pick up the thread
pick up the threads

One has to go back a bit to pick up the thread.

He tried hard to pick up the threads of talk.

I had to pick up the threads of my life.

I picked up the thread just after you went out.

Enough to do picking up the threads of his own life.

"Are you thinking about picking up the threads of your story?"

It was time to pick up the threads of his investigation again.

He seems to have no trouble in picking up the threads of 30 years ago.

I turned to his partner to pick up the thread of their analysis.

But in five years a good many turns had come round again, and one could pick up the threads.

She was seeking to pick up the threads of her previous life.

If the child picks up the thread, it is believed he/she will live a long life.

"Wait until we get inside," he began, picking up the threads of their earlier conversation.

He took a deep breath and tried to pick up the thread of his tale.

Sybil tried to pick up the thread of her story.

Then the captain of the jet picked up the thread and told one, too.

Then he went back to the case and tried to pick up the threads of his computations.

More recently, the orchestra picked up the thread of the 2000 festival.

Rather, he picked up the thread of her thought.

She started picking up the threads, severed by Richard's death, with some of her old friends.

He had already picked up the thread of mental message which the two were receiving.

"And, unfortunately for him, he picked up the thread after we had switched to another subject."

"Okay," she said at last, picking up the thread of his conversation.

"Well, yes," she said, picking up the threads of her story.

Ginny, at least, could begin to pick up the threads of her consultation work.

He tried hard to pick up the threads of talk.

I had to pick up the threads of my life.

Enough to do picking up the threads of his own life.

"Are you thinking about picking up the threads of your story?"

It was time to pick up the threads of his investigation again.

He seems to have no trouble in picking up the threads of 30 years ago.

But in five years a good many turns had come round again, and one could pick up the threads.

She was seeking to pick up the threads of her previous life.

"Wait until we get inside," he began, picking up the threads of their earlier conversation.

Then he went back to the case and tried to pick up the threads of his computations.

She started picking up the threads, severed by Richard's death, with some of her old friends.

"Well, yes," she said, picking up the threads of her story.

Ginny, at least, could begin to pick up the threads of her consultation work.

When he got back to London, he would pick up the threads of his old life.

I was a recent widower, a little lost without my wife, and rather determined to pick up the threads of life once again.

And then he would pick up the threads of the Debate Club.

She picked up the threads of conversation as if nothing untoward had happened.

You are therefore empowered to pick up the threads again there, without in any way pressing the matter.

At the same time, the family is trying to pick up the threads of its religious life, observing all the Jewish holidays now.

Lord Golden deftly picked up the threads that had interested him.

Larry drifted off to dry some glasses and Pat picked up the threads.

Bryant nodded grateful acknowledgment to the father, and picked up the threads again.

"We have to pick up the threads again."

Fear pried at the back of his mind as he tried to pick up the threads of the lesson again.

"She mounted the horse with him," he continued, picking up the threads she'd left for him as if they'd been his own.