"lemma","pos","cefr_level","coverage_rank","global_frequency","context_sentence","context_sentence_zh","definition_zh"
"seamen","Noun","UNKNOWN","3501","2","He had heard the term before, and he knew Quintall and the others used it for the common seamen, but he had no idea what it meant.","",""
"proximity","Noun","UNKNOWN","3502","2","- and yet, fighting in such proximity had him on the defensive for her sake.","",""
"commanding","Adjective","B2","3503","2","The four young monks exchanged glances; Avelyn was sympathetic to the captain's wishes and actually took some comfort in the man's commanding, if cold, demeanor.","",""
"pecking","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3504","2","The pecking order for the voyage had indeed been determined in just that manner.","",""
"peal","Verb","UNKNOWN","3505","2","The bells of the abbey pealed repeatedly, drawing curious onlookers from the nearby village of St.-Mere-Abelle.","",""
"noisily","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3506","2","The four crewmen of the Windrunner's boat, which was bouncing noisily against the wooden dock, sat through it all with smirking faces, thoroughly amused and certainly not impressed.","",""
"crusty","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3507","2","Elbryan froze as he heard the crusty snow crunch under his feet.","",""
"jealous","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3508","2","Avelyn watched that stare, and the return look Quintall offered to the master, and he understood that, while Quintall hated him and was jealous of him, the man would indeed protect him at all costs on the journey to and from the island.","",""
"joyous","Adjective","B2","3509","2","The ceremony went off perfectly solemn yet joyous, ladies crying, men standing tall and handsome.","",""
"extent","Noun","B2","3510","2","The young man paused then to consider the extent of his progress.","",""
"misstep","Noun","UNKNOWN","3511","2","Only the previous autumn, he would not even have noticed his last slight misstep.","",""
"clumsy","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3512","2","Elbryan had learned to walk nearly silently - though he still thought himself clumsy when measured against the graceful elves!","",""
"moot","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3513","2","The point was moot, anyway, for Elbryan never got close to touching the elusive deer.","",""
"fumbling","Noun","UNKNOWN","3514","2","Even the pursuit seemed left behind, the fumbling giants not keeping pace.","",""
"session","Plural","B2","3515","2","Not that Juraviel and the others weren't strong; it constantly amazed Elbryan how much power an elf packed into its tiny frame, power he felt all too often in the sting of a practice sword's strike during his sparring sessions!","",""
"dice","Noun","UNKNOWN","3516","2","But perhaps he'd have time for a few drinks and a dice game before.","",""
"lodging","Noun","UNKNOWN","3517","2","Elbryan moved grudgingly to his lodging, a low, wide house on the bottom boughs of a thick-limbed elm.","",""
"sneakily","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3518","2","Elbryan smiled sneakily and went into a crouch.","",""
"shave","Verb","UNKNOWN","3519","2","Even his head was bare, for his superiors had shaved it.","",""
"feint","Noun","UNKNOWN","3520","2","He was too fast for most humans, dizzying them with winding, sweeping feints before the lightning strike killed them.","",""
"counterclockwise","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3521","2","As soon as he started around, then, Elbryan turned his right foot out and went around counterclockwise, pulling in his hip to avoid a swipe of that axe.","",""
"twirling","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3522","2","He hardly saw the elf's attacks, but he took comfort in the clicking sounds as the twirling pole picked off each one.","",""
"accusingly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3523","2","""The dactyl grows strong,"" she said, not accusingly.","",""
"gaily","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3524","2","The man left early, tipping his floppy beret to Cat as he exited, his light brown eyes sparkling gaily, and the young woman was both relieved and upset that this second meeting had ended so abruptly.","",""
"memories","Verb","UNKNOWN","3525","2","Cat-the-Stray shook her head violently, as if trying to launch the disturbing half memories right out of her ear.","",""
"conniving","Noun","UNKNOWN","3526","2","Grady silently applauded his conniving little sister, though his perception of her actions almost scared him; he had never thought her capable of such a beautifully treacherous play.","",""
"acquaint","Verb","UNKNOWN","3527","2","Belli'mar Juraviel, easily the friendliest of the elven band, and the one most acquainted with humans, had even refused to be seen among the encampments, explaining that his presence would probably only frighten those too foolish to know friend from foe.","",""
"proportion","Singular","B2","3528","2","Everything about her seemed to fit perfectly - her nose, eyes, and mouth in perfect proportion, her legs and arms long and slender but certainly not skinny.","",""
"gait","Noun","UNKNOWN","3529","2","Her gait enhanced that perception as well, for she walked with ease and fluidity, always balanced.","",""
"enhance","Verb","B2","3530","2","Her gait enhanced that perception as well, for she walked with ease and fluidity, always balanced.","",""
"impressed","Adjective","B2","3531","2","The centaur, for the very first time, seemed honestly impressed.","",""
"reflex","Noun","UNKNOWN","3532","2","She was no novice to battle, this one, with finely honed reflexes.","",""
