Thank you so much for your reply! It’s a relief to hear that this is a shared experience. The 'synonym gap' and the need to rearrange entire sentences can be so exhausting. Your tip about using specific 'thinking noises' or filler words is great. I usually try to hide my blocks, but using a natural-sounding filler might actually take some of the pressure off. It’s a pity that this doesn't really work for Dutch, though. Since it’s not a global language, using Dutch fillers while trying to speak English would probably only cause more confusion, whereas English fillers are understood almost everywhere