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snap
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ad lib
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caught short
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come apart(expression, upset, unsettled, confused, disturbed)
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extemporaneous
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flustered(upset, unsettled, confused, disturbed, disordered)
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haphazard
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hasty
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impromptu
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improvised
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in botheration(expression, upset, unsettled, confused, disturbed)
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makeshift
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messed-up(upset, unsettled, confused, disturbed, frantic)
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out of countenance(expression, idiom, upset, unsettled, disturbed)
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precipitate
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psyched-out(upset, unsettled, confused, disturbed, frantic)
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ruffled(upset, unsettled, confused, disturbed, disordered)
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shook-up(unsettled, confused, frantic, disordered, flustered)
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surprised
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taken aback(expression, upset, unsettled, confused, disturbed)
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