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оцепенеть

v
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gen. curdle; petrify; get stupid; grow stupid; grow numb; freeze (Pickman); seize up (intransitive form Liv Bliss); become rigid; go numb (with); startle; stop dead (figure of speech Val_Ships); become numb; go still (juribt); benumb
Gruzovik grow torpid (pf of цепенеть); go numb with (pf of цепенеть)
idiom. be like a rabbit caught in the headlights (to be so surprised or frightened that you cannot move or think • Each time the directors asked Alan a question he looked like a rabbit caught in the headlights. englishwithatwist.com Дмитрий_Р)
inf. stand transfixed (Andrey Truhachev); caught in a daze (valery5)
Makarov. become freeze; go numb
nonstand. clutch (от страха, волнения)
psychol. be paralyzed (Andrey Truhachev)
так и оцепенеть на месте v
idiom. be like a deer caught in the headlights (to be visibly startled and frozen in fear or in surprise • I was like a deer caught in the headlights when my mom asked about that hideous sweater she gave me.When the security alarm started blaring, the burglar was like a deer caught in the headlights.My parents found me trying to sneak out, and what could I say? I was like a deer caught in the headlights. thefreedictionary.com Abysslooker)
оцепенело adv.
gen. numbly (He stared numbly at Riddle... NarcissusTheReborn); torpidly; dazedly
оцепенелый adj.
gen. benumbed; stupefied; numb; torpid; cataleptic; drowsy; stupid; dazed; dozened; dozy; dull; musty; torpent; stunned
Makarov. dead
оцепенело
: 22 phrases in 5 subjects
Figurative1
Figure of speech1
General16
Literature1
Makarov3

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