All 7 Uses of
resume
in
The Phantom of the Opera
- ...Some day, perhaps!" she said, resuming her mask; and she went away, forbidding him, with a gesture, to follow her.†
Chpt 9resuming = beginning again
- Christine was silent and Raoul resumed.†
Chpt 10 *resumed = began again
- He resumed his questions: "What sort of envelope did you put in M. Richard's pocket?†
Chpt 16
- "The requiem mass is not at all gay," Erik's voice resumed, "whereas the wedding mass—you can take my word for it—is magnificent!†
Chpt 22
- The monster resumed his mask and collected his strength to leave the daroga.†
Chpt 26
- When he found himself in the cellars of the enormous playhouse, his artistic, fantastic, wizard nature resumed the upper hand.†
Chpt Epil.
- Raoul did so; but, as he did not lift his hand in front of his eyes, ready to fire, the Persian told him to resume that attitude and to continue it, whatever happened.†
Chpt 20
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.