He was often tardy, and the last straw was him being late for her best friend's 40th birthday party.

他经常拖拉，最后的一次令她实在忍无可忍了，那是他在她最好的朋友40岁生日派对时迟到。

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Yes, Alma said to me when Theodora didn't come to her party, it was the last straw. I don't understand. What could a straw do?

是的，阿尔玛对我说，当西奥多拉没有来她的聚会时，这就是最后一根稻草了。我不理解。一根稻草能做什么呢？

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The straw poll winner, Michele Bachmann, has substantial backing from social conservatives as well as the virulently anti-tax, anti-spend Tea Party faction of the Republican Party.

意向性投票的赢家米歇尔·巴克曼得到了社会保守派人士以及共和党内强烈反增税，反对增加开支的茶党组织的大力支持。

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The general's friends among them Margaret Thatcher and most of the Tory party lambasted Mr Straw's decision as blatantly political.

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MPs would probably buck the party whips, and Mr Straw is unlikely to want to precipitate his government's first parliamentary defeat.

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