étouffer

Mon frère savait ce qui se passait mais il pensait que je m’étouffais avec un morceau de viande.
My brother knew what was happening but he thought that a piece of hamburger was lodged in my throat.
Quand je suis descendu du bus, un homme est venu vers moi, je toussais et étouffais, et il m'a dit, "ça va ? "
When I got off the bus, a man came up to me... and I'm coughing and strangling... and he said, "Boy, you all right?"
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