a pounding heartbeat
Mon cœur battait la chamade.
My heart was pounding.
— Titanic (1997)
Ça… ça bat la chamade.
That... that's making my heart race.
— Tár (2022)
Le cœur de Tom, prêt à capituler sous les avances de Marie, battait la chamade.
Tom's heart, ready to succumb to Marie's advances, was pounding wildly.
Nos coeurs battront la chamade.
Our hearts will beat like a drum.
— मुन्ना भाई एम बी बी एस (2003)
Son cœur battait la chamade.
His heart was pounding.