heart skips a beat

your heart skips a beat

also your heart stands still

you are suddenly surprised, excited, or frightened Ben walked into the room and her heart skipped a beat. When the shark came toward us, my heart stood still.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Suzana	-	Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Kaisa	KIE-sah (Finnish)	Finnish, Estonian
Ablitt	['æblit]
Haggith	-	Biblical
Kern	[kə:n]
Therese	te-RE-zə (German), te-RES (Swedish), tə-REES (English)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English