All 9 Uses of
resume
in
Man And Superman
- Talk sense; or else go and waste someone else's time: I have something better to do than listen to your fooleries [he positively kicks his way to his table and resumes his seat].†
Chpt 1
- [resuming in the same gentle voice, ignoring her mother's bad taste] Mamma knows that she is not strong enough to bear the whole responsibility for me and Rhoda without some help and advice.†
Chpt 1 *
- Ann hastily resumes her seat, and looks as unconcerned as possible.†
Chpt 1
- But— [he stops, utterly appalled; then resumes feebly] No: look here, Ann: if there's no harm in it there's no point in doing it.†
Chpt 2
- [Straker calmly resumes the melody and finishes it.†
Chpt 2
- [Reluctantly resuming his couch on the turf] Ear him talk, one ud think she was keepin company with him.†
Chpt 3
- [He turns haughtily away and resumes his presidential seat].†
Chpt 3
- Violet, who has almost lost her temper, controls herself with an effort; unclenches her fingers; and resumes her seat with studied tranquillity and reasonableness.†
Chpt 3
- [resuming the calm phase of despair, and beginning to enjoy his broken heart and delicate attitude without knowing it] I don't doubt that.†
Chpt 3
Definition:
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(resume) begin or take on again