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An Ambitious Man
An Ambitious Man

Chapter XIX

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THE first shock of the awakened emotions brings recklessness to some women, and to others fear.
The more frivolous plunge forward like the drunken man who leaps from the open window believing space is water.
The more intense draw back, startled at the unknown world before them.
The woman who thinks love is all ideality is more liable to follow into undreamed-of chasms than she who, through the complexity of her own emotions, realises its grosser elements.
It was long after midnight when Joy fell into a heavy sleep, the night of Arthur Stuart’s visit.
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An Ambitious Man

Chapter XIX

Reading 1/19 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
THE first shock of the awakened emotions brings recklessness to some women, and to others fear.
Line 2
The more frivolous plunge forward like the drunken man who leaps from the open window believing space is water.
Line 3
The more intense draw back, startled at the unknown world before them.
Line 4
The woman who thinks love is all ideality is more liable to follow into undreamed-of chasms than she who, through the complexity of her own emotions, realises its grosser elements.
Line 5
It was long after midnight when Joy fell into a heavy sleep, the night of Arthur Stuart’s visit.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

After preposition US /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading “It was long after midnight when Joy fell into a heavy sleep, the night of Arthur Stuart’s visit.”

Before preposition US /bɪˈfɔːr/

earlier than; in front of

From this reading “The more intense draw back, startled at the unknown world before them.”

First noun US /first/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “THE first shock of the awakened emotions brings recklessness to some women, and to others fear.”

Forward noun US /forward/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The more frivolous plunge forward like the drunken man who leaps from the open window believing space is water.”

Long noun US /long/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “It was long after midnight when Joy fell into a heavy sleep, the night of Arthur Stuart’s visit.”

Open verb US /ˈoʊ.pən/

To move from a closed position.

From this reading “The more frivolous plunge forward like the drunken man who leaps from the open window believing space is water.”

Through noun US /ˈthrough/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “The woman who thinks love is all ideality is more liable to follow into undreamed-of chasms than she who, through the complexity of her own emotions, realises its grosser elements.”

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading It was long after midnight when Joy fell into a heavy sleep, the night of Arthur Stuart’s visit.

afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading It was long after midnight when Joy fell into a heavy sleep, the night of Arthur Stuart’s visit.

all

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From this reading The woman who thinks love is all ideality is more liable to follow into undreamed-of chasms than she who, through the complexity of her own emotions, realises its grosser elements.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading THE first shock of the awakened emotions brings recklessness to some women, and to others fear.

Arthur

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From this reading It was long after midnight when Joy fell into a heavy sleep, the night of Arthur Stuart’s visit.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading The more intense draw back, startled at the unknown world before them.

awakened

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From this reading THE first shock of the awakened emotions brings recklessness to some women, and to others fear.

back

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From this reading The more intense draw back, startled at the unknown world before them.

beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/

earlier than; in front of

From this reading The more intense draw back, startled at the unknown world before them.

believing

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From this reading The more frivolous plunge forward like the drunken man who leaps from the open window believing space is water.

brings

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From this reading THE first shock of the awakened emotions brings recklessness to some women, and to others fear.

chasms

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From this reading The woman who thinks love is all ideality is more liable to follow into undreamed-of chasms than she who, through the complexity of her own emotions, realises its grosser elements.

complexity

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From this reading The woman who thinks love is all ideality is more liable to follow into undreamed-of chasms than she who, through the complexity of her own emotions, realises its grosser elements.

draw

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From this reading The more intense draw back, startled at the unknown world before them.

drunken

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From this reading The more frivolous plunge forward like the drunken man who leaps from the open window believing space is water.

elements

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From this reading The woman who thinks love is all ideality is more liable to follow into undreamed-of chasms than she who, through the complexity of her own emotions, realises its grosser elements.

emotions

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From this reading THE first shock of the awakened emotions brings recklessness to some women, and to others fear.

fear

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From this reading THE first shock of the awakened emotions brings recklessness to some women, and to others fear.

fell

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From this reading It was long after midnight when Joy fell into a heavy sleep, the night of Arthur Stuart’s visit.

firstnounUS /first/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading THE first shock of the awakened emotions brings recklessness to some women, and to others fear.

follow

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From this reading The woman who thinks love is all ideality is more liable to follow into undreamed-of chasms than she who, through the complexity of her own emotions, realises its grosser elements.

forwardnounUS /forward/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The more frivolous plunge forward like the drunken man who leaps from the open window believing space is water.

frivolous

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From this reading The more frivolous plunge forward like the drunken man who leaps from the open window believing space is water.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading The more frivolous plunge forward like the drunken man who leaps from the open window believing space is water.

grosser

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From this reading The woman who thinks love is all ideality is more liable to follow into undreamed-of chasms than she who, through the complexity of her own emotions, realises its grosser elements.

heavy

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From this reading It was long after midnight when Joy fell into a heavy sleep, the night of Arthur Stuart’s visit.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading The woman who thinks love is all ideality is more liable to follow into undreamed-of chasms than she who, through the complexity of her own emotions, realises its grosser elements.

ideality

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From this reading The woman who thinks love is all ideality is more liable to follow into undreamed-of chasms than she who, through the complexity of her own emotions, realises its grosser elements.

intense

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From this reading The more intense draw back, startled at the unknown world before them.

