Selecting words/phrases - don't autocombine

Sometimes I want to select a word or phrase, and then SEPARATELY select the next word/phrase. If I wanted those things connected I would have selected them as one thing, not as two separate actions.

Is there a way to do this that I’m missing?

In the Aa tab under Translation Behavior, do you have “Merge Phrases” selected?

Thanks, didn’t see that setting there. Hopefully that fixes it!