I think we're talking at cross purposes; that's not what I meant at all.

我想我们是说到两下里去了，我根本不是那个意思。

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This is the cross word puzzle I was talking about earlier and I found my teacher's name first!

这就是我前面提到的“找字游戏”，我先发现了我老师的名字！

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We had been talking at cross purposes.

我们一直带着相反的目的交谈。

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Although I have not done this research for electric vehicles, I think it would be worth talking to cross-section of 100 potential customers to ask them whether they see an electric vehicle as a cost-effective means of transportation.

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When they talk about a difficult cross-examination, what are they talking about?

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