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading The woman who thinks love is all ideality is more liable to follow into undreamed-of chasms than she who, through the complexity of her own emotions, realises its grosser elements.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The more frivolous plunge forward like the drunken man who leaps from the open window believing space is water.

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It was long after midnight when Joy fell into a heavy sleep, the night of Arthur Stuart’s visit.

itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading The woman who thinks love is all ideality is more liable to follow into undreamed-of chasms than she who, through the complexity of her own emotions, realises its grosser elements.

Joy

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From this reading It was long after midnight when Joy fell into a heavy sleep, the night of Arthur Stuart’s visit.

leaps

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From this reading The more frivolous plunge forward like the drunken man who leaps from the open window believing space is water.

liable

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From this reading The woman who thinks love is all ideality is more liable to follow into undreamed-of chasms than she who, through the complexity of her own emotions, realises its grosser elements.

like

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From this reading The more frivolous plunge forward like the drunken man who leaps from the open window believing space is water.

longnounUS /long/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading It was long after midnight when Joy fell into a heavy sleep, the night of Arthur Stuart’s visit.

love

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From this reading The woman who thinks love is all ideality is more liable to follow into undreamed-of chasms than she who, through the complexity of her own emotions, realises its grosser elements.

man

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From this reading The more frivolous plunge forward like the drunken man who leaps from the open window believing space is water.

midnight

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From this reading It was long after midnight when Joy fell into a heavy sleep, the night of Arthur Stuart’s visit.

more

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From this reading The more frivolous plunge forward like the drunken man who leaps from the open window believing space is water.

night

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From this reading It was long after midnight when Joy fell into a heavy sleep, the night of Arthur Stuart’s visit.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading THE first shock of the awakened emotions brings recklessness to some women, and to others fear.

openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/

To move from a closed position.

From this reading The more frivolous plunge forward like the drunken man who leaps from the open window believing space is water.

others

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From this reading THE first shock of the awakened emotions brings recklessness to some women, and to others fear.

own

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From this reading The woman who thinks love is all ideality is more liable to follow into undreamed-of chasms than she who, through the complexity of her own emotions, realises its grosser elements.

plunge

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From this reading The more frivolous plunge forward like the drunken man who leaps from the open window believing space is water.

realises

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From this reading The woman who thinks love is all ideality is more liable to follow into undreamed-of chasms than she who, through the complexity of her own emotions, realises its grosser elements.

recklessness

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From this reading THE first shock of the awakened emotions brings recklessness to some women, and to others fear.

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading The woman who thinks love is all ideality is more liable to follow into undreamed-of chasms than she who, through the complexity of her own emotions, realises its grosser elements.

shock

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From this reading THE first shock of the awakened emotions brings recklessness to some women, and to others fear.

sleep

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From this reading It was long after midnight when Joy fell into a heavy sleep, the night of Arthur Stuart’s visit.

some

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From this reading THE first shock of the awakened emotions brings recklessness to some women, and to others fear.

space

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From this reading The more frivolous plunge forward like the drunken man who leaps from the open window believing space is water.

startled

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From this reading The more intense draw back, startled at the unknown world before them.

Stuart's

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From this reading It was long after midnight when Joy fell into a heavy sleep, the night of Arthur Stuart’s visit.

thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading The woman who thinks love is all ideality is more liable to follow into undreamed-of chasms than she who, through the complexity of her own emotions, realises its grosser elements.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading THE first shock of the awakened emotions brings recklessness to some women, and to others fear.

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading The more intense draw back, startled at the unknown world before them.

thinks

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From this reading The woman who thinks love is all ideality is more liable to follow into undreamed-of chasms than she who, through the complexity of her own emotions, realises its grosser elements.

throughnounUS /ˈthrough/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading The woman who thinks love is all ideality is more liable to follow into undreamed-of chasms than she who, through the complexity of her own emotions, realises its grosser elements.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading THE first shock of the awakened emotions brings recklessness to some women, and to others fear.

undreamed-of

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From this reading The woman who thinks love is all ideality is more liable to follow into undreamed-of chasms than she who, through the complexity of her own emotions, realises its grosser elements.

unknown

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From this reading The more intense draw back, startled at the unknown world before them.

visit

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From this reading It was long after midnight when Joy fell into a heavy sleep, the night of Arthur Stuart’s visit.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading It was long after midnight when Joy fell into a heavy sleep, the night of Arthur Stuart’s visit.

water

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From this reading The more frivolous plunge forward like the drunken man who leaps from the open window believing space is water.

whenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading It was long after midnight when Joy fell into a heavy sleep, the night of Arthur Stuart’s visit.

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading The more frivolous plunge forward like the drunken man who leaps from the open window believing space is water.

window

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From this reading The more frivolous plunge forward like the drunken man who leaps from the open window believing space is water.

woman

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From this reading The woman who thinks love is all ideality is more liable to follow into undreamed-of chasms than she who, through the complexity of her own emotions, realises its grosser elements.

women

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From this reading THE first shock of the awakened emotions brings recklessness to some women, and to others fear.

world

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From this reading The more intense draw back, startled at the unknown world before them.