swallow (d.), take* a mouthful (of)
choke (with), swallow the wrong way (d.)
♢ говорить захлёбываясь — speak* breathlessly
захлёбываться от счастья — be delirious with joy
наступление врага захлебнулось — the enemy's attack got bogged down
"Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party." Herbert Hoover
"Hitch your wagon to a star." Ralph Waldo Emerson
"If fear is cultivated it will become stronger, if faith is cultivated it will achieve mastery." John Paul Jones
"Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked." Walter Savage Landor