The interruption came just as the speaker reached the main point.

Overlapping speech made the final sentence hard to catch.

The reduction in want to can sound like wanna in casual speech.

I caught the last part but missed the opening phrase.

Could you clarify whether the visit starts at nine or ten?

I lost the thread when two people began speaking at once.

I heard a key phrase about a change of route.

Even with a strong accent, I could follow the gist.