"sarcastic","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3533","2","""Am I to swoon, then?"" Cat asked, growing bolder and more sarcastic.","",""
"spirited","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3534","2","The man got his answer as grim-faced Pony, sitting tall atop Symphony, came out of the trees across the way, flanked on each side by a score of angry villagers and their spirited mounts.","",""
"toothy","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3535","2","The older woman clapped her pudgy hands before her, her toothy smile nearly taking in her ears.","",""
"enthusiasm","Noun","B2","3536","2","So Grady's enthusiasm for this alliance held little weight with Cat, but Pettibwa's exuberance was a bit harder to dismiss.","",""
"reserve","Verb","B2","3537","2","The monk did get in close enough to one wounded goblin to finish it with a flurry of deadly punches, but he kept his magical energy in reserve.","",""
"crewman","Noun","UNKNOWN","3538","2","Ships had been found, so the stories went, intact and seaworthy, but with not a crewman aboard.","",""
"slave","Noun","B2","3539","2","This was Adjonas' ship, that Quintall did not dispute, but the abbey had paid well for this transport and the brothers had not been put aboard as slaves.","",""
"unknowing","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3540","2","Only unknowing blackness.","",""
"rejoin","Verb","UNKNOWN","3541","2","Avelyn wasn't sure the man had ever rejoined them the previous night, and indeed he looked haggard but certainly not displeased.","",""
"approval","Noun","B2","3542","2","Quintall nodded his approval and Thagraine led the eager Pellimar away.","",""
"expense","Noun","B2","3543","2","The other three townsfolk joined in the laughter, more than willing to do so at Elbryan's expense.","",""
"diversion","Plural","UNKNOWN","3544","2","All his adult life had been devoted to his studies; there had been no time for such diversions.","",""
"bien","Noun","UNKNOWN","3545","2","Those wicked stories of Bien deLouisa flitted through his memory.","",""
"delouisa","Noun","UNKNOWN","3546","2","Those wicked stories of Bien deLouisa flitted through his memory.","",""
"stateroom","Noun","UNKNOWN","3547","2","Every time he passed that cabin door, a small stateroom just behind the quarters of Captain Adjonas, he trembled.","",""
"meld","Verb","UNKNOWN","3548","2","All his dreams melded into that singular, mounting fear.","",""
"caricature","Noun","UNKNOWN","3549","2","The cave seemed a gigantic caricature of a king's throne room.","",""
"amble","Verb","UNKNOWN","3550","2","The old man ambled away on bowed legs.","",""
"aft","Noun","UNKNOWN","3551","2","He rubbed his hands together and started aft.","",""
"shipboard","Noun","UNKNOWN","3552","2","For Avelyn, this was a most sacred mission, the most important duty of the Abellican Church, and to profane it so by indulging in a shipboard orgy, was surely blasphemous.","",""
"orgy","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3553","2","For Avelyn, this was a most sacred mission, the most important duty of the Abellican Church, and to profane it so by indulging in a shipboard orgy, was surely blasphemous.","",""
"framed","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3554","2","Her face seemed tiny, framed by the voluminous hair, but cute, if not beautiful, and her frame, too, was small and thin.","",""
"cute","Adjective","B2","3555","2","Her face seemed tiny, framed by the voluminous hair, but cute, if not beautiful, and her frame, too, was small and thin.","",""
"hem","Noun","UNKNOWN","3556","2","""Well, are ye ready then, Avelyn Desbris?"" Dansally asked, pulling up the hem a bit more and striking a teasing pose.","",""
"mankind","Noun","UNKNOWN","3557","2","The weakness of mankind, the impiety of.","",""
"undertow","Noun","UNKNOWN","3558","2","So she shed her red Coastpoint jacket and her heavy boots and went over the side, fighting the undertow every inch of the way through the icy water.","",""
"uncharacteristic","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3559","2","Who might this leader of the herd be to inspire such uncharacteristic respect from cocky Bradwarden?","",""
"landscape","Noun","B2","3560","2","The wind rushed past his ears, the landscape flying along beneath, such a thrill of the run, such a smoothness of stride, that Elbryan would have sworn he was flying across a cushion of air.","",""
"bulging","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3561","2","One of the goblins brought out a bulging waterskin, and as soon as the creature poured some of the foaming liquid into a mug, Elbryan knew that it held some potent drink indeed.","",""
"stance","Noun","B2","3562","2","The attack flurry played itself out, Elbryan coming to a crouched stance, Hawkwing horizontal in front of him.","",""
"tragic","Adjective","B2","3563","2","All the world, save Avelyn and the perpetrators, would think this a tragic accident.","",""
"trench","Noun","UNKNOWN","3564","2","There are reports of a trench, a great upheaval, not twenty miles beyond our valley.""","",""
"upheaval","Noun","UNKNOWN","3565","2","There are reports of a trench, a great upheaval, not twenty miles beyond our valley.""","",""
"stickler","Noun","UNKNOWN","3566","2","At first, Jill thought the new warder more her style, a stickler for detail and duty.","",""
"attune","Verb","UNKNOWN","3567","2","The glade was strangely quiet this night, with no elves in the area - or at least none showing themselves, for Elbryan had been around the Touel'alfar long enough to realize that a host of sprites could be within a dozen paces and even he, now so attuned to the forest, would not suspect it unless they chose to make their presence known.","",""
