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"lemma","pos","cefr_level","coverage_rank","context_sentence","context_sentence_zh","definition_zh"
"shapes","Noun","UNKNOWN","3601","His eyes gradually adjusted so that he could just barely make out the larger shapes in the room.","",""
"hence","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3602","How will they judge me twenty years hence, a mere day by an elf's measure?.","",""
"initially","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3603","Indeed she had thrived; initially, at least, in the military.","",""
"fearsome","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3604","Elbryan smiled wryly at Bradwarden before the fearsome centaur could take offense.","",""
"coastline","Noun","UNKNOWN","3605","Pireth Tulme was but one in a series of keeps dotting Honce-the-Bear's coastline.","",""
"passes","Noun","UNKNOWN","3606","Pireth Tulme guarded the southern passes of the Gulf of Corona, while Pireth Dancard held post on the five small islands centering the gulf, and Pireth Vanguard watched the northern way.","",""
"disastrous","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3607","Jill, whose only experience with a man had been so very disastrous, did not like the odds.","",""
"resign","Verb","UNKNOWN","3608","She gave a sigh, resigned to the reality about her.","",""
"consistent","Adjective","B2","3609","""A difficult winter would be consistent,"" Tuntun replied, her expression even more grave than usual.","",""
"irony","Noun","UNKNOWN","3610","He gave a chuckle at the irony of his own words.","",""
"unprepared","Verb","UNKNOWN","3611","He swung about, some score of yards from the tavern entrance, and launched into a diatribe on the coming dark days, about a world unprepared to face the forces of evil, about a darkness being fed by the internal rot of the land.","",""
"frond","Noun","UNKNOWN","3612","They walked carefully past the cultivated rows to the tallest fern of -
all, one whose broad fronds were above Elbryan's head.","",""
"pliable","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3613","The monsters' take of lumber would not have been useful; the spruce and pines were too short for catapults, too wet and sappy for wood fires, and too pliable for any construction.","",""
"encompass","Verb","UNKNOWN","3614","The song came louder, faster, and Juraviel began to dance delicate, spinning circles wrapped in a larger circle that encompassed the plants.","",""
"praise","Verb","UNKNOWN","3615","Juraviel praised him once, then started away, Elbryan in tow.","",""
"powder","Noun","UNKNOWN","3616","Without explanation, Lady Dasslerond then threw a handful of glittering powder in Elbryan's face.","",""
"stripe","Noun","UNKNOWN","3617","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.","",""
"scrub","Noun","UNKNOWN","3618","He held Cric back, hiding behind some scrub, while agile Chipmunk worked his way into position.","",""
"skyward","Noun","UNKNOWN","3619","He should have been watching the ground, he knew, but in accord with the wistful nature of his kind, his eyes kept lifting skyward to the stars and the mysteries.","",""
"account","Verb","UNKNOWN","3620","Of the six, only one was still accounted for, a huge broadsword named Icebreaker, wielded by a rarely seen ranger, Andacanavar, in the far northland of Alpinador.","",""
"demise","Noun","UNKNOWN","3621","In so pointedly reminding Elbryan and the others of the higher goal, the centaur helped them to put Tuntun's demise in proper perspective.","",""
"deepen","Verb","UNKNOWN","3622","As their friendship deepened, their trust becoming so strong, Avelyn again dared to use the hematite to instruct Jill.","",""
"covering","Noun","UNKNOWN","3623","He moved inside the grove, across the covering of snow to the secret cairn.","",""
"breezes","Noun","UNKNOWN","3624","All the forest seemed to join in - the gusty breezes, the birdsong, the croaking of frogs.","",""
"tilt","Verb","UNKNOWN","3625","Elbryan tilted back his head, considering the stars, the few rushing clouds.","",""
"smoothness","Noun","UNKNOWN","3626","He was amazed by its balance, by the smoothness of its long and comfortable draw.","",""
"don","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3627","With a trusting nod, the woman donned the mask, as did Elbryan, the ranger eyeing Pony all the while, admiring her gumption.","",""
