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总的说来，这是一本好书，若对不足之处过多指摘，未免吹毛求疵。

On the whole it's a good book; and it would be nitpicking to dwell on those small defects.

说来，他果真来了。

He came just as expected.

严格说来

strictly speaking

说来话长，其中底细，一言难尽。

It would take too long to tell you that in full.

整个说来

(taken) as a whole; on the whole; by and large

总的说来

generally speaking; by and large

他说来说去，左不过是这么个意思。

He put it this way and that, but anyway that's what it boils down to.

这样说来，这不是咄咄怪事么！

他俩结仇的原委说来话长了，有时间我跟你慢慢道来。

Why they became enemies is a long story, I'll tell you when there is time.

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