1 (Cos) hilo (m) a needle and thread una aguja e hilo; cotton/nylon thread hilo (m) de algodón/nylon
to hang by a thread pender de un hilo
3 (drift, theme) hilo (m) to lose the thread (of what sb is saying) perder el hilo (de lo que algn está diciendo); to pick up the thread(s) again [of conversation, thought] retomar el hilo; [of process, problem] volver a tomar las riendas; she picked up the threads of her life/career again tomó de nuevo las riendas de su vida/carrera
to pick up the [thread] of a story/an argument the plot is complicated, but irrelevant: you could pick up the thread at any point in the film he asked her to repeat an early part of the story so that he could pick up the thread again to pick up the [threads] of one's life it was a terrible blow but now maybe she can pick up the threads of her life with the crisis behind her, she began to pick up the threads of her life Abramov continued, picking up the threads of his previous observations it will obviously take you a little time to pick up the threads of your old job
