慢慢地,我开始领悟到了她是什么意思.这句话,翻译成英语怎么说?

我弄不清楚他是什么意思.
I couldn't make out what he was driving at.
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driving at 就可以表示她是什么意思
慢慢地领悟了 则是表示为gradually dawned on my mind
我渐渐地了解了实情.
The fact gradually dawned on my mind.
《21世纪大英汉词典》
所以整个句子是gradually,what she was driving at /what she meant dawned on my mind