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Tier 2: Useful

Retomando el hilo

Picking up the thread

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Topic Transitions Institutionalized Expression Advanced formal
Pronunciation:

re-to-MAN-do el EE-lo

When to use:

Literary/formal way to return to interrupted narrative.

See It in Context

Retomando el hilo de la conversación...

Picking up the thread of the conversation...

Formal return
Retomando el hilo de lo que contaba...

Picking up the thread of what I was telling...

Continuing narrative
Perdona la interrupción, retomando el hilo...

Sorry for the interruption, picking up the thread...

Academic/professional
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