'Am trying to think, but meanwhile you should go ahead with your own ideas, if you have any.' The 'am trying to think' was merely polite, even false, like a lot of phrases that served to oil the machinery of social intercourse, as Emily Post might say.
"Ari naiz pentsatzen, baina bien bitartean aurrera jarraitu beharko zenuke zeure ideiekin, batere baldin baduzu". "Ari naiz pentsatzen-delako hura kortesia hutsa zen, gezurra ere bai neurri batean, gizarte harremanen makineria koipetzeko balio duten hainbat esaldi bezala.