He looked at me, as though he wanted to see a smile on my face, but I couldn't as much as fall down if someone had pushed the chair out from under me.

他看了看我，似乎想在我脸上看到一丝笑意，可此刻若有人从我身后把椅子抽开，我也不会摔倒在地。

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Now the chair of her party in Parliament, she can expect searching questions about how the fall-out from this most acrimonious period since the General Election a year ago will impact on the government partners.

BBC: England