"lemma","pos","cefr_level","coverage_rank","global_frequency","context_sentence","context_sentence_zh","definition_zh"
"astride","Noun","UNKNOWN","3801","2","Out from the gaps in the line came the next surprise, a goblin cavalry, the diminutive creatures astride shaggy ponies.","",""
"disciplined","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3802","2","And working in concert,"" he added, sweeping his arm across the panorama of the encampment, indicating the disciplined manner in which the creatures were organizing their camp.","",""
"masse","Noun","UNKNOWN","3803","2","And beyond the masses loomed a single dark silhouette, a conical mountain tipped by a steady stream of dark smoke.","",""
"misshapen","Noun","UNKNOWN","3804","2","On the ground beside the body lay the ruined broach, its hematite core melted and misshapen, an elongated black egg.","",""
"unwanted","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3805","2","Might the mad friar's increasing reputation have brought unwanted recognition from the strict order?","",""
"deft","Noun","UNKNOWN","3806","2","A deft twist by the woman turned the sword out of harm's way, allowing Brother Justice merely a glancing hit that forced Jill back a step.","",""
"ruse","Noun","B2","3807","2","Elbryan put his staff up high to block the expected punch, but even though he seemed to fall for the ruse, the ranger was not caught.","",""
"enthusiastically","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3808","2","Avelyn nodded enthusiastically, but the ranger's words only heightened his fear that this was indeed no coincidental attack, that the fighting monks of the Abellican Church were after him.","",""
"lately","Adjective","B2","3809","2","Lately, though, Belster had begun changing that.","",""
"lord","Noun","B2","3810","2","He studied the man in the distant corner, the one Tol had referred to sarcastically as ""our lord protector,"" with new interest.","",""
"vertically","Adverb","B2","3811","2","Elbryan casually put Hawkwing out vertically in front of him, picking off the punch with the hard wood.","",""
"skilled","Adjective","B2","3812","2","Then the ranger began his scan again, seeking the newcomer, this skilled fighter, this assassin.","",""
"hustle","Verb","UNKNOWN","3813","2","The ranger shrugged it away and hustled to the side of the fat monk.","",""
"herb","Noun","B2","3814","2","This man had been-poisoned, no doubt about it, but the poison was not based in any substance, in any herb or plant or any animal venom.","",""
"swerved","Noun","UNKNOWN","3815","2","Elbryan watched him go, taking some comfort in the fact that the man swerved for the inn's side door and was apparently going to his room, not back to the common room.","",""
"affair","Noun","B2","3816","2","Elbryan didn't know exactly where he might fit in to such a private affair, but he expected that he and the fat monk - and likely the deadly stranger, as well - had not seen the last of one another.","",""
"forewarn","Verb","UNKNOWN","3817","2","Now Avelyn was indeed growing fearful; it wasn't like Jill to disappear for so long without forewarning him or without finding some way to contact him.","",""
"defined","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3818","2","To Avelyn, who had lived all of his life in the more populous and defined central region of Honce-the-Bear, and who had lately.","",""
"uncompromising","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3819","2","She was sorry that Avelyn had been forced to act as thief and killer, sorry that this gentle man - and despite the barroom brawls, Pony knew Avelyn to be a gentle man - had been put into such an uncompromising position.","",""
"wearily","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3820","2","Elbryan sighed wearily.","",""
"foolishly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3821","2","And then they were buried beneath the subsequent memories: the death of Thagraine, of the boy who had foolishly gone onto Pimaninicuit, of all the crew of the Windrunner, of Dansally, of Siherton.","",""
"illusion","Noun","B2","3822","2","I hold no comforting illusions; that group is in danger as great as my own.","",""
"wraith","Noun","UNKNOWN","3823","2","Quintall, Brother Justice, fell to his wraith knees before the dactyl, bowed his head, and spoke.","",""
"magnificence","Singular","UNKNOWN","3824","2","- in all its horrible beauty, in all its magnificence.","",""
"observation","Plural","B2","3825","2","I cannot know, can only guess, and I fear that any guess I make will be tainted by the observations of my current life.","",""
