"lemma","pos","cefr_level","coverage_rank","global_frequency","context_sentence","context_sentence_zh","definition_zh"
"slaughter","Verb","UNKNOWN","2301","4","And what of those youngsters who had been slaughtered on the hill?","",""
"attentive","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2302","4","Tuntun thought the boy might be calling to his mount, but Juraviel, who had been more attentive to the boy and his relationships, knew the truth.","",""
"methodically","Adverb","UNKNOWN","2303","4","Cat ignored it and methodically placed the mugs on the table.","",""
"rivalry","Noun","UNKNOWN","2304","4","It seemed to Avelyn as if he had fallen into the middle of a running rivalry between the two older men.","",""
"petty","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2305","4","But with no time for such petty problems, the ranger had dismissed the incident.","",""
"nighttime","Noun","UNKNOWN","2306","4","The short, stocky man went at the martial training as eagerly as Avelyn went at the nighttime studies.","",""
"strict","Adjective","B2","2307","4","Even his strict rules for duty had relaxed within the week, Pireth Tulme reverting to its typical partying ways.","",""
"serene","Adjective","B2","2308","4","The spirit was waiting for him, serene in the depths of the mirror.","",""
"staring","Noun","B2","2309","4","It had come so fluidly, so fast, that Elbryan was still staring at the elf when he heard the third arrow hit.","",""
"maniacal","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2310","4","Father Abbot Markwart appeared wickedly intense, the gleam in his eyes seeming almost maniacal, and certainly frightening.","",""
"depression","Noun","B2","2311","4","Just inside, Elbryan noted the hooflike depression of the centaur's track.","",""
"sear","Gerund","UNKNOWN","2312","4","All the world was blackness, was searing heat and unbearable agony, and Quintall knew no more.","",""
"verge","Noun","UNKNOWN","2313","4","And so it was with a true jumble of emotions, a purely teenage churning of confusion, fear and warmth, happiness and the verge of terror, that the young woman, no longer Cat-the-Stray, drifted off to a sleep of the sweetest dreams and the starkest nightmares.","",""
"exertion","Singular","UNKNOWN","2314","4","Then came a sound not so far below them, a deep breath as one might take after great exertion.","",""
"bathe","Verb","UNKNOWN","2315","4","Elbryan realized that he was bathed in a cold sweat.","",""
"scowl","Noun","UNKNOWN","2316","4","Elbryan's scowl melted away in curiosity.","",""
"unpreparedness","Noun","UNKNOWN","2317","4","All of it: the cancer that had grown in his world, the unpreparedness, the ungodliness of St.-Mere-Abelle.","",""
"lush","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2318","4","Gray became green as they closed, lush vegetation thick on the slopes.","",""
"unseen","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2319","4","Up on the balcony, unseen by the victim and his pair of torturers, Master Jojonah sighed and shook his head.","",""
"replay","Verb","UNKNOWN","2320","4","He forced himself to remember Dundalis, to replay the horror, that he might find a fighting edge.","",""
"promising","Adjective","B2","2321","4","Despite the promising events, the demon now paced about its obsidian throne anxiously.","",""
"detachment","Noun","UNKNOWN","2322","4","Certainly an emotional detachment would prove healthier for this young human who had been through so much and who had so many more trying experiences ahead of him.","",""
"icy","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2323","4","Winter's icy grip weakened at last, more than three weeks after the vernal equinox.","",""
"wad","Verb","UNKNOWN","2324","4","He picked up his basket, cursed when one pant leg slipped down into the water, then waded out through the reeds.","",""
"deceivingly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","2325","4","The stream flowed around one of the deceivingly high rises, turning out of sight just a couple dozen yards from where he stood.","",""
"groin","Noun","UNKNOWN","2326","4","A shift of the angle sent his staff poking straight up, smacking the man's groin.","",""
"lick","Verb","UNKNOWN","2327","4","There came a bright flash and then the monk lay still, low flames licking his lifeless body.","",""
"agility","Noun","UNKNOWN","2328","4","A combination of strength and agility, a balanced, thinking warrior.","",""
"load","Noun","B2","2329","4","His legs grew strong and agile from carrying loads and dodging traps.","",""
"erase","Verb","UNKNOWN","2330","4","The young woman sighed deeply, paused a moment, then consciously worked hard to erase the perpetual frown from her face as she made her way to the three men calling her from the corner table.","",""
"bustle","Noun","UNKNOWN","2331","4","The moment ended all too soon, Cat-the-Stray tuning back to the bustle of the lively room about her.","",""
"apology","Noun","B2","2332","4","Cat suffered the inevitable apology, the insincere man only offering it at the end of his twisted arm.","",""
"populous","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2333","4","The real challenge lay in the south, in the most prosperous and populous kingdom, in Honce-the-Bear.","",""
