Part 3.  Woolf’s own story –as a novelist: telling the truth about a woman, trying to overcome the 2nd obstacle: men’s extreme conventionality

words and expressions:

1. falsehood: telling lies; lack of truth

2. express oneself: state one's thoughts

3. proceeds: (plural) the money or profit derived from a sale, business venture, etc.

4. unconscious:  “Unconscious” means not aware of one’s existence, not conscious of    

one’s self. “The unconscious (or somebody’s unconscious)” is a term of psychoanalysis, 

referring to the sum of all thoughts, memories, impulses, desires, feelings, etc. of which 

the individual is not conscious but which influence the emotions and behavior.

5. induce: (formal) to cause a particular physical condition

6. lethargy: a condition of abnormal drowsiness; a great lack of energy; sluggishness, 

      dullness, apathy. This word is similar to the word “trance” used later.

      7.nosings: To nose means to look closely and inquisitively. “Nosings about” is similar in    

      meaning to the following phrase “feeling round.”

 8. darts: A dart is a sudden, quick movement in a particular direction.