So far, we'd spent about 10 minutes decoding just five words, but I felt on top of them and was ready to move on.
We were struggling for 15 minutes just to get past the first word. 
mnli hypothesis: We were struggling for 15 minutes just to get past the first word.  premise: So far, we'd spent about 10 minutes decoding just five words, but I felt on top of them and was ready to move on.