Late one night, as he lay staring at the ceiling, the man by the window began to cough. He was choking on the fluid in his lungs.

之后的一天夜里，当他躺在床上盯着天花板时，窗边的人开始咳嗽。肺部积液使他呼吸困难。

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His speechwriter, Mark Salter, prepares him elegant texts that he stumbles through like a man of homely tastes choking on nouvelle cuisine.

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"These measures are too little, too late from the man who was responsible for choking off growth in the British economy when he came to power, " opposition leader Ed Miliband said.

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The man slammed into the truck, choking and coughing.

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