It begins with "in short" and proceeds to be long - winded.

开始是“简言之”，接下去却没完没了。

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Most of them turn out to be long-winded hagiographies or self-absorbed and pedagogic narratives.

BBC: Vinod Mehta memoir a rare and salacious Indian tell-all

Because it is public, it is likely to be nasty, brutish and tiresomely long-winded.

ECONOMIST: The political mincing-machine

The answer you'll hear, as long-winded as it may be, will likely touch on Pebble.

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