| 单词 | to pick up where one left off |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pick up where one left off 14. intransitive. To resume, recommence. Esp. in to pick up where one left off and variants. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin action or activity [verb (intransitive)] > again renulec1384 recommence1481 return1568 continue1711 resume1815 to start over1852 to start over1852 to pick up1906 1906 Chicago Sunday Tribune 14 Oct. vi. 3/3 ‘I know of one flour firm,’ continued the salesman, picking up where he had left off, ‘that employs no one for the road but women.’ 1928 A. E. Krows Playwriting for Profit xxxii. 340 In order to have one speech pick up where another leaves off, the controlling thought is placed toward the end of the speech. 1976 Columbus (Montana) News 3 June 1/4 The rodeo picks up again at 1:00 p.m. Sunday. 2000 Pract. Classics June 171/2 The old boy who'd been restoring it had popped his clogs, basically, and we picked up where he left off and started to put it back together. < as lemmas |
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