Explain the following sentences in your own words, bringing out any implied meanings.

1.She would have plucked the heart out of my writing.

Answer:Those conventional attitudes would have taken away the most important part of my writing ,the essence of my writing.

2. Thus，whenever I felt the shadow of her wing or the radiance of her halo upon my page，I took up the inkpot and flung it at her.

Answer: Thus, whenever I felt the influence of the Victorian attitudes on my writing, I fought back with all my power.

3. Her fictitious nature was of great assistance to her... than a reality.

Answer: The phantom or the Angel in the House is not a real person. The author is only personifying it. It does not have a physical form. In fact it is a mental image and has an imaginary nature. It is far more difficult to deal with a phantom than a reality. The reason is explained in the next sentence.

4. Though I flatter myself that I killed her in the end... in search of adventures.

Answer: Although I made myself believe that I killed her in the end, the struggle was severe and it took so much more time than had been expected that one would rather spend all that time on learning Greek grammar or traveling in the world in search of adventures.

5. She had rid of herself of falsehood...

Answer: She had got rid of those wrong ideas and stopped telling lies.