話が少し脇道にそれるがの英語

I got pretty off track.

There was a break―a pause―in the talk.

I have digressed from my subject―wandered from the point.

There was a momentary pause [break] in the conversation.

There was a momentary pause in the talk.

Milady, may I have a word with you?

You have digressed from the subject―wandered from the point―flown off at a tangent.

I have digressed from the subject―wandered from the point.

It just might be short notice.

I need to talk to you.

I have a complicated matter I want to discuss with you.

I have got rather mixed up, but, in short, what I mean is this.

I have lost the thread of my story―made a mess of my story.

There is a comical side to the story

I said more than I meant to―I was carried away―in the heat of the talk.

I have made a mess of my story―lost the thread of my story.

The talk became animated.

I have got rather mixed up, but in short, what I mean is this.

I interspersed the talk with some lighter topics too.

The talk went off in odd directions.

I have lost the thread of my story.

I should like to compare notes with him.

I will come straight to the point―go straight to the point.

By the way, I have something to tell you.

The plot thickens.

I have something to tell you.

His speech was boring [dull], besides being a little too long.

His ideas are confused.

Our talk got more and more smutty [obscene].

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