"traveling","Noun","UNKNOWN","3628","He shook that thought away, shrugged off his cloak, and began donning the clothing: deerskin boots, high arid soft; supple breeches with a narrow belt made of rope lined with silverel for strength; a soft sleeveless shirt with a leather vest lined in silverel; and finally, a thick forest-green traveling cloak and a lighter-green triangular huntsmen's cap.","",""
"sparse","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3629","The land was relatively flat and brown, with sparse low shrubs poking here and there.","",""
"inspection","Singular","UNKNOWN","3630","He continued his inspection of the mouth and face, noted that the eyes were clear and not runny, then moved along the bear's torso.","",""
"territory","Noun","UNKNOWN","3631","However, Elbryan was not in any human settlement, not in any land claimed by his kind, and quite possibly was within the boundaries of goblin territory.","",""
"knocking","Noun","UNKNOWN","3632","Elbryan swept his staff out to the left, knocking aside a club strike, then back to the right, parrying a sword.","",""
"begrudge","Verb","UNKNOWN","3633","Elbryan didn't really begrudge the man his excitement, though.","",""
"swath","Noun","UNKNOWN","3634","The beast had run off from the farmhouse, creating a swath of devastation through the brush, even knocking over small trees, venting a rage that the ranger had never before witnessed in an animal.","",""
"muzzle","Noun","UNKNOWN","3635","He waited a while to make sure that it would not stir, then moved to its muzzle, lifting its upper lip.","",""
"darts","Noun","UNKNOWN","3636","He found his answer in the form of four barbed darts, stuck deep into the bear's rump.","",""
"impression","Noun","UNKNOWN","3637","Their hut, a mere shack of logs and old boards - Elbryan got the distinct impression that many of these had come from the ruins of Dundalis - was at the top of a hill.","",""
"beer","Noun","UNKNOWN","3638","Three men lay about on piled skins, black bear mostly, drinking foamy beer from old mugs.","",""
"brew","Verb","UNKNOWN","3639","What fool brewed such a magic as that?","",""
"anticipated","Verb","UNKNOWN","3640","The ranger came round as if he would launch a horizontal swipe, but he recognized the move was anticipated: the burly man's axe was up to block.","",""
"pulling","Noun","UNKNOWN","3641","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.","",""
"cauldron","Noun","UNKNOWN","3642","The ranger went around to the back and dumped out the cauldron of poison.","",""
"intent","Verb","UNKNOWN","3643","The first thing Jill noticed was a huge, fat man standing atop a table, waving an empty mug, sometimes in a threatening manner to keep at bay the closer patrons, all obviously intent on knocking him from his perch.","",""
"serving","Noun","UNKNOWN","3644","Jill ordered her troop to filter about, then went to see the man behind the serving bar.","",""
"shortage","Noun","UNKNOWN","3645","Has no shortage of money, I can assure you!","",""
"chain","Noun","UNKNOWN","3646","Elbryan tugged again and the chained balls slipped off the staff's end, freeing both weapons.","",""
"bowling","Noun","UNKNOWN","3647","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.","",""
"loin","Noun","UNKNOWN","3648","He wore only a loincloth and stood defensively, shoulders hunched, arms crossed to cover his belly and loins.","",""
"accustom","Verb","UNKNOWN","3649","And Maiyer Dek, among the largest of his giant kind, was not accustomed to being dwarfed.","",""
"emblem","Noun","UNKNOWN","3650","""Every soldier in my army shall wear such an emblem,"" the dactyl decreed.","",""
"mill","Verb","UNKNOWN","3651","Across the wide meadow, past the flowers and the grass, he saw perfection of form, a huge stallion, milling about the shadows of the distant trees.","",""
"stolen","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3652","The only concern any in St.-Mere-Abelle's hierarchy held about the stolen stones was for the giant amethyst crystal, and that only because it was a stone whose magic they had not yet deciphered.","",""
"coldness","Noun","UNKNOWN","3653","Jojonah watched him go, shuddering at the sheer coldness of the man's aura.","",""
"inspire","Verb","UNKNOWN","3654","CHAPTER 26 Bradwarden
""Is it fear that inspires them?","",""
"measures","Noun","UNKNOWN","3655","By their measures, I am poorer by far.""
