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Peaceblinkfriend Posted 18 years ago
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the second time

How do you express the idea that you only understand what was meant the second time you heard/saw/ sbd said/ it?

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Oh, okay, I got it on the replay. (informal) Ah, I understand now that I've heard it again.

— BarbaraPA

  • Oh, okay, I got it on the replay.
  • (informal) Ah, I understand now that I've heard it again.
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Oh, okay, I got it on the replay. (informal)

Ah, I understand now that I've heard it again.
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Ah I see. What if you are telling your friends that you only got what was meant the second time somebody talked about it? Like how would you describe the fact that you did not get it the first time you were told about it?

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PBF
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How conversational do you want to be?

"Man, I totally did not pick up on the fact that Jack was with Peggy now. I mean, when Pete was saying that stuff about them, it went right over my head. But then when I heard Peggy giggling with Susan about how Jack was all this and all that, it hit me right in the face -- they are a couple now. I wish Pete had just taken me by the shoulders and said
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Thanks for telling me again/I'm glad you told me again, the first time it went right over my head.
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