The team's last bid to reach a big tournament, overseen by a native known as “the wally with a brolly”, ended in humiliation.

这支球队上一次在联赛中输得颜面扫地，在场督战的是一名英国人，人称“打伞的傻帽”。

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They are scheming to execute all manner of nefarious deeds as a last bid to hold on or destroy you ones, meaning the planet and its inhabitants.

他们诡计多端地施行一切邪恶行径，苟延残喘着，或者试图去毁灭你们——意思是这个星球及其居民。

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Even though Mr Brown has perked up since the last, failed bid to oust him, Mr Cameron is still likely to best him in the face-off of a campaign.

尽管布朗上次经历了一次失败的逼宫运动，并从中再次鼓起勇气，卡梅隆还是有可能在竞选中的争锋相对中击垮他。

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Critics say this leaves the window open to push the Maoist party, which won 40 percent of the seats in last year's election, out of the picture - paving the way for any number of smaller parties to bid for the prime minister seat.

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This is surely his last bid for public office.

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Is this Japan's last bid to stay on top?

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He was trying to play both sides against the other in a last desperate bid to maintain some kind of relevance.

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