The young man chuckled and ran his hand through his light brown hair.","",""
"difficulty","Noun","UNKNOWN","3656","He crossed with some difficulty, but had no trouble regaining the trail on the other side, for the rider was making no effort to conceal his tracks.","",""
"regain","Verb","UNKNOWN","3657","Over the next giant she went, trying to regain her footing.","",""
"ramble","Verb","UNKNOWN","3658","Elbryan merely smiled and let the centaur ramble on and on, considering the creature's words carefully so that he could discover many hints about Bradwarden.","",""
"hints","Noun","UNKNOWN","3659","Then the ranger set off, riding hard for End-o'-the-World, looking for answers or hints of what might yet come, and hoping to find more refugees.","",""
"brisk","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3660","By all reports, the weather was better on the northern side of the Gulf of Corona, more alive, with brisk winds and a greater change of the season.","",""
"drinking","Noun","UNKNOWN","3661","He was downstairs soon enough, drinking and talking amid a huge crowd, for many of the area trappers had come in to lay in provisions in preparation of the coming winter.","",""
"grapnel","Noun","UNKNOWN","3662","Jill first tried to dislodge the grapnel, but found that it was too tightly secured, with too much weight on the heavy line.","",""
"swinging","Noun","UNKNOWN","3663","Elbryan grabbed up Tempest in both hands and surged ahead, swinging an.","",""
"outdistance","Verb","UNKNOWN","3664","She outdistanced all three with a few long strides, moving to the far corner of the front wall.","",""
"struggling","Noun","UNKNOWN","3665","Jill started to climb into the boat, but had to stop and turn to strike again at the struggling powrie.","",""
"landmark","Noun","UNKNOWN","3666","She didn't recognize any landmarks but figured she must be somewhere west of Pireth Tulme on the north coast of the Mantis Arm.","",""
"straggler","Plural","UNKNOWN","3667","Jill found herself circumventing the town and approaching it from the west, not from the east the way any stragglers fleeing Pireth Tulme would.","",""
"avenge","Noun","UNKNOWN","3668","She nodded to herself; she should go out and join the force, should go to Pireth Tulme to avenge -
The thought hit Jill like a cold slap.","",""
"dire","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3669","Before she entered, a familiar voice, raised in dire warning, assaulted her.","",""
"sift","Verb","UNKNOWN","3670","Elbryan absorbed all their words, sifted through their suggestions.","",""
"assistance","Noun","UNKNOWN","3671","But it was too late; he had pushed past the fear and into the realm of anger, and when the barkeep called for assistance, the man found no shortage of volunteers.","",""
"sourly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3672","""Ho, ho, what!""
Jill regarded him sourly, then rose and offered an arm.","",""
"rent","Verb","UNKNOWN","3673","Would Avelyn, who held the stones as most sacred, rent out their powers?","",""
"using","Noun","UNKNOWN","3674","Pony was quick to one, wrapping him in a heavy blanket, and Avelyn got to the other, using the serpentine effectively.","",""
"mirth","Noun","UNKNOWN","3675","Elbryan joined in, but the mirth was ended when a streaking line of fire cut across the sky, a ball of flaming pitch, soaring for Weedy Meadow.","",""
"images","Verb","UNKNOWN","3676","More images came rushing to her as soon as she sat in the nook of those pines.","",""
"ensure","Verb","UNKNOWN","3677","The big man, supposedly in search of firewood, looked back over his broad shoulders often, Elbryan noted, obviously trying to ensure that he was not'
being followed.","",""
"complicated","Verb","UNKNOWN","3678","For Elbryan, though, the trapper's tale was more complicated.","",""
"detect","Infinitive","UNKNOWN","3679","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.","",""
"thereafter","Verb","UNKNOWN","3680","Their hopes were bolstered shortly thereafter when they heard a voice -
Avelyn's voice - cursing the demon, then crying out in pain.","",""
"effectively","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3681","A blizzard could effectively shut the folk in their homes for a week straight.","",""
"breadth","Noun","UNKNOWN","3682","""I have traveled the breadth of Honce-the-Bear in my most vital quest.","",""
"instantly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3683","The glow went away instantly, but the arm remained, extended.","",""
"captive","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3684","He's been through the fighting.""
