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you were saying

Prompts the interlocutor to resume what they had been saying prior to an interruption.
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Submitted on July 07, 2010

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you were sayingDraws attention to something that has just happened that conflicts with what the interlocutor had said.
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estabas diciendo

Ne söylüyordun

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