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
Briscoe	BRIS-ko	English (Rare)
Hope	[həup]
Tamandani	tah-mahn-DAH-nee	Southern African, Chewa
Milena	mee-LE-nah (Italian)	Bulgarian, Czech, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Italian
Aniya	-	English (Modern)
Nathalie	na-ta-LEE (French), NAH-tah-lee (German)	French, German