drift of bees, a grist of bees, a hive of bees, a hum of bees, a stand of bees, a swarm of bees