la chamade

a pounding heartbeat

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noun · feminine Rare #40,627
a pounding heartbeat Usually used in the expression « battre la chamade » (to have one's heart pounding).
FR: Mon cœur bat la chamade quand je la vois.
EN: My heart pounds when I see her.

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.

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