The bridge and tunnel connecting the island of Chongming to Shanghai got built, but nothing else did (except for a few awful condo towers), and it looks like nothing else will.

连接崇明岛和上海的桥梁、隧道建起来了，但是只是这些，（除了少的可怜的共管塔）没有别的了，而且没有任何要继续建下去的迹象。

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But the next time came and went, and the result was nothing—nothing except that the fever possessing her rose higher and hotter.

可是，下次来了又走了，结果还是一场空----只是那股令她着迷的狂热劲却升得更高更热了。

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He goes back and gambles again, but he has nothing left to wager except his wife, so he puts her and gambles her.

他回到祖国并且再次求赌,但除了妻子,他别无赌资,所以他以她作赌注

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