"lemma","pos","cefr_level","coverage_rank","global_frequency","context_sentence","context_sentence_zh","definition_zh"
"sparkling","Adjective","A2","2501","3","When Pony's eyes showed sadness, Elbryan felt it in his heart; when they soared with sparkling joy, Elbryan's feet moved involuntarily in dance.","",""
"blank","Adjective","A2","2502","3","Expressions ran from excitement to awkward fear to blank amazement as the villagers took stock of the kills, especially the last carcass on the shoulder poles, a smallish humanoid form.","",""
"competition","Singular","A2","2503","3","Pony had told him many times that Kristeena was sweet for him, and the older girl, not viewing a ten-year-old as competition, had been charmed by the thought.","",""
"underground","Adjective","A2","2504","3","When the showers arrived, he and his fellow Preparer would be hidden underground, sheltered from the pelting meteors.","",""
"sweetness","Noun","A2","2505","3","The sweetness was there, but somehow just out of Jill's reach.","",""
"grayish","Adjective","A2","2506","3","Elbryan saw the bright red gash, the white of split bone, the grayish brain.","",""
"anymore","Adverb","A2","2507","3","There were no lines of defense anymore, no organized pockets of resistance.","",""
"buzz","Verb","A2","2508","3","The whole village had buzzed about the house because Olwan Wyndon was laying a stone foundation.","",""
"involve","Verb","A2","2509","3","Pony, who hadn't been involved in the previous discussion at Avelyn's bedside, seemed not to understand.","",""
"gallery","Noun","A2","2510","3","Brother Avelyn, too, ignored Tol Yuganick's cheering gallery.","",""
"cloudless","Adjective","A2","2511","3","But there was indeed light inside that room, such a light as to make Avelyn think of a cloudless midsummer day.","",""
"fearing","Noun","A2","2512","3","And then she could look no more, fearing that she would find Thomas Ault, her father dear, among the dead.","",""
"numbness","Noun","A2","2513","3","She stood and stared, and a numbness came over her, stealing her emotions.","",""
"bravely","Adverb","A2","2514","3","Elbryan could see his father had died bravely, and understanding.","",""
"weightless","Adjective","A2","2515","3","Every movement forced a countermovement from the weightless behemoth, and so, when the stupid thing brought its club high overhead for a mighty chop, the energy lifted the giant from the ground and tuned it right over in midair, a slow-motion somersault.","",""
"grayness","Noun","A2","2516","3","Elbryan sprinted down the slope, back into the grayness, and found a smiling Juraviel waiting for him just a few feet beyond the mist's edge.","",""
"rising","Noun","A2","2517","3","Bunkus Smealy turned about and waved his hand forcefully, quieting the rising murmurs.","",""
"quality","Noun","A2","2518","3","Elbryan had that same impish quality about him as Mather, a love and luster of life, lurking just below the surface.","",""
"cursed","Noun","A2","2519","3","He picked up his basket, cursed when one pant leg slipped down into the water, then waded out through the reeds.","",""
"crowded","Adjective","A2","2520","3","The young woman didn't look back as she made her way across the crowded floor to get the drinks.","",""
"numb","Adjective","A2","2521","3","Master Wink-and-Slap twisted his face at her again and gave a breathless burst of laughter, his throat no doubt numb from the drink.","",""
"mast","Noun","A2","2522","3","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.","",""
"exist","Verb","A2","2523","3","Did such a thing as the Halo even exist, or was her memory a mere fantasy?","",""
"society","Noun","A2","2524","3","Cat realized that she should have appeared more impressed, but in truth, little about society had ever meant anything to her.","",""
"formally","Adverb","A2","2525","3","Over the next couple of weeks, as they marched along the trails, Avelyn showed Jill just how much he had come to trust her, for he began formally tutoring her in the ways of the stones.","",""
"disease","Noun","A2","2526","3","Even on successful voyages to Pimaninicuit, more often than not, one or more of the four monks did not return, for disease was a very real fact of life aboard ship.","",""
"supporting","Adjective","A2","2527","3","Elbryan countered by letting go of his staff with his top hand, rolling it under the blocking arm, then grabbing it and sweeping low for the monk's supporting leg.","",""
"background","Noun","A2","2528","3","He knew it was music, though it seemed too soft, too much in the background for him to actually hear it.","",""
"average","Adjective","A2","2529","3","Though diminutive in stature, they were said to be stronger than an average man and with incredible stamina.","",""
"beating","Noun","A2","2530","3","Elbryan chuckled, not surprised that predictable Tuntun enjoyed issuing the beatings.","",""
"greeting","Noun","A2","2531","3","Again, he was more than polite, the perfect gentleman, not pressuring Cat to even so much as offer a greeting to him.","",""
"social","Adjective","A2","2532","3","She would dress in the finest gowns and attend the highest social events in Palmaris, even in Ursal!","",""
"develop","Verb","A2","2533","3","Jojonah didn't really doubt that - he just wondered why in the name of God such a technique had ever been developed!","",""
"patient","Adjective","A2","2534","3","So he would be patient, would spend his nights walking with Jill and talking.","",""
"damp","Adjective","A2","2535","3","She tried to straighten her still-damp clothes, but realized that she would be conspicuous indeed to any, walking as she was without boots, and without the dirtied, calloused feet of a peasant woman.","",""
"predict","Verb","A2","2536","3","The reaction of Pettibwa and Graevis to the news of the marriage was not hard to predict.","",""
"suggestion","Plural","A2","2537","3","Elbryan only smiled, but Bradwarden's suggestion did not seem like such a bad idea.","",""
"gaping","Adjective","A2","2538","3","Avelyn meant to turn him over, but he could not find his breath when he looked at the fatal wound, a gaping hole smashed right through Thagraine's skull, brain matter splattered all about.","",""
"reduce","Verb","A2","2539","3","The man would be reduced to an instrument of destruction, Avelyn's destruction.","",""
"hopelessly","Adverb","A2","2540","3","Juraviel sighed and looked hopelessly at his Lady, his guilt obvious upon his fair face.","",""
"seeming","Adjective","A2","2541","3","That seeming contradiction had left Elbryan in a quandary.","",""
"strategy","Noun","A2","2542","3","Every attack and parry angle became ingrained in him; what had been conscious battle strategy melded into a reactive response or an anticipatory strike.","",""
"skyward","Noun","A2","2543","3","Juraviel remained at the glowing fire pit until all had gone, his eyes ever skyward, looking for the blackest of forms.","",""
"covering","Noun","A2","2544","3","He moved inside the grove, across the covering of snow to the secret cairn.","",""
"sparse","Adjective","A2","2545","3","The land was relatively flat and brown, with sparse low shrubs poking here and there.","",""
"knocking","Noun","A2","2546","3","Elbryan swept his staff out to the left, knocking aside a club strike, then back to the right, parrying a sword.","",""
"roaring","Adjective","A2","2547","3","Out came the bear in full charge, roaring.","",""
"pulling","Noun","A2","2548","3","The first of the giants came into sight, bending low, pulling hard, a heavy harness strapped across its torso.","",""
"serving","Noun","A2","2549","3","Jill ordered her troop to filter about, then went to see the man behind the serving bar.","",""
"bowling","Noun","A2","2550","3","The man ran every which way, bowling over all who would stand before him, laughing maniacally all the while, even when one of those dodging his charge landed a solid punch about his face or neck.","",""
"boil","Verb","A2","2551","3","Frustration boiled in the young woman, mingling with desperation.","",""
"chip","Verb","A2","2552","3","It was merely a diamond chip, useful for saving the candles and oil on long journeys.","",""
"audience","Singular","A2","2553","3","She went in expecting a brewing row, but found instead that the mad friar, this time, had a fairly attentive audience.","",""
"sorely","Adverb","A2","2554","3","It was risky setting a light in the dark forest, but these folk sorely needed the warmth.","",""
"secretive","Adjective","A2","2555","3","Not only was her gain exponential, but so was the monk's understanding of this secretive woman - and of her dark past.","",""
"hammer","Verb","A2","2556","3","The ranger smiled once more as Tol Yuganick attacked again, only to be hammered away.","",""
"thief","Noun","A2","2557","3","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.","",""
"stupidly","Adverb","A2","2558","3","The ranger had to be satisfied with that; he and the refugees were in no position to take on a prisoner, especially one as fierce and stupidly bold as that powrie.","",""
"ringing","Adjective","A2","2559","3","Elbryan pressed on, Tempest hitting so often that the ringing song never paused.","",""
"wilderness","Noun","B1","2560","3","Next spring would bring his thirteenth birthday, the passage from childhood in the hardy land that was the northern wilderness.","",""
"oddly","Adverb","B1","2561","3","He put a hand to his chin, an oddly human gesture.","",""
"piping","Noun","B1","2562","3","Then they heard a distant piping, soft music, perfect melody.","",""
"sensible","Adjective","B1","2563","3","His mind drifted up from the ridge, from the solid ground, from the sensible experiences of his existence into the unknown, exhilarating joy of spirituality.","",""
"injure","Verb","B1","2564","3","After a moment of shock, the goblins had thrown their spears, injuring one man.","",""
"reluctantly","Adverb","B1","2565","3","The cheer went up, and Shane McMichael, a quiet, slender young man just a few years older than Elbryan, reluctantly came forward to stand beside Olwan in front of the blazing hearth: With much prodding, the man was prompted to tell of the fight, of the cunning twist and parry and the straightforward thrust that had come too soon for the goblin to completely dodge.","",""
"discount","Verb","B1","2566","3","Pony shrugged, not willing to discount the possibility of giants, not after viewing a dead goblin.","",""
"statue","Noun","B1","2567","3","Along one wall stood a gigantic statue, fifteen feet or more, dressed in a heavy leather jacket, trimmed in fur and set with spiked metal plates and heavy iron rings.","",""
"similarly","Adverb","B1","2568","3","He calmed quickly, though, seeing that all of his classmates were similarly entranced and that the Father Abbot and the other ranking monks seemed not to care.","",""
"crumble","Verb","B1","2569","3","The left-hand wall of the throne room crumbled; the twin lava flows intensified, spurting molten stone across the room.","",""
"absolutely","Adverb","B1","2570","3","The simple fact that they could not be absolutely certain offered Elbryan all the encouragement he needed.","",""
"influence","Noun","B1","2571","3","It had awakened, darkness rising, and already its influence was spreading throughout Corona.","",""
"portly","Adverb","B1","2572","3","She stood up and offered her hand, helping the portly monk to his feet.","",""
"retire","Verb","B1","2573","3","That night, Avelyn retired to his room, thoroughly exhausted, both emotionally and physically.","",""
"volunteer","Verb","B1","2574","3","He had spent all his waking hours at demanding work, volunteering for the most difficult parts of each task.","",""
"flood","Verb","B1","2575","3","Images of his mother flooded his thoughts; he wondered if he might see a vision of her now, a visitation of her spirit before it went to its place in heaven.","",""
"experienced","Adjective","B1","2576","3","After only a few weeks in the abbey, Avelyn knew enough about the routine to understand that students much older and more experienced than he were the normal choice for any tasks, however menial, in the Abbot's Maze.","",""
"practically","Adverb","B1","2577","3","Jojonah moved into the room, Avelyn practically stumbling behind him.","",""
"click","Noun","B1","2578","3","Master Siherton came out of Markwart's room alone, his boots clicking on the floor as he made his way in the direction of the stone room.","",""
"fancy","Adjective","B1","2579","3","There was indeed a mystery here that no tumble of fancy words could lay bare; there was something here of a higher order.","",""
"beckon","Verb","B1","2580","3","A slanting ray cut in through the smoke, a single shaft of light that beckoned the girl back to the land of the living.","",""
"investigate","Infinitive","B1","2581","3","Pony thought she should go closer to investigate, but she hadn't the stomach.","",""
"forceful","Adjective","B1","2582","3","his father's stern and forceful way, he was not surprised.","",""
"resourceful","Adjective","B1","2583","3","He remembered Mather at the start of the legendary ranger's career, a bumbling boy no more adept and probably not even as resourceful as this Elbryan.","",""
"conclusion","Noun","B1","2584","3","And to the young man who had somehow survived a goblin raid, such a conclusion meant it could only be one thing.","",""
"defiantly","Adverb","B1","2585","3","The young woman shook her head defiantly, then looked back at the stallion, who reared and whinnied, as if to prod her on.","",""
"comparison","Noun","B1","2586","3","Something about the comparison, something she could not grasp, tugged hard at her, begging for release.","",""
"lurk","Verb","B1","2587","3","Elbryan had that same impish quality about him as Mather, a love and luster of life, lurking just below the surface.","",""
"frightening","Adjective","B1","2588","3","The situation came to a frightening head one especially hot humid morning.","",""
"channel","Verb","B1","2589","3","Avelyn growled low and called to God, begging for more energy, channeling it, as pure a conduit of godly might as ever had stood upon Corona.","",""
"righteousness","Noun","B1","2590","3","Were the fifteen Holy Orders of God, the rules of righteousness, truly God inspired, or were they merely rules of keeping order within a civilized society?","",""
"pressing","Noun","B1","2591","3","At this point, Tallareyish was playing white, pressing the attack, but Elbryan meant to reverse that.","",""
"innocently","Adverb","B1","2592","3","""But what would they do with their booty?"" Avelyn reasoned innocently, drawing looks from the other five.","",""
"highly","Adverb","B1","2593","3","Lodestone was highly magnetic; its enchantment would send it fast to a metal surface.","",""
"sexual","Adjective","B1","2594","3","Thagraine's perception of his sexual past was indeed accurate.","",""
"briskly","Adverb","B1","2595","3","She jumped when he briskly entered, pulling the covers from her bed up before her.","",""
"keenly","Adverb","B1","2596","3","His sense of order was simply too strong, his sense of right and wrong too keenly developed.","",""
"union","Plural","B1","2597","3","A physical union she could not abide - not with this man, not with Connor!","",""
"explore","Verb","B1","2598","3","What he came to understand from that viewpoint was a sense of self he had never before felt free to explore.","",""
"tail","Verb","B1","2599","3","Thinking that the centaur had changed his mind and was trying to flee, the giant lunged for that tail, but Bradwarden's haunches came up high, the centaur kicking out with both his hind legs, hard hooves perfectly aligned with the stooping monster's ugly face.","",""
"commit","Verb","B1","2600","3","He was somewhat concerned that no sounds of battle came to him from further south, from the lead group, but he and his companions were committed, he knew, and would have to trust that Pony would not let the goblins and giant get behind them, cutting off any quick retreat.","",""