open. Is that right?”(para.31)
如果你不在，场地就是空着的。你说是吗?
If you were no longer involved with her, others would be free to compete to get her as a girlfriend.
10.Back and forth his head swiveled, desire waxing, resolution
waning.
他看了又看，越看越爱，慢慢地决心也就减弱了。
His head turned back and forth. Every time he looked his desire for the coat grew stronger and his resolution not to give away Polly became weaker.
11.This loomed as a project of no small dimensions...(Para. 58)
这可不是一件容易的事。
To teach her to think appeared to be a rather big task.
12.Admittedly it was not a prospect fraught with hope, but I
decided to give it one more try. (Para.95)
当然，成功的希望是不大的，但我还是决定再试一次。
One must admit the outcome does not look very hopeful，but I decided to try one more time.