Which phrases expresses how the word concession is used in this passage from the story "Steeled"? As I got older, though, I was allowed to sit with my father and watch him eat the car. I knew this concession had not come easily and that it was always under debate; often at night I could hear them arguing about it in their room with the door shut, and though I couldn't often make out the words, I knew from the pitch of their voices that it was the car they were talking about, the car, and my father, and me.

strong resistance
burning desire
reluctant compromise
heated argument

reluctant compromise

Explanation:

The phrase that expresses how the word concession is used in this passage from the story "Steeled" is "reluctant compromise".

This is because, according to the story, the narrator was allowed to sit with my father and watch him eat the car which was a reluctant compromise on his father's part because he often heard his father and mother debating the decision.

when completing a research project

explanation:

the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.