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Old October 23, 2010, 02:50 PM
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Hola a todos!

¿Alguien tiene idea de como se dice cuando "perdes el hilo" por ejemplo, de una conversación?

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Lose your train of thought.
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super cool! thanks a lot!
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to lose the thread
to lose one's train of thought
to lose track of what one is saying | to lose track of what someone else is saying
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I agree,
perder el hilo (de la conversación) = to lose the thread (of the conversation)

And also,
recoger el hilo de la historia = to pick up the thread of the story

Sometimes in Spanish we don't even need "el hilo"
me distraje un momento y me perdí = my attention wandered for a moment and I lost the thread
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