"predicament","Noun","UNKNOWN","2334","4","The reminder of Jill's predicament bolstered the monk's failing courage.","",""
"pelt","Noun","UNKNOWN","2335","4","Then came the long journey, tagging along with a merchant caravan that had swapped crafted items to the people of the small frontier village in exchange for pelts and great trees that would be used as masts for the sailing ships built in Palmaris.","",""
"orphan","Noun","UNKNOWN","2336","4","Any reservations that the nobleman's family had held toward the peasant orphan girl had been washed away when they met Jill, truly beautiful both inside and out.","",""
"splinter","Verb","UNKNOWN","2337","4","The leg had splintered in the fall; Cat could see the jagged edge of a bone poking through the skin.","",""
"garish","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2338","4","Adjonas straightened, the blood rushing to his face, making that garish scar seem all the more imposing.","",""
"baldric","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2339","4","The rest of his dress, though weathered, was rich, particularly a golden brocade and jewel-studded baldric.","",""
"perilous","Adjective","B2","2340","4","He had to set the ground rules right away or this would be a long and perilous journey indeed.","",""
"offend","Verb","B2","2341","4","To hear his fellow monks speaking of something as sacred as love in such crude terms did surprise and offend him.","",""
"impart","Verb","UNKNOWN","2342","4","Quintall seemed disgusted, but Siherton was unbending, silently imparting to the aggravated Quintall that his.","",""
"mainmast","Noun","UNKNOWN","2343","4","The other end of the rope was fixed to the yard of the mainmast.","",""
"observe","Verb","B2","2344","4","He had learned to observe the world through the senses of each animal, understood now each creature's fears and needs.","",""
"elm","Noun","UNKNOWN","2345","4","The giant was near a wide-branching elm with thick, solid limbs.","",""
"stature","Noun","UNKNOWN","2346","4","Though diminutive in stature, they were said to be stronger than an average man and with incredible stamina.","",""
"sparring","Noun","UNKNOWN","2347","4","But in the weekly sparring contests, Jill released enough enemies from her memories to carry her through with a ferocity that had astonished her superiors.","",""
"overrun","Noun","UNKNOWN","2348","4","The monstrous troop in the south had been overrun, so it seemed.","",""
"abrupt","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2349","4","The would be attacker skidded to an abrupt stop, recognizing the man.","",""
"pivot","Noun","UNKNOWN","2350","4","The eager young man rushed through the opening, shuffling a few steps past Tallareyish's right flank, then cut a swift pivot, grabbing his pole down low with both hands and sweeping it back.","",""
"bold","Adjective","B2","2351","4","Avelyn and Pellimar held their breath at the bold words.","",""
"faraway","Noun","UNKNOWN","2352","4","He had hoped simply to drive the bear faraway into the deeper woodlands.","",""
"rigging","Noun","UNKNOWN","2353","4","Smealy sent them far out on the yard, and they went easily, hanging under, hand over hand, adjusting the rigging and then sliding down the ropes to stand on the deck right beside the first hand.","",""
"feathered","Noun","UNKNOWN","2354","4","To the relief of the monks - though Quintall felt a bit of disappointment Adjonas tipped his great feathered hat to the monk and nodded slightly, a clear sign of respect.","",""
"clasp","PastTense","UNKNOWN","2355","4","They were not clasped, rather, his right hand was cupped, fingers set tight, forearm muscles twitching from the strain.","",""
"league","Noun","B2","2356","4","For now Avelyn, had his duties, and his goal was growing closer with each gliding league.","",""
"chewing","Noun","UNKNOWN","2357","4","Quintall would say no more about it, leaving Avelyn chewing his lip in frustration for the rest of the afternoon.","",""
"smelly","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2358","4","A bear or a porcupine or even a smelly skunk might have slipped in here, and it was with great relief that Elbryan found the cave apparently empty, and not so large.","",""
"solace","Noun","UNKNOWN","2359","4","His only solace came in his many discussions with Master Jojonah, to whom he still felt a bond.","",""
"nightshirt","Noun","UNKNOWN","2360","4","Pony came through the brush lightly, wearing only a soft silken nightshirt that didn't reach her knees.","",""
"impose","Verb","B2","2361","4","Adjonas straightened, the blood rushing to his face, making that garish scar seem all the more imposing.","",""
"forsake","Verb","UNKNOWN","2362","4","He could not do that, could not forsake his duty and the destiny that he had been shown by the Touel'alfar.","",""
"twirl","Gerund","UNKNOWN","2363","4","Now firmly held in both hands, his staff made a second twirl, then came arching diagonally toward the ground, toward Tuntun.","",""
"dirk","Noun","UNKNOWN","2364","4","She couldn't even talk, and her dirk, like her sword before it, slipped uselessly from her weakened hand.","",""
"stabbing","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2365","4","Connor thrust against her, but she felt no stabbing point.","",""
"pluck","Gerund","UNKNOWN","2366","4","She was ripe for the plucking.","",""
