" You hold something back" ! said Phoebe.

“你有所保留” ！菲比说。

She seemed to be brooding over something, and holding something back.

她似乎在沉思着什么， 又在隐瞒着什么。

And her cousin might be holding something back.

她堂兄也许也有所隐瞒。

Somebody who seems to be holding something back.

肯定有人没在说实话。

All the time we talked he was hiding something, holding something back, she thought.

我们一直在谈话，他一直在隐瞒什么，隐瞒什么，她想。

You held something back because you knew what we were up to.

你保留了一些东西， 因为你知道我们的目的。

In order to keep oneself continuing in them one is unconsciously holding something back, and gradually the repression becomes an effort.

为了让自己继续在其中， 一个人不自觉地压抑着某些东西，逐渐地，压抑变成了一种努力。

They were friendly and even cordial, but at the same time they held something back, she knew not what, so that she was conscious that she was nothing but a casual stranger.

他们很友善， 甚至很亲切，但同时又有所隐瞒，她不知道是什么， 以至于她意识到自己不过是个随便的陌生人。