Before closing the book on annotations ( at least in this series), I'll deal briefly with annotating annotations. 结束关于注释的讨论之前(至少在本系列文章中),我想简要地讨论一下注释的注释。
As he spoke, my uncle kept opening and closing the old book. 他一边说着,一遍不停地把那本旧书打开又合上。
The sense of an imminent conclusion is emphasized by his closing the book after reading only the last page. 他只看了书的最后一页就合上了,强调了一种“大限将至”的感觉。