He ceased speaking. The men holding the hatch-cover seemed perplexed, puzzled no doubt by the briefness of the ceremony. He burst upon them in a fury.

住了嘴。 抓住舱口盖然因葬礼短促而惶，似乎不知所措了。 海狼大发雷霆。

And so not equating concision with briefness, I think, is a really big one to understand.

不将简洁等同于简短，这一点非常重要。