to speak at length about a topic
トピックについて長々と話すこと (topikku ni tsuite naganagato hanasu koto)
"He loved to hold forth on travel stories."
"彼は旅行の話で長々と話すのが大好きだった。" (Kare wa ryokou no hanashi de naganagato hanasu no ga daisuki datta.)
to speak highly of someone
to sound familiar or remind someone of something
to move forward or improve
Things often get worse before they get better.
When bad things happen, they happen all at once.
the difference between a country's exports and imports