"mournful","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3826","2","Bradwarden took up his pipes then, following the meal with a mournful, soulful tune that conjured in Avelyn images of the rolling hills, the wheatfields, and grapevines of Youmaneff.","",""
"beneficial","Adjective","B2","3827","2","""Beneficial,"" Avelyn said with all confidence and without hesitation.","",""
"jostle","Verb","UNKNOWN","3828","2","Symphony snorted again and jostled about, but gradually came to accept the woman.","",""
"culmination","Singular","UNKNOWN","3829","2","For Elbryan, it was the culmination of his youth, where every waking thought had led him to this point with this woman, his soulmate, his Pony.","",""
"insignia","Noun","UNKNOWN","3830","2","Thankfully, there were no giants or even powries to be seen, but there were at least fifty goblins down there, with several, Elbryan noted, wearing the black-and-gray insignia of the dactyl's army.","",""
"reconcile","Verb","B2","3831","2","The large man's knowledge of goblins simply didn't reconcile with this sight before him.","",""
"wooded","Verb","UNKNOWN","3832","2","Tall Cric was by far the fastest of the three and he forged ahead, gaining steadily on the goblin as it scrambled down the back side of the hill, then over the wooded floor of the next valley.","",""
"corkscrew","Noun","UNKNOWN","3833","2","Even more surprising to the three men were the war engines, a dozen at least, great catapults and spear-throwing ballistae, and huge corkscrew devices, obviously for burrowing through fortified walls.","",""
"concoct","Noun","UNKNOWN","3834","2","One of the giants continued to stammer on about bad luck and other such nonsense, trying hard to concoct some excuse that might keep its skin attached to its body.","",""
"crest","Verb","UNKNOWN","3835","2","True to her word, Pony was riding hard to the south as the sun crested the eastern horizon.","",""
"thievery","Noun","UNKNOWN","3836","2","Stealthy thievery seemed the order of the day.","",""
"diving","Noun","B2","3837","2","Hawkwing's bowstring hummed, the arrow flying true, diving into the back of the peeing goblin's head.","",""
"hatchet","Noun","UNKNOWN","3838","2","The ranger dropped Hawkwing, reached behind him to his pack, and tore free his hatchet.","",""
"ineffective","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3839","2","Elbryan looked at his weapons, so ineffective against the sturdy powrie.","",""
"peg","Verb","UNKNOWN","3840","2","Chipmunk popped out the last fastening peg, and, with the strength of a giant, the centaur lifted free the huge beam.","",""
"strung","Noun","UNKNOWN","3841","2","A second puzzle faced the ranger when he noticed a cord, thin but strong, strung to his left, along the wall, going past him and past Quintall.","",""
"undetected","PastTense","UNKNOWN","3842","2","He left Symphony in the forest and moved tree to tree, crossing past goblin sentries undetected, at last finding a good vantage point on the edge of the village.","",""
"threateningly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3843","2","Elbryan didn't flinch nor did he look back threateningly when a mug shattered against the wall beside the exit, a missile obviously aimed at the back of his head.","",""
"unleash","Verb","UNKNOWN","3844","2","The stone; as if it were something sentient, had called to the monk on that day when he had presented it to Elbryan and Symphony, and Avelyn, who had floated down the face of a cliff, who had walked on water and unleashed tremendous fireballs, who had held the power of a thunderstorm in his puny, mortal hands, would not discount any possibilities of its God-given power.","",""
"abandoned","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3845","2","Pony and Elbryan spent a long and quiet moment together, ending it wordlessly with a kiss that passed as a promise from Elbryan to the woman that she would not be abandoned, and as a promise from Pony that she and those who would leave would be ready when the moment of opportunity was upon them.","",""
"fro","Noun","UNKNOWN","3846","2","The sky brightened to a dull gray shortly before the dawn, another lazy snowstorm dropping scattered flakes that floated to and fro during their descent.","",""
"smother","Verb","UNKNOWN","3847","2","It slammed into a young tree, snapping branches and stumbling, but held its balance - stupidly, for the ground offered its only chance of smothering the flames - and ran on.","",""
"southwestern","Noun","UNKNOWN","3848","2","Every so often a cloud would rush overhead, pushed by southwestern breezes, but for the most part the stars shone crisp and clear, and die smell of spring was everywhere, the smell of new life.","",""
"spotted","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3849","2","Pony looked back and spotted Elbryan sitting on a low branch of a tree on the northern side of the ravine.","",""
