I spent much of what I laughingly call 'the holidays' working through 621 pages of typescript.

我把我戏称为“假日”的大部分时间都花在那621页的打字稿上了。

What I laughingly refer to as my garden is a corner lot by our postage-stamp size house.

我戏称为花园的地方，是我们家那豆腐块大小的屋子旁边的一个犄角旮旯。