I was thinking more along the lines of a conversation

I was thinking more along the lines of a conversation
I was thinking more along the lines of a conversation

I was thinking more along the lines of a conversation
我正沿着交谈的线思考更多
大概是这个意思吧,我也不清楚

在这句话的前面，学生问到:是要我把履历表准备好，然后穿西装（去吗）？
老师的回答：That's a given，那是必然的。那是想当然尔。
然后说：(不过）我所想的是比较沿着去做些研究的这条线路。

我当时正沿着对话的话题想了更多
我是这么理解的，那个line不知道怎么翻译，我理解为对话中的话语，过程，话题