be struck; chicken out (Ivan Pisarev); back down (Ivan Pisarev); back out (Ivan Pisarev); bow out (Ivan Pisarev); wimp out (Ivan Pisarev); get cold feet (Ivan Pisarev); beg off (Ivan Pisarev); shy away (Ivan Pisarev); puss out (Ivan Pisarev); get the jitters (Ivan Pisarev); back-pedal (Ivan Pisarev); run scared (Ivan Pisarev); be frightened (Ivan Pisarev); jump out of one's skin (Ivan Pisarev); funk out (Ivan Pisarev); have no stomach (Ivan Pisarev); backtrack on (Ivan Pisarev); lose the nerve (Ivan Pisarev); flake out (Ivan Pisarev); shrink back (Ivan Pisarev); duck out (Ivan Pisarev); beat a retreat (Ivan Pisarev); take flight (Ivan Pisarev); make a quick exit (Ivan Pisarev); scuttle off (Ivan Pisarev); slither away (Ivan Pisarev); lose the heart (Ivan Pisarev)

faint; swoon; stand transfixed (Andrey Truhachev); go numb (from fear, shock, etc.); of one’s heart skip a beat

be paralyzed (Andrey Truhachev)

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: 181 phrases in 40 subjects

Animal husbandry	1
Armored vehicles	1
Automated equipment	13
Automobiles	1
Caspian	1
Commerce	1
Construction	15
Economics	1
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Finances	1
Fish farming pisciculture	1
Foreign affairs	1
Forestry	13
General	8
Geology	3
Industry	1
Insurance	1
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Makarov	6
Mechanic engineering	4
Mechanics	1
Military	4
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Nautical	32
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Oil and gas	1
Oil and gas technology	1
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Sakhalin	1
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Technology	11
Transport	2
United States	1
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Yachting	8
Zootechnics	2