choke

1. (intransitive)To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).

   Ever since he choked on a bone, he has refused to eat fish.

   ersticken, verschlucken

   задыха́тьсяzadyxátʹsja, задохну́тьсяzadoxnútʹsja, дави́тьсяdavítʹsja

   задиха́тисяzadyxátysja, задихну́тисяzadyxnútysja, дави́тисяdavýtysja

2. (transitive)To prevent (someone) from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe.

   The collar of this shirt is too tight; it’s choking me.

   würgen, ersticken

   души́тьdušítʹ, задуши́тьzadušítʹ, придуши́тьpridušítʹ

   души́тиdušýty, задуши́тиzadušýty, удуши́тиudušýty

3. (transitive)To obstruct (a passage, etc.) by filling it up or clogging it.

   to choke a cave passage with boulders and mud

   impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of

4. (transitive)To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to kill (a plant by robbing it of nutrients); to extinguish (fire by robbing it of oxygen).

   ersticken, unterdrücken

5. (colloquial, intransitive)To perform badly at a crucial stage of a competition, especially when one appears to be clearly winning.

   He has a lot of talent, but he tends to choke under pressure.

6. (transitive)To move one's fingers very close to the tip of a pencil, brush or other art tool.

7. (transitive)To hold the club or bat lower on the shaft in order to shorten one's swing.

8. (intransitive)To be checked or stopped, as if by choking

9. (transitive)To check or stop (an utterance or voice) as if by choking.

10. (intransitive)To have a feeling of strangulation in one's throat as a result of passion or strong emotion.

    2007, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Wizard of the Crow, New York: Knopf Doubleday, Book 3, p. 435, Tajirika felt himself choking with anger. How dare those hussies interfere with his business?

    breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion

11. (transitive)To give (someone) a feeling of strangulation as a result of passion or strong emotion.

12. (transitive)To say (something) with one’s throat constricted (due to emotion, for example).

1. She choked him with her bare hands.

   Вона задушила його голими руками.

   ruОна задушила его голыми руками.

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2. She choked him.

   Вона його задушила.

   ruОна его задушила.

   deSie hat ihn erwürgt.

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3. Tom choked Mary.

   Том задушив Мері.

   ruТом душил Мэри.

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4. I nearly choked on a fishbone.

   deIch bin an einer Fischgräte fast erstickt.

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5. Tom just tried to choke me.

   ruТом только что пытался меня задушить.

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regular · Lesson

• choke upTo (temporarily) lose one's power of speech, because of strong emotion.
• choke offTo get rid of; to cause to come to an end.
• choke outTo say (something) with difficulty, while or as if choking.
• choke onTo refuse to accept (something).
• choke downTo swallow with difficulty.
• choke backTo hold back or suppress (an emotion, expression of emotion, or utterance), with difficulty.