All 14 Uses
resume
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Eragon
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- With his return to health, Eragon also resumed practicing magic.
Chpt 39 *resumed = began again
- His reply riled the villagers, and the dispute resumed.†
Chpt 3
- Roran tried to resume walking, but Eragon refused to budge.†
Chpt 7
- They resumed walking, the silence a barrier between them.†
Chpt 7
- Gertrude resumed knitting while the soup cooked.†
Chpt 12
- She lifted her head with a satisfied snort, and the sword resumed its normal appearance.†
Chpt 14
- "One who loves books," explained Jeod, and resumed conversing with Brom.†
Chpt 25
- He held the mirror at arm's length, and his face resumed its normal semblance-but it still did not seem quite his own.†
Chpt 26
- I thought I would be happy to resume the hunt.†
Chpt 28
- Eragon jerked in surprise, and Brom resumed his frenzied retreat.†
Chpt 29
- Once the horses were calmed and the saddles readjusted, they resumed their flight toward the Beor Mountains.†
Chpt 44
- When they resumed their journey, Eragon noticed that the haze had thinned since morning, and the distant smudges had gained definition.†
Chpt 45
- He resumed his search for the waterfall, but whatever lay before them was hidden by a thick mountain ridge.†
Chpt 48
- The crowd quieted and shrank back, then resumed cheering, their enthusiasm only intensified.†
Chpt 51
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) Less commonly, résumé can refer to any summary.