"bittersweet","Noun","UNKNOWN","3850","2","The encampment that night, closer to Dundalis than to Weedy Meadow, was filled with a bittersweet atmosphere.","",""
"disagreeable","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3851","2","And they were indeed a ragtag band; the best among them, other than Pony, Bradwarden, and Avelyn, was probably unreliable Paulson or the always irritating, disagreeable Tol Yuganick.","",""
"circlet","Noun","UNKNOWN","3852","2","He took the circlet back from her and set it about her forehead.","",""
"droplet","Noun","UNKNOWN","3853","2","Elbryan knew not how long the candles would last, how long it would take their heat to melt the snow domes above them, the droplets falling to extinguish the flames.","",""
"undead","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3854","2","But then the undead thing was there, right before him, propelled by something other than its legs - was there, barely a foot away, its bony fingers clasped about the ranger's throat!","",""
"rotted","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3855","2","Now his hit did indeed sting the zombie, the sword tearing a deep gash in the rotted flesh, smacking hard against a rib.","",""
"shear","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3856","2","Mighty Tempest sheared right through the crystal, and the whole of it blew into dust, shattered a thousand times.","",""
"pommel","Noun","UNKNOWN","3857","2","He held it up before his admiring gaze, studying the craftsmanship, the gleaming silverel, the magnificent gemstone pommel, the blue, the storm clouds.","",""
"tendril","Noun","UNKNOWN","3858","2","It was as they had feared the monsters using the occupied towns as base and supply camps while they sent their dark tendrils further south, first in probes, but soon, so Paulson believed, in great numbers.","",""
"perk","PastTense","UNKNOWN","3859","2","Elbryan perked his ears up considerably at that bit of news.","",""
"firewood","Noun","UNKNOWN","3860","2","Elbryan, Bradwarden, and Avelyn came upon a group of a dozen goblins chopping firewood, and summarily destroyed them.","",""
"playfully","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3861","2","""Ho, ho, what?"" Pony said to him playfully, drawing a smile from the monk.","",""
"wryly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3862","2","Elbryan smiled wryly at Bradwarden before the fearsome centaur could take offense.","",""
"endanger","Verb","UNKNOWN","3863","2","The monk understood the situation up front, understood that Elbryan could not buy him very much more time without endangering many lives.","",""
"blindly","Adverb","B2","3864","2","The burning giant continued on with hardly a thought for the dwarf, running blindly, swatting futilely at the flames.","",""
"bedside","Noun","UNKNOWN","3865","2","Pony, who hadn't been involved in the previous discussion at Avelyn's bedside, seemed not to understand.","",""
"cohesive","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3866","2","That realization struck the big man profoundly; for the first time in many years; he felt like a part of something larger, than himself, a cohesive circle of comrades, of friends.","",""
"whining","Noun","UNKNOWN","3867","2","The powrie had little love of goblins and found Gothra a pitiful whining creature.","",""
"readied","Verb","UNKNOWN","3868","2","He wished that he had Hawkwing readied, that he could lead the way with a stinging arrow.","",""
"inexorably","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3869","2","Yet another caravan of monsters, laden with engines of war and moving inexorably south, washed those peaceful thoughts from Avelyn's mind.","",""
"amusement","Noun","UNKNOWN","3870","2","Avelyn sensed the spirit's amusement.","",""
"victor","Noun","UNKNOWN","3871","2","break of dawn, south along the wild trails, the weary and grieving victors, the new protectors of the holy stones.","",""
"inconvenience","Singular","UNKNOWN","3872","2","The dactyl howled, more in rage than pain, for' Elbryan's arrows were but a minor inconvenience to the mighty creature.","",""
"slamming","Noun","UNKNOWN","3873","2","The monster's other arm shot out hard, slamming the wall in front of Elbryan, preventing him from running past.","",""
"dissuade","Verb","UNKNOWN","3874","2","The question was not meant to dissuade any attack, Elbryan knew in looking at his determined companion, but to logically guide the group in the best possible direction.","",""
"riderless","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3875","2","The ranger noted, too, that Paulson's riderless mount was close behind them, and while he was glad that the horse had escaped, he was not pleased by the sight.","",""
