"tomber des nues" meaning in French

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        "2": "cadere dalle nuvole"
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      "expansion": "Italian cadere dalle nuvole",
      "name": "cog"
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        "1": "es",
        "2": "caer de las nubes"
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      "expansion": "Spanish caer de las nubes",
      "name": "cog"
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        "1": "de",
        "2": "aus allen Wolken fallen"
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      "expansion": "German aus allen Wolken fallen",
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          "text": "Quand ma mère s’est sentie obligée, à contrecœur, de m’expliquer comment on faisait les bébés, parce que ma puberté naissante rendait cet impératif inévitable, je suis tombée des nues. Jusque-là, rien ne m’avait encouragée à chercher plus loin que la vague explication qu’on donnait alors aux enfants […]\nWhen my mother felt compelled – reluctantly – to explain to me how babies were made, because my burgeoning puberty had made it indispensable to do so, I was flabbergasted. Until then, nothing had pushed me to look beyond the vague explanation given to children […]",
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        "(intransitive) to be flabbergasted"
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        {
          "word": "porter aux nues"
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        {
          "word": "tomber de haut"
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        {
          "word": "halluciner"
        },
        {
          "word": "tomber à la renverse"
        },
        {
          "word": "être sur le cul"
        },
        {
          "word": "être sidéré"
        },
        {
          "word": "être abasourdi"
        },
        {
          "word": "être bouche bée"
        }
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        "2": "cadere dalle nuvole"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "2": "caer de las nubes"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish caer de las nubes",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      },
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        "(intransitive) to be flabbergasted"
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        {
          "word": "halluciner"
        },
        {
          "word": "tomber à la renverse"
        },
        {
          "word": "être sur le cul"
        },
        {
          "word": "être sidéré"
        },
        {
          "word": "être abasourdi"
        },
        {
          "word": "être bouche bée"
        }
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