"borne","Noun","UNKNOWN","2367","4","That left only one possibility, an escape borne on translucent wings.","",""
"remarkable","Adjective","B2","2368","4","And the amount of damage to the house was remarkable.","",""
"proclamation","Plural","UNKNOWN","2369","4","On those first few occasions, Connor took the rejection personally, as a slight, despite Jill's proclamations otherwise.","",""
"bartender","Noun","UNKNOWN","2370","4","The man with the broken arm shrugged noncommittally, then turned to the bartender, who likewise had no answers.","",""
"gown","Noun","UNKNOWN","2371","4","She would dress in the finest gowns and attend the highest social events in Palmaris, even in Ursal!","",""
"lazily","Adverb","UNKNOWN","2372","4","The ruby, shining with power, arced lazily over the open hatch.","",""
"prow","Noun","UNKNOWN","2373","4","The barrelboat was moving much more swiftly than it appeared, for it cut no prow wake, as did the Windrunner.","",""
"tack","Verb","UNKNOWN","2374","4","Adjonas looked up at his sails, then at his crew, tacking frantically to keep them as full of wind as possible.","",""
"ram","Noun","UNKNOWN","2375","4","Hopefully we will be able to keep our pace swift enough so that the powries' initial ram causes little damage.","",""
"quarrel","Noun","UNKNOWN","2376","4","Even as Adjonas spoke, a flaming quarrel arched over the taffrail of the Windrunner, slashing into the rear sail.","",""
"swimmer","Noun","UNKNOWN","2377","4","With their heavy bodies and spindly limbs, powries were not strong swimmers, and Quintall easily overtook the dazed creature, pushing it under the water and gaining a seat atop its shoulders.","",""
"loincloth","Noun","UNKNOWN","2378","4","The elves prodded and pushed him, finally getting him out of his low tree house wearing only a cloak and a loincloth.","",""
"dorsal","Noun","UNKNOWN","2379","4","A second, smaller dorsal fin joined the first in its tightening ring.","",""
"anxiously","Adverb","B2","2380","4","Up ahead, Avelyn and Pellimar waited anxiously.","",""
"uncommon","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2381","4","The fan had snagged on some seaweed or on something the caravel had dropped, so the dwarves thought, and it was not so uncommon an occurrence.","",""
"snapping","Noun","UNKNOWN","2382","4","Pellimar hit it again, a series of three quick left jabs, then brought his right leg up hard, snapping out his foot to connect right under the powrie's jaw.","",""
"dangle","Gerund","UNKNOWN","2383","4","But they got him up to the rail, Quintall grabbing Pellimar and hauling the man onto the deck, Avelyn dangling dangerously low.","",""
"dissipate","Verb","UNKNOWN","2384","4","The excitement on the Windrunner did not dissipate until the powries were left far behind.","",""
"bunch","Noun","B2","2385","4","The folk of Dundalis were, a hardy bunch, not shying from the occasional fight.","",""
"spray","Verb","UNKNOWN","2386","4","Cold winds and stinging spray buffeted the crew.","",""
"decree","Noun","UNKNOWN","2387","4","It was a strange decree, one that caught Avelyn so much by surprise that he hardly noticed Quintall had openly proclaimed the name of the island.","",""
"mutiny","Noun","UNKNOWN","2388","4","Quintall realized that shooting the desperate man in front of the crew would likely cause a mutiny.","",""
"salve","Noun","UNKNOWN","2389","4","Pony looked at Bradwarden, but the centaur was smiling widely, the healing salves already at work under the red bandage.","",""
"dispatch","Verb","UNKNOWN","2390","4","The cool and callous, way Quintall had dispatched the man, had murdered a human being, shook gentle Avelyn to his very bones.","",""
"loved","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2391","4","The thought that Dansally had never loved caught Avelyn off his guard and settled him back for a bit.","",""
"silhouette","Plural","UNKNOWN","2392","4","And beyond the masses loomed a single dark silhouette, a conical mountain tipped by a steady stream of dark smoke.","",""
"ignite","Gerund","UNKNOWN","2393","4","Another ball of flaming pitch soared out from the monastery, skipping in along the starboard rail of the vessel, igniting the mainsail into one tremendous flame.","",""
"ballista","Noun","UNKNOWN","2394","4","The barrage intensified, more pitch, great heavy stones, and giant ballista bolts battering the ill-fated craft.","",""
"sizzle","Gerund","UNKNOWN","2395","4","But then came the worst thing of all - a hissing, sizzling noise.","",""
"succumb","Verb","UNKNOWN","2396","4","The blackness will not fall complete until the last free human spirit has succumbed.","",""
"mend","Verb","UNKNOWN","2397","4","Pellimar would carry scars forever, but surely he had mended.","",""
"coil","Noun","UNKNOWN","2398","4","He was heading back for his physical coil when he realized that time was against him.","",""
"magnetite","Verb","UNKNOWN","2399","4","It hit with a tremendous, thump, jerking the behemoth from the ground, and then, to Avelyn's amazement, for he had never really used magnetite before, the second giant in line shuddered violently as well.","",""
"extraordinary","Adjective","B2","2400","4","It was vespers, so few were about to observe the master and the guard, bearing his extraordinary burden, as they made their way to the abbey roof overlooking All Saints Bay.","",""