"receding","Noun","UNKNOWN","3876","2","But those shouts were fast receding, Symphony's great strides outdistancing the pursuit, and sheer luck saw the ranger through the shower of giant-thrown stones.","",""
"spurt","Verb","UNKNOWN","3877","2","The left-hand wall of the throne room crumbled; the twin lava flows intensified, spurting molten stone across the room.","",""
"overbalance","Verb","UNKNOWN","3878","2","Reaching, reaching, the giant overbalanced and fell to the ground.","",""
"traitor","Noun","UNKNOWN","3879","2","At that moment, the ranger had more immediate problems than some mythical monster hundreds of miles away, for if there was indeed a traitor in their midst, then the threat would increase.","",""
"impiety","Noun","UNKNOWN","3880","2","The weakness of mankind, the impiety of.","",""
"cowardice","Noun","UNKNOWN","3881","2","Elbryan knew well that the man had not been ill, and he considered the sudden cowardice truly out of character.","",""
"precaution","Singular","UNKNOWN","3882","2","And now that we are known, our enemies take precautions, moving about in larger, better-prepared bands.","",""
"thump","Noun","UNKNOWN","3883","2","Less than ten steps into the woods, he heard a single thump, a centaur's kick against a head propped by a tree trunk, and he knew that it was finished.","",""
"unarmored","Verb","UNKNOWN","3884","2","Why hadn't he just put Hawkwing to use, shooting arrow after arrow at the spike wielder's unarmored head until the thing fell over dead?","",""
"significant","Adjective","B2","3885","2","But neither will we deliver any significant blows.","",""
"unasked","Noun","UNKNOWN","3886","2","It is the life that fate has thrust upon us, and I am proud indeed that few, so very few, have shrunk before their sudden, unasked for responsibilities.","",""
"budding","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3887","2","Just out of sight of the encampment, the small group came upon a party of elves - there might have been five - or there might have been twenty, so fleeting were their glimpses of the ever-elusive sprites - dancing amid the budding branches of several trees.","",""
"unhindered","Verb","UNKNOWN","3888","2","The goblins did indeed send out another pair of scouts, and these two moved unhindered through the woods, then went back to the main group reporting no sign of their missing eight companions.","",""
"plod","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3889","2","Satisfied as End-o'-the-World was left behind, the beast turned northward, thinking to swoop low over the newest caravan plodding south, to encourage its minions and to strike fear in their hearts all at once.","",""
"idly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3890","2","Elbryan could not watch idly, of course, and as soon as Hawkwing came up, the others realized that the time for action was upon them.","",""
"clump","Noun","UNKNOWN","3891","2","He settled for a clump of birch trees, throwing his body into their midst as he threw his mind into the hematite he tightly clutched.","",""
"stooge","Noun","UNKNOWN","3892","2","""You will grow accustomed to your new body, my stooge, my general,"" the dactyl teased, ""my assassin.","",""
"stony","Noun","UNKNOWN","3893","2","The closest two columns stretched out their stony arms, broke through the inanimate stone holding fast their legs, and started the monk's way.","",""
"foolishness","Noun","UNKNOWN","3894","2","The giant stumbled and went down, the centaur in fast pursuit, cursing his foolishness in using the bow and reaching for his cudgel.","",""
"diminished","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3895","2","For Tuntun, the sting of being left out of that all-important journey had not diminished, and no logical arguments could change the way the elf felt about it.","",""
"illumination","Singular","B2","3896","2","Now the fire was no more than embers, their orange glow casting faint illumination over the resting forms of the humans, the light seeming appropriate for the rhythmic breathing of the sleeping folk.","",""
"afterlife","Noun","UNKNOWN","3897","2","There is no afterlife for a miserable wretch such as thee!","",""
"overmatched","Verb","UNKNOWN","3898","2","Juraviel fought valiantly, but he was overmatched.","",""
"impromptu","Noun","UNKNOWN","3899","2","Elbryan rested back against the diagonal tree root in this impromptu room of Oracle, digesting his own words.","",""
"otherworldly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3900","2","What he did know was that the, demon dactyl was searching for him; for them, sending its otherworldly vision out far and wide.","",""