Term: choke on the fumes

choke on the fumes (verb phrase): to have difficulty breathing because of strong, unpleasant, or dangerous gas or smoke. 

synonyms: gasp for air, suffocate, cough, struggle to breathe. 

pronunciation: /tʃəʊk ɒn ðə fjuːmz/ 

translation: rīstīties no izplūdes gāzēm / smakt dūmos 

example: The traffic was so heavy that we started to choke on the fumes from the old buses.