All 13 Uses
resume
in
The Book Thief
(Edited)
- Nearly a month after school resumed, she was moved up to her rightful year level.
p. 74.9 *resumed = began again
- It was only when everyone moved back inside and Sister Maria saw the state of Ludwig Schmeikl that the fight resumed.
p. 79.7
- He clearly felt that now was a good time to resume.
p. 214.1resume = begin again
- The knocking resumed.
p. 343.2resumed = began again
- Worry resumed immediately.
p. 347.1
- She winked at him and resumed.
p. 382.2resumed = continued (began again)
- No. Even when the rest of them resumed their arguments, they were silenced again by the same voice, but now it gained momentum.
p. 408.4resumed = began again
- They resumed walking and made it another few miles or so.
p. 426.4
- When they stood up fully, to resume work, only small cracks of their uniform could be seen.
p. 434.6resume = begin again
- When they resumed the trip back to camp, each man tried not to look down at Reinhold Zucker's openmouthed sneer.
p. 477.5resumed = began again
- "If she wants to die, that's her business," but then the sirens resumed.
p. 485.9
- After a week, Hans resumed his service, traveling into the city to one of the army offices.
p. 500.6
- When the war was over and Hitler had delivered himself to my arms, Alex Steiner resumed work in his tailor shop.
p. 548.1
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.