Then suddenly, the engine coughed, spluttered, and died.

突然，发动机发出喀喀声、噼啪声，然后就熄火了。

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Then suddenly, the engine coughed, spluttered and died.

接着，发动机突然咔咔地响了几声，然后就熄火了。

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She opened her eyes and saw him. Then she coughed, and I saw fear in her face.

她睁开眼睛看着他，然后又是一阵咳嗽，在她脸上我看到了恐惧的神色。

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The largest problem is the dangerous amount of nitrogen oxide (which mixes with vehicle-exhaust gas to create ozone, and then smog) coughed out by the state's industrial plants.

ECONOMIST: The Lone Smog State

It wheezed and coughed and then eventually lay on its side and surrendered, blinking at me.

NEWYORKER: Naima

We waited through the long silences and then nodded when he coughed, in collegial approval.

NEWYORKER: Midnight in Dostoevsky