Elbryan looked down to his diminutive captive.","",""
"plausible","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3685","But Brother Justice needed the merchant, as well, or at least it seemed plausible that the man might aid the monk in his all-important quest.","",""
"wry","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3686","Elbryan gave a wry smile, but it couldn't last.","",""
"pool","Noun","UNKNOWN","3687","He visualized the hematite as a dark liquid pool and he waded in slowly, letting the physical world dissipate into gray nothingness.","",""
"compelling","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3688","Yet he could not deny the tug of that lone, smoking mountain, calling to him, compelling him .","",""
"converse","Noun","UNKNOWN","3689","Yes, Elbryan would like to converse with Pony, to see her again, to remember that innocent time when patrolling was play and nightmares were not real.","",""
"herd","Noun","UNKNOWN","3690","Who might this leader of the herd be to inspire such uncharacteristic respect from cocky Bradwarden?","",""
"unerringly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3691","The monk fell back, nearly toppling, as the stone suddenly zipped away, flying unerringly for the armored chest of the giant closest behind Bradwarden.","",""
"tutor","Noun","UNKNOWN","3692","CHAPTER 31 Home Again, Home Again
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.","",""
"whinny","Verb","UNKNOWN","3693","The stallion pawed the ground, then reared and whinnied.","",""
"muscled","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3694","Symphony had gone perfectly still, his head raised high, his magnificent, muscled chest presented openly to the two men.","",""
"sorely","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3695","It was risky setting a light in the dark forest, but these folk sorely needed the warmth.","",""
"access","Verb","UNKNOWN","3696","That joining by means of the hematite when he had been sorely wounded had given her an understanding of accessing the powers on a level that other monks spent months, even years, trying to attain.","",""
"secretive","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3697","Not only was her gain exponential, but so was the monk's understanding of this secretive woman - and of her dark past.","",""
"urgent","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3698","The kiss became more urgent, and gradually Pony's fears melted away, swept up in the sudden torrent of passion that overcame her.","",""
"feign","Infinitive","UNKNOWN","3699","She rushed right for it, feigning a dodge to the side as it lifted its huge sword.","",""
"reclusive","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3700","It is likely that most of the giants, normally reclusive beasts, will turn back for their mountain homes, far from the villages of humans.","",""
1 lemma pos cefr_level coverage_rank context_sentence context_sentence_zh definition_zh
2 shapes Noun UNKNOWN 3601 His eyes gradually adjusted so that he could just barely make out the larger shapes in the room.
3 hence Adverb UNKNOWN 3602 How will they judge me twenty years hence, a mere day by an elf's measure?.
4 initially Adverb UNKNOWN 3603 Indeed she had thrived; initially, at least, in the military.
5 fearsome Adjective UNKNOWN 3604 Elbryan smiled wryly at Bradwarden before the fearsome centaur could take offense.
6 coastline Noun UNKNOWN 3605 Pireth Tulme was but one in a series of keeps dotting Honce-the-Bear's coastline.
7 passes Noun UNKNOWN 3606 Pireth Tulme guarded the southern passes of the Gulf of Corona, while Pireth Dancard held post on the five small islands centering the gulf, and Pireth Vanguard watched the northern way.
8 disastrous Adjective UNKNOWN 3607 Jill, whose only experience with a man had been so very disastrous, did not like the odds.
9 resign Verb UNKNOWN 3608 She gave a sigh, resigned to the reality about her.
10 consistent Adjective B2 3609 "A difficult winter would be consistent," Tuntun replied, her expression even more grave than usual.
11 irony Noun UNKNOWN 3610 He gave a chuckle at the irony of his own words.
12 unprepared Verb UNKNOWN 3611 He swung about, some score of yards from the tavern entrance, and launched into a diatribe on the coming dark days, about a world unprepared to face the forces of evil, about a darkness being fed by the internal rot of the land.
13 frond Noun UNKNOWN 3612 They walked carefully past the cultivated rows to the tallest fern of - all, one whose broad fronds were above Elbryan's head.
14 pliable Adjective UNKNOWN 3613 The monsters' take of lumber would not have been useful; the spruce and pines were too short for catapults, too wet and sappy for wood fires, and too pliable for any construction.
15 encompass Verb UNKNOWN 3614 The song came louder, faster, and Juraviel began to dance delicate, spinning circles wrapped in a larger circle that encompassed the plants.
16 praise Verb UNKNOWN 3615 Juraviel praised him once, then started away, Elbryan in tow.
17 powder Noun UNKNOWN 3616 Without explanation, Lady Dasslerond then threw a handful of glittering powder in Elbryan's face.
18 stripe Noun UNKNOWN 3617 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.
19 scrub Noun UNKNOWN 3618 He held Cric back, hiding behind some scrub, while agile Chipmunk worked his way into position.
20 skyward Noun UNKNOWN 3619 He should have been watching the ground, he knew, but in accord with the wistful nature of his kind, his eyes kept lifting skyward to the stars and the mysteries.
21 account Verb UNKNOWN 3620 Of the six, only one was still accounted for, a huge broadsword named Icebreaker, wielded by a rarely seen ranger, Andacanavar, in the far northland of Alpinador.
22 demise Noun UNKNOWN 3621 In so pointedly reminding Elbryan and the others of the higher goal, the centaur helped them to put Tuntun's demise in proper perspective.
23 deepen Verb UNKNOWN 3622 As their friendship deepened, their trust becoming so strong, Avelyn again dared to use the hematite to instruct Jill.
24 covering Noun UNKNOWN 3623 He moved inside the grove, across the covering of snow to the secret cairn.
25 breezes Noun UNKNOWN 3624 All the forest seemed to join in - the gusty breezes, the birdsong, the croaking of frogs.
26 tilt Verb UNKNOWN 3625 Elbryan tilted back his head, considering the stars, the few rushing clouds.
27 smoothness Noun UNKNOWN 3626 He was amazed by its balance, by the smoothness of its long and comfortable draw.
28 don Gerund UNKNOWN 3627 With a trusting nod, the woman donned the mask, as did Elbryan, the ranger eyeing Pony all the while, admiring her gumption.
29 traveling Noun UNKNOWN 3628 He shook that thought away, shrugged off his cloak, and began donning the clothing: deerskin boots, high arid soft; supple breeches with a narrow belt made of rope lined with silverel for strength; a soft sleeveless shirt with a leather vest lined in silverel; and finally, a thick forest-green traveling cloak and a lighter-green triangular huntsmen's cap.
30 sparse Adjective UNKNOWN 3629 The land was relatively flat and brown, with sparse low shrubs poking here and there.
31 inspection Singular UNKNOWN 3630 He continued his inspection of the mouth and face, noted that the eyes were clear and not runny, then moved along the bear's torso.
32 territory Noun UNKNOWN 3631 However, Elbryan was not in any human settlement, not in any land claimed by his kind, and quite possibly was within the boundaries of goblin territory.
33 knocking Noun UNKNOWN 3632 Elbryan swept his staff out to the left, knocking aside a club strike, then back to the right, parrying a sword.
34 begrudge Verb UNKNOWN 3633 Elbryan didn't really begrudge the man his excitement, though.
35 swath Noun UNKNOWN 3634 The beast had run off from the farmhouse, creating a swath of devastation through the brush, even knocking over small trees, venting a rage that the ranger had never before witnessed in an animal.
36 muzzle Noun UNKNOWN 3635 He waited a while to make sure that it would not stir, then moved to its muzzle, lifting its upper lip.
37 darts Noun UNKNOWN 3636 He found his answer in the form of four barbed darts, stuck deep into the bear's rump.
38 impression Noun UNKNOWN 3637 Their hut, a mere shack of logs and old boards - Elbryan got the distinct impression that many of these had come from the ruins of Dundalis - was at the top of a hill.
39 beer Noun UNKNOWN 3638 Three men lay about on piled skins, black bear mostly, drinking foamy beer from old mugs.
40 brew Verb UNKNOWN 3639 What fool brewed such a magic as that?
41 anticipated Verb UNKNOWN 3640 The ranger came round as if he would launch a horizontal swipe, but he recognized the move was anticipated: the burly man's axe was up to block.
42 pulling Noun UNKNOWN 3641 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.
43 cauldron Noun UNKNOWN 3642 The ranger went around to the back and dumped out the cauldron of poison.
44 intent Verb UNKNOWN 3643 The first thing Jill noticed was a huge, fat man standing atop a table, waving an empty mug, sometimes in a threatening manner to keep at bay the closer patrons, all obviously intent on knocking him from his perch.
45 serving Noun UNKNOWN 3644 Jill ordered her troop to filter about, then went to see the man behind the serving bar.
