All 6 Uses of
resume
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- As Mr. Radley passed by, Boo drove the scissors into his parent's leg, pulled them out, wiped them on his pants, and resumed his activities.
p. 12.1 *resumed = began again
- When she settled in with us and life resumed its daily pace, Aunt Alexandra seemed as if she had always lived with us.
p. 146.7
- Atticus resumed his stroll to the windows and let Judge Taylor handle this one.
p. 207.2
- "You say you're nineteen," Atticus resumed.
p. 207.7
- He acknowledged my salute with a nod, and resumed his tour.
p. 238.9
- Thereafter, he resumed his regular weekly appearances at the welfare office for his check, and received it with no grace amid obscure mutterings that the bastards who thought they ran this town wouldn't permit an honest man to make a living.
p. 284.6
Definitions:
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(1)
(resume as in: resume the meeting) begin or take againThis sense of resume generally means to begin again or continue after a pause. In usage like, "resumed her seat", it scan also mean to take again.
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(2)
(résumé as in: submitted her résumé) a brief summary of a person's qualifications to do something -- typically submitted with an employment applicationIn practice, résumé is often written without the accented e's.
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, résumé can refer to any summary.