"lump in one's throat" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2017 September 23, “From north Wales to Norfolk, distraught beekeepers ask: who’s stealing our hives?”, in The Observer",
          "text": "There was a lump in Katie Hayward’s throat as she spoke about the emotional impact of the thefts that have cast a shadow over Britain’s beekeepers. “The heartbreaking thing is that it’s a very close community. The fact that one beekeeper does this to another is the hardest thing of all,” she says.",
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        "(idiomatic) Strong emotion, either happy or sad, causing someone to be on the verge of crying; a sensation of tightness in the throat associated with this."
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "on the point of crying",
          "word": "pala kurkussa"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "on the point of crying",
          "word": "nœud dans la gorge"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "on the point of crying",
          "word": "boule dans la gorge"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "on the point of crying",
          "word": "avoir la gorge nouée"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "on the point of crying",
          "word": "avoir la gorge serrée"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "on the point of crying",
          "word": "nodo in gola"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "on the point of crying",
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          "word": "ścisk w gardle"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kom v górle",
          "sense": "on the point of crying",
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          "word": "ком в го́рле"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "on the point of crying",
      "word": "pala kurkussa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "on the point of crying",
      "word": "nœud dans la gorge"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "on the point of crying",
      "word": "boule dans la gorge"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "on the point of crying",
      "word": "avoir la gorge nouée"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "on the point of crying",
      "word": "avoir la gorge serrée"
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "on the point of crying",
      "word": "nodo in gola"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "on the point of crying",
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      "word": "ścisk w gardle"
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      "roman": "kom v górle",
      "sense": "on the point of crying",
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