Read the excerpt from “A Century Ride.”“I’m choking with thirst,” said Maude. “Get me a drink of water, and I’ll tell you,” and the Doctor bounced in for a dipper, and out to the pump for the required beverage.

Maude says she is “choking with thirst” and asks for a drink of water, so she means she is extremely thirsty. “Dying of thirst” has the same meaning. The other choices suggest becoming thirsty or use different expressions that do not match as directly.

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