Sentence:  Alex suppressed those expressions of relief which offered to prevail in his face and escape from his <WSD>throat</WSD> ; unwarranted they were in any case for , as he stood facing the fille de chambre , his ears were assailed by new sounds from the interior of the shower room . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone