All 7 Uses of
resume
in
Gone with the Wind
- The supper things cleared away, Gerald resumed his oration, but with little satisfaction to himself and none at all to his audience.†
Chpt 1.4 *resumed = began again
- As she resumed the ritual, she opened her eyes briefly and cast a quick glance around the room.†
Chpt 1.4
- "I understand practically everything about you and Ashley, now," Rhett resumed.†
Chpt 3.17
- Scarlett resumed her rocking and the still darkness of the warm night closed about them.†
Chpt 3.19
- When Mammy returned she would resume her lecture on Scarlett's breach of hospitality, and Scarlett felt that she could not endure prating about such a trivial matter when her heart was breaking.†
Chpt 1.2
- She picked up her quill to resume her writing but laid it down when she heard Will coming in at the back door.†
Chpt 4.31
- She had hoped that the war being over, life would gradually resume its old face.†
Chpt 4.32
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.