"uncanny","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3568","2","Around and around the weapons went, reminding Elbryan of her uncanny dexterity.","",""
"underhand","Noun","UNKNOWN","3569","2","Perfect height for an underhand swing.","",""
"vertical","Adjective","B2","3570","2","The elf squealed and threw her sword out to the side, blade vertical, its tip nearly touching the ground.","",""
"err","Verb","UNKNOWN","3571","2","I feared that I had erred in my course, that I had returned home by memory, not by vision.","",""
"unpredictable","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3572","2","He thought himself foolish as he neared the unpredictable Tuntun, expecting that she would find the strength to drive her dirk into his face, thus claiming a draw.","",""
"altered","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3573","2","What, then, had so altered this one?","",""
"earthquakes","Verb","UNKNOWN","3574","2","Earthquakes and thunderstorms, swirling tornadoes, even exploding volcanoes, were more often than not natural events.","",""
"thunderstorm","Noun","UNKNOWN","3575","2","Earthquakes and thunderstorms, swirling tornadoes, even exploding volcanoes, were more often than not natural events.","",""
"volcano","Noun","UNKNOWN","3576","2","Earthquakes and thunderstorms, swirling tornadoes, even exploding volcanoes, were more often than not natural events.","",""
"brothel","Noun","UNKNOWN","3577","2","His other needs could be taken care of in the many brothels that openly offered their wares in the city, but of course he didn't need to tell Jill, his Jilly, about that.","",""
"ware","Noun","UNKNOWN","3578","2","His other needs could be taken care of in the many brothels that openly offered their wares in the city, but of course he didn't need to tell Jill, his Jilly, about that.","",""
"proposal","Noun","B2","3579","2","Her first instinct told her to refuse the proposal.","",""
"hopping","Noun","UNKNOWN","3580","2","Pettibwa was distinctly more animated, hopping up and down, breasts and belly bouncing wildly, and clapping her hands together, her cheeks fast streaking with an outburst of tears.","",""
"plush","Noun","UNKNOWN","3581","2","Connor, sitting back on one of the plush chairs in the lobby, turned an absent gaze his companion's way.","",""
"royalty","Noun","UNKNOWN","3582","2","Now, seeing her adorned in a white gown of satin and lace, her long, thick blond mane pinned up on one side and hanging loose on the other, she seemed made for royalty.","",""
"inhibition","Plural","UNKNOWN","3583","2","He was trying to loosen up her inhibitions, and she was, too.","",""
"mansion","Noun","UNKNOWN","3584","2","When the guests were excused, Connor took Jill across the town to the mansion of his uncle, the Baron Bildeborough.","",""
"obscene","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3585","2","For Jill, who had spent her life so simply, it seemed somehow obscene; a dozen people could sleep comfortably on that bed, and she needed a stepping stool to even get onto it!","",""
"approve","Verb","B2","3586","2","Now there was no mistaking the somber, accusing tone of the normally jovial centaur; Bradwarden did not approve of the monk's little flask.","",""
"hesitance","Noun","UNKNOWN","3587","2","Her hesitance incited his rage once more.","",""
"incite","Verb","UNKNOWN","3588","2","Her hesitance incited his rage once more.","",""
"pleadingly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3589","2","He looked pleadingly at the boughs, at the rarely seen guide who had led him and his companions through a trackless region, heading south and with towering mountains now in sight.","",""
"blister","Verb","UNKNOWN","3590","2","He burned and blistered, then browned, darker and darker, taking on the leathery appearance of those seasoned sailors around him.","",""
"leathery","Noun","UNKNOWN","3591","2","He burned and blistered, then browned, darker and darker, taking on the leathery appearance of those seasoned sailors around him.","",""
"scraggly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3592","2","That fear came to fruition when Elbryan and Pony entered one long narrow pass, a jumble of boulders and scraggly trees sheltered from the strong winds, but, the pair both silently noted, without any obvious escape routes.","",""
"forbid","Verb","B2","3593","2","Even to utter the, name of the island without Father Abbot's permission was forbidden.","",""
"unrelenting","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3594","2","Adjonas' voice was grim and unrelenting.","",""
"waylay","Verb","UNKNOWN","3595","2","""If they waylay ships, what goods do they extract and where, then, do they drop off their newfound cargo?""","",""
"newfound","Noun","UNKNOWN","3596","2","A light snow had begun to fall all across the forest, but it seemed to shy from the ranger's camp, from the heat of the ranger's fire, from the warmth of Brother Avelyn's newfound home.","",""
"pillage","Noun","UNKNOWN","3597","2","They attack only to pillage enough stores to get them to the next ship and for the simple thrill of the hunt and torture.""","",""
"diagonal","Noun","UNKNOWN","3598","2","Elbryan rested back against the diagonal tree root in this impromptu room of Oracle, digesting his own words.","",""
"ladder","Noun","B2","3599","2","The dwarf caught the gem securely, but surrendered his hold on the ladder.","",""
"hatchway","Noun","UNKNOWN","3600","2","The barrelboat, rolling from the contact with the Windrunner, with water rushing in the open hatchway, soon disappeared under the waves.","",""