"lemma","pos","cefr_level","coverage_rank","global_frequency","context_sentence","context_sentence_zh","definition_zh"
"foolhardy","Noun","UNKNOWN","1801","6","He knew that it was foolhardy for him to go out, but how could he not?","",""
"yach","Noun","UNKNOWN","1802","6","You cannot outrun us, yach you cannot, nor can you hope to give a, fight.","",""
"wail","Noun","B2","1803","6","The dwarf lifted its sword, grinning evilly, and let out a wail that shook Avelyn to the marrow of his bones :as he lay prone not far away.","",""
"increasingly","Adverb","B2","1804","6","Perhaps it was the boredom, the heat, or the tasteless provisions, but the crew grew increasingly uneasy, even hostile.","",""
"blame","Verb","B2","1805","6","The crew were blaming the monks for their discomfort, for this whole journey.","",""
"outline","Noun","B2","1806","6","Under the light of a half moon, he saw the outline of the Windrunner gliding out into the bay.","",""
"regret","Verb","B2","1807","6","Now, finally, Avelyn could face his destiny with no regrets for the path that had led him to this place.","",""
"philosophy","Noun","B2","1808","6","Elbryan's lessons had turned more toward philosophy during the fall and winter of God's Year 821 to 822, and he had learned that even the simplest questions carried, many layers of subtle meanings.","",""
"cavalry","Noun","UNKNOWN","1809","6","Out from the gaps in the line came the next surprise, a goblin cavalry, the diminutive creatures astride shaggy ponies.","",""
"commander","Noun","B2","1810","6","Perhaps he was trying to be the levelheaded commander, but to Jill, it came off as condescending.","",""
"gel","Noun","UNKNOWN","1811","6","The twirling elf tossed several puffs of powder upon the plant, then bent low and with some reddish gel painted a stripe around the base of the stem just an inch or two from the ground.","",""
"archery","Noun","UNKNOWN","1812","6","There remained, however, the matter of Elbryan's prize for winning the archery contest.","",""
"signpost","Noun","UNKNOWN","1813","6","I took my frustrations out on the signpost, I admit, tearing off the lowest board, the scribbled references to the original village.","",""
"bronze","Adjective","UNKNOWN","1814","6","These two behemoths weren't going for him however, but for the bronze doors.","",""
"fearfully","Adverb","UNKNOWN","1815","6","Untamed, uncontrollable, fearfully strong.","",""
"plateau","Noun","UNKNOWN","1816","6","That night, they camped on a high plateau, which they agreed to be the most defensible position in the area.","",""
"untamed","Adjective","UNKNOWN","1817","6","Untamed, uncontrollable, fearfully strong.","",""
"abandon","Verb","B2","1818","6","Frustrated, the ranger abandoned his bow and ran on, sword in hand.","",""
"southland","Noun","UNKNOWN","1819","6","That realization bolstered Avelyn's strength, and he turned away, the southlands wide before him.","",""
"roan","Noun","UNKNOWN","1820","6","Pony came riding in then on a roan mare, one of several wild horses that would allow themselves to be ridden.","",""
"kosio","Noun","UNKNOWN","1821","6","The demon nodded, seeming pleased, and Kos-kosio stood a bit straighter.","",""
"humanity","Noun","C1","1822","6","These three, for all their faults and all their vocal protests, carried some degree of humanity within them.","",""
"endlessly","Adverb","C1","1823","6","It was difficult, exhausting work, repeated every day, endlessly.","",""
"soak","Verb","C1","1824","6","Just the goblins and a lone giant, slumped together, soaked in blood from the many small wounds on each corpse.","",""
"screw","Verb","C1","1825","6","Elbryan screwed up his face and shrugged.","",""
"gravity","Noun","C1","1826","6","It surprised Elbryan that adults would act that way, especially considering the gravity of the situation.","",""
"skeptically","Adverb","C1","1827","6","Pony eyed him skeptically.","",""
"concede","Verb","C1","1828","6","Paulson appeared vindicated, but Elbryan wasn't ready to concede that the man's words were true.","",""
"charm","Verb","C1","1829","6","Why, even the practiced whores of House Battlebrow were losing their charms for him!","",""
"confirmation","Singular","C1","1830","6","Cat blushed fiercely, all the confirmation Pettibwa needed.","",""
"magically","Adverb","C1","1831","6","It was magically based; the monk could feel that keenly.","",""
"pragmatic","Adjective","C1","1832","6","Lady Dasslerond was merciful, the elf knew, but she was, above that, pragmatic and protective of her realm.","",""
"prey","Noun","C1","1833","6","Finally, the stinging ended, and the fomorian tried to move forward, back toward its prey.","",""
"loyalty","Noun","C1","1834","6","Faith heeded no proof - indeed the very value of faith was loyalty to beliefs without proof!","",""
"ray","Noun","C1","1835","6","A slanting ray cut in through the smoke, a single shaft of light that beckoned the girl back to the land of the living.","",""
