Translation of "생각했는데" in English

그 단어에 무뎌졌다고 생각했는데

She thought she was immune.

제가 시험 볼 준비가 되었다고 생각했는데

I thought I was ready to go --

당시 이 아이디어가 꽤 강렬하고 미래지향적이라고 생각했는데

I thought that this was a really intense, futuristic idea,

미리 검사할 수 있는 방법이 있을 거라 생각했는데

for companies to vet these systems in advance,

거의 다 왔다고 생각했는데 가까이 가면 갑자기 뭐랄까... 또 멀어집니다

I thought it was around here, but you get there and suddenly it's kind of... further away again.