| 释义 |
pick up the threadsResume something that has been interrupted: to pick up the threads of work he had done fifteen years ago was a Herculean task...- You have to be able to remember where you were so you can pick up the threads and continue after an interruption.
- So, we are slowly picking up the threads of our ‘normal’ lives although I confess I do feel as if I need a vacation from my vacation.
- He can now look forward to picking up the threads of his life having, to repeat his mother's words been ‘given the gift of life’.
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