"overwhelming","Adjective","C1","1836","6","The monk felt an overwhelming urge then to do as the demon had asked, to admit Bestesbulzibar's beauty.","",""
"devastation","Singular","C1","1837","6","Now Elbryan steeled himself against the scene of devastation.","",""
"peak","Noun","C1","1838","6","Then he came upon the mountains, whipping through passes, over peaks, to a plateau he had seen before above a vast encampment between the black arms of a smoking mountain.","",""
"condescending","Adjective","C1","1839","6","Cat-the-Stray bit her lip, not liking his condescending tone.","",""
"plunge","Verb","C1","1840","6","It was always cold; the boy didn't know why he even bothered testing it each morning before plunging in.","",""
"conscience","Singular","C1","1841","6","The monk looked in turn at each of them and nodded, then walked off to be alone with his conscience and his courage.","",""
"odds","Noun","C1","1842","6","Avelyn's blast did much to even the odds, leaving only two giants and a score of powries against Elbryan's thirty.","",""
"exaggerate","Verb","C1","1843","6","To the child Elbryan, this had been the place of wildly exaggerated fireside tales.","",""
"surrender","Verb","C1","1844","6","The dwarf caught the gem securely, but surrendered his hold on the ladder.","",""
"presume","Verb","C1","1845","6","Suddenly this holy place, this place he had presumed prepared by the Touel'alfar themselves, seemed to him no sanctuary at all.","",""
"mask","Noun","C1","1846","6","For Jill, her face was a mask of paint and false smiles.","",""
"cautiously","Adverb","C1","1847","6","Pellimar reached the drifting boat first, pulling himself cautiously up its slick, rounded side.","",""
"spine","Noun","C1","1848","6","A shudder coursed down Avelyn's spine.","",""
"reminder","Noun","C1","1849","6","Still, despite the prominent reminders of his position, Elbryan's smile was genuine.","",""
"forge","Verb","C1","1850","6","I only hope that she comes to accept our fate and that she desires to forge ahead in the best manner that we may.","",""
"dilemma","Noun","C1","1851","6","All too soon, they were faced with a dilemma: light the torch or walk on in near-complete darkness.","",""
"greet","Verb","A2","1852","5","A way goes Nightbird, the forest to greet","",""
"happily","Adverb","A2","1853","5","""Another!"" Pony added happily, and she clapped her hands with glee as more came into view.","",""
"holder","Noun","A2","1854","5","If the barrelboat got by the net holders, for example, they would never catch up and Adjonas couldn't turn about for them.","",""
"surprising","Adjective","A2","1855","5","A part of him wanted to turn away, but another part, a larger and surprising part, would not let him move.","",""
"typical","Adjective","A2","1856","5","A fomorian, Avelyn realized with a very visible shudder, in the typical battle dress of its warlike race.","",""
"ability","Noun","A2","1857","5","The one obvious lead fruitless, Brother Justice had to turn to his magic, to the carbuncle, a stone also called Dragon Sight for its ability to detect things magical.","",""
"brain","Noun","A2","1858","5","Elbryan saw the bright red gash, the white of split bone, the grayish brain.","",""
"heap","Noun","A2","1859","5","And then Olwan came flying back into sight, falling in a broken heap on the road right in the midst of the valiant fighters.","",""
"surprisingly","Adverb","A2","1860","5","Elbryan's sword was up against the creature's side, had cut in a bit, but the angle was wrong, and the goblin's grip surprisingly strong, preventing the boy from driving the weapon home.","",""
"dash","Verb","A2","1861","5","She looked back at the small boat, even then being dashed against the rocks, tossed about by the powerful surf.","",""
"scrambling","Adjective","A2","1862","5","Stones burst outward; Elbryan skipped back up the slope a few scrambling steps and dove to the ground.","",""
"burrow","Verb","A2","1863","5","The fomorian staggered once, twice, and then again, as the bolts burrowed in, one on top of the other, a dozen on top of the previous dozen.","",""
"surprised","Adjective","A2","1864","5","Cat-the-Stray was more than a little surprised, and embarrassed, when her would-be rescuer ventured into the Way the following week.","",""
"sore","Adjective","A2","1865","5","The young man settled on the edge of his cot, head bowed, hands resting on his sore thighs.","",""
"seriousness","Noun","A2","1866","5","""Brother Avelyn,"" the master said in all seriousness a moment later,","",""
"dry","Adjective","A2","1867","5","For the first time since they had entered the room, there was no reverence in Master Jojonah's voice, just the dry lecturing tone of an instructor.","",""
"dusk","Noun","A2","1868","5","Sometime later, as dusk descended, Pony's senses warned her that she was not alone.","",""
