resume
/ɹɪˈzum/ verb B2- To start (something) again that has been stopped or paused from the point at which it was stopped or paused; continue, carry on. · We will resume this discussion tomorrow at nine.
- To start again after an interruption or pause. · Normal service has resumed.
He/she/it resumes · Past resumed · Past participle resumed · -ing form resuming
Verb forms
- Base form
- resume
- He/she/it
- resumes
- Past
- resumed
- Past participle
- resumed
- -ing form
- resuming
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“I’m very sorry,” said Richard, as he resumed his seat, “but it looks as if we are stuck.
Whereupon Anne arose, took the pink heart gingerly between the tips of her fingers, dropped it on the floor, ground it to powder beneath her heel, and resumed her position without deigning to bestow a glance on Gilbert.
Bennet and her daughters apologized most civilly for Lydia’s interruption, and promised that it should not occur again, if he would resume his book; but Mr.
After walking some time in this way, the two ladies in front, the two gentlemen behind, on resuming their places, after descending to the brink of the river for the better inspection of some curious water-plant, there chanced to be a little alteration.
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