All 10 Uses of
resume
in
Harry Potter (#6) and the Half-Blood Prince
- He had barely resumed his seat, and arranged his face into what he hoped was a relaxed and unfazed expression, when bright green flames burst into life in the empty grate beneath his marble mantelpiece.†
Chpt 1
- Malfoy sank back across her lap and allowed her to resume the stroking of his hair.†
Chpt 7
- Pansy resumed the slow stroking of Malfoy s hair, looking dumbfounded.†
Chpt 7 *
- "We are pleased to welcome a new member of staff this year, Professor Slughorn"— Slughorn stood up, his bald head gleaming in the candlelight, his big waistcoated belly casting the table into shadow — "is a former colleague of mine who has agreed to resume his old post of Potions master."†
Chpt 8
- "All right," she said cheerfully, and he thought he heard her, as he hurried off into the crowd, resume the subject of the Rotfang Conspiracy with Professor Trelawney, who seemed sincerely in terested.†
Chpt 15
- Hagrid stopped talking as the ghost of a long-haired woman drifted serenely past, then resumed in a hoarse whisper, "…. the board o' governors'll be talkin about shuttin' us up fer good."†
Chpt 19
- "Hepzibah Smith died two days after that little scene," said Dumbledore, resuming his seat and indicating that Harry should do the same.†
Chpt 20
- After a minute or so, he pulled the Invisibility Cloak on again and resumed his efforts to get into the Room of Requirement, but his heart was not in it.†
Chpt 21
- He broke into sobs again and Harry resumed the patting of his elbow, saying as he did so (for the potion seemed to indicate that it was the right thing to do), "Professor Slughorn met me coming down here, Hagrid."†
Chpt 22
- The little man in black had stopped speaking at last and resumed his seat.†
Chpt 30
Definition:
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(resume) begin or take on again