"original","Adjective","A2","1869","5","Suddenly he held the spear, aimed right back at its original wielder.","",""
"bruise","Noun","A2","1870","5","He noted bruises on her legs, his eyes drawn down despite his good intentions.","",""
"speaker","Noun","A2","1871","5","Somehow he knew the speaker was not human, that no human voice could chime so sweetly, so perfectly.","",""
"fashion","Verb","A2","1872","5","Elbryan caught the staff firmly in his left hand and extended that arm out in similar fashion so that the other flanking goblin was poked away.","",""
"fix","Verb","A2","1873","5","The other end of the rope was fixed to the yard of the mainmast.","",""
"snarl","Noun","A2","1874","5","The monk snarled in defiance and kicked at the heavy door.","",""
"error","Noun","A2","1875","5","For a moment, I admit, I even held fast a fantasy that my memory of the destruction, of the carnage, was in error.","",""
"brightly","Adverb","A2","1876","5","Pony looked helplessly at her diamond, then wondered if she could make the light shine so brightly that this creature of darkness could not withstand it.","",""
"comfortable","Adjective","A2","1877","5","The pair met day after day, each time growing more comfortable.","",""
"transport","Verb","A2","1878","5","Given the powers of hematite, might this have been some transport for Quintall's soul?","",""
"rumble","Noun","A2","1879","5","The goblins and their giant escort moved along slowly but steadily, and soon after, Elbryan and his companions heard the rumble of the war engines, the grunts of the towing giants.","",""
"evidence","Singular","A2","1880","5","Even without the very prominent evidence that she could defend herself, Jill believed that Presso would not try anything.","",""
"resting","Adjective","A2","1881","5","Soon after, the man was resting as comfortably as possible, and Avelyn left the room.","",""
"missing","Adjective","A2","1882","5","With a growl, proud Elbryan put up his bow and let fly, missing everything this time.","",""
"contain","Verb","A2","1883","5","But Avelyn's expression of joy, of victory, was short-lived, for the stone could not contain such energy, and it threw it out, dispersed as green smoke into the air, the sheer force of the expulsion throwing Elbryan and Avelyn backward into Pony and Bradwarden, the resulting smoke filling the corridor.","",""
"birch","Noun","A2","1884","5","Elbryan recognized the black, sappy poison, a pain - inducing product of a rare black birch tree.","",""
"driving","Noun","A2","1885","5","The powrie slammed her hard from behind, driving her into the bent beam.","",""
"helm","Noun","A2","1886","5","Out stepped the giant, Togul Dek, still wearing no helm, its huge features twisted with rage.","",""
"pale","Verb","B1","1887","5","A blanket of slushy snow still covered the field, shining blue-white in the pale light of a bright half moon.","",""
"childhood","Noun","B1","1888","5","That notion inevitably led her back to images of her own childhood, of her mother ...","",""
"undergrowth","Noun","B1","1889","5","The ground about the trees caught the morning light and held it fast, for the undergrowth was not dark but was white and thick, a padding of caribou moss.","",""
"battling","Noun","B1","1890","5","Never losing the slightest edge of balance, Elbryan's muscles worked in perfect harmony, perfect fluidity, none battling, flexing and complementing each move.","",""
"nudge","PastTense","B1","1891","5","After a long moment, Tuntun nudged him roughly.","",""
"iron","Noun","B1","1892","5","His chest and shoulders grew broad and thick, and his arms, particularly his forearms, bulged with iron-hard muscles.","",""
"cruel","Adjective","B1","1893","5","Elbryan started to respond that he had eliminated the cruel traps, but the words were stuck in his throat.","",""
"connection","Singular","B1","1894","5","Pony dared to reach out then; the connection was too strong to let the moment pass.","",""
"expected","Adjective","B1","1895","5","He soon came to the expected joining, and, looking ahead, he almost continued on.","",""
"sinking","Adjective","B1","1896","5","That relief fast transformed into a sinking feeling as Elbryan realized the meaning of this creature's positioning.","",""
"twisted","Adjective","B1","1897","5","The ugly goblin face, all twisted teeth and long pointy nose, was barely inches from Elbryan's face, and closer still when the creature began to butt the boy.","",""
"collection","Singular","B1","1898","5","In elven philosophy, the first truth, the basis of reality was that the entire material, physical world was no more than the collection of perceptions by the observer.","",""
"blocking","Adjective","B1","1899","5","The sword severed that blocking arm cleanly, right above the elbow and slashed across the face of the ducking monster.","",""
"knuckle","Noun","B1","1900","5","Elbryan clutched the sword hilt so hard his knuckles whitened.","",""