in the middle of a meal (e.g. having dinner)

device, mechanism

any object that sticks in throat / bony

person who sets up something

suffocation / (medicine) asphyxia

suffocate, choke

meal / diet

have a meal, eat

be blocked, be clogged / be packed, completely filled / shorten, become shorter / be unable to do (something) well, be stuck / arrive at one’s destination, be at the end

boring / trivial, insignificant,useless / absurd, foolish, silly