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Definition of the day : « taking up »

  • verb begin or start again
Example sentences :
  • He went all over me, taking up a collection, and did first-rate.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1. No. 20, August 13, 1870 » by Various
  • Let me say at once that I am not taking up the question of the psychic, or entering into it at all.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • Taking up the pouch, she handed it to him, and he clutched it with a strange eagerness.
  • Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
  • And I can't, somehow, feel just right about him taking up this jumping business.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • Then, taking up his staff, he left the spot and went merrily on his way.
  • Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle
  • Haydn, speaking of his art, said, “It consists in taking up a subject and pursuing it.”
  • Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
  • But are you sure you're right in taking up Turl's cause so heartily?
  • Extract from : « The Mystery of Murray Davenport » by Robert Neilson Stephens
  • A huge table, taking up two-thirds of the room, was her ironing-table.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • Taking up a Bondon, she turned it round, and put it down on the slab again.
  • Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
  • "Come with me, then," said he, taking up one of the candles.
  • Extract from : « The Trampling of the Lilies » by Rafael Sabatini