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throat

/ˈθɹoʊt/ nom B2

En français : gorge, goulot

  1. The front part of the neck. · The wild pitch bounced and hit the catcher in the throat.
  2. The gullet or windpipe. · As I swallowed I felt something strange in my throat.
  3. A narrow opening in a vessel. · The water leaked out from the throat of the bottle.
  4. The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue.
  5. The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail.
  6. That end of a gaff which is next to the mast.
  7. The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank.
  8. The inside of a timber knee.

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Some of the birds hurried off at once: one old Magpie began wrapping itself up very carefully, remarking, “I really must be getting home; the night-air doesn’t suit my throat!” and a Canary called out in a trembling voice to its children, “Come away, my dears!
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 21 · B2
“Same as if he had a bone in his throat,” said the Gryphon: and it set to work shaking him and punching him in the back.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 75 · B2
Delia was to become familiar and then contemptuous with Music, so that when she saw the orchestra seats and boxes unsold she could have sore throat and lobster in a private dining-room and refuse to go on the stage.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 2 · C1
Now a snake, especially a wary old python like Kaa, very seldom shows that he is angry, but Baloo and Bagheera could see the big swallowing muscles on either side of Kaa’s throat ripple and bulge.
The Jungle Book, p. 44 · B2

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