46 shortage Noun UNKNOWN 3645 Has no shortage of money, I can assure you!
47 chain Noun UNKNOWN 3646 Elbryan tugged again and the chained balls slipped off the staff's end, freeing both weapons.
48 bowling Noun UNKNOWN 3647 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.
49 loin Noun UNKNOWN 3648 He wore only a loincloth and stood defensively, shoulders hunched, arms crossed to cover his belly and loins.
50 accustom Verb UNKNOWN 3649 And Maiyer Dek, among the largest of his giant kind, was not accustomed to being dwarfed.
51 emblem Noun UNKNOWN 3650 "Every soldier in my army shall wear such an emblem," the dactyl decreed.
52 mill Verb UNKNOWN 3651 Across the wide meadow, past the flowers and the grass, he saw perfection of form, a huge stallion, milling about the shadows of the distant trees.
53 stolen Adjective UNKNOWN 3652 The only concern any in St.-Mere-Abelle's hierarchy held about the stolen stones was for the giant amethyst crystal, and that only because it was a stone whose magic they had not yet deciphered.
54 coldness Noun UNKNOWN 3653 Jojonah watched him go, shuddering at the sheer coldness of the man's aura.
55 inspire Verb UNKNOWN 3654 CHAPTER 26 Bradwarden "Is it fear that inspires them?
56 measures Noun UNKNOWN 3655 By their measures, I am poorer by far." The young man chuckled and ran his hand through his light brown hair.
57 difficulty Noun UNKNOWN 3656 He crossed with some difficulty, but had no trouble regaining the trail on the other side, for the rider was making no effort to conceal his tracks.
58 regain Verb UNKNOWN 3657 Over the next giant she went, trying to regain her footing.
59 ramble Verb UNKNOWN 3658 Elbryan merely smiled and let the centaur ramble on and on, considering the creature's words carefully so that he could discover many hints about Bradwarden.
60 hints Noun UNKNOWN 3659 Then the ranger set off, riding hard for End-o'-the-World, looking for answers or hints of what might yet come, and hoping to find more refugees.
61 brisk Adjective UNKNOWN 3660 By all reports, the weather was better on the northern side of the Gulf of Corona, more alive, with brisk winds and a greater change of the season.
62 drinking Noun UNKNOWN 3661 He was downstairs soon enough, drinking and talking amid a huge crowd, for many of the area trappers had come in to lay in provisions in preparation of the coming winter.
63 grapnel Noun UNKNOWN 3662 Jill first tried to dislodge the grapnel, but found that it was too tightly secured, with too much weight on the heavy line.
64 swinging Noun UNKNOWN 3663 Elbryan grabbed up Tempest in both hands and surged ahead, swinging an.
65 outdistance Verb UNKNOWN 3664 She outdistanced all three with a few long strides, moving to the far corner of the front wall.
66 struggling Noun UNKNOWN 3665 Jill started to climb into the boat, but had to stop and turn to strike again at the struggling powrie.
67 landmark Noun UNKNOWN 3666 She didn't recognize any landmarks but figured she must be somewhere west of Pireth Tulme on the north coast of the Mantis Arm.
68 straggler Plural UNKNOWN 3667 Jill found herself circumventing the town and approaching it from the west, not from the east the way any stragglers fleeing Pireth Tulme would.
69 avenge Noun UNKNOWN 3668 She nodded to herself; she should go out and join the force, should go to Pireth Tulme to avenge - The thought hit Jill like a cold slap.
70 dire Adjective UNKNOWN 3669 Before she entered, a familiar voice, raised in dire warning, assaulted her.
71 sift Verb UNKNOWN 3670 Elbryan absorbed all their words, sifted through their suggestions.
72 assistance Noun UNKNOWN 3671 But it was too late; he had pushed past the fear and into the realm of anger, and when the barkeep called for assistance, the man found no shortage of volunteers.
73 sourly Adverb UNKNOWN 3672 "Ho, ho, what!" Jill regarded him sourly, then rose and offered an arm.
74 rent Verb UNKNOWN 3673 Would Avelyn, who held the stones as most sacred, rent out their powers?
75 using Noun UNKNOWN 3674 Pony was quick to one, wrapping him in a heavy blanket, and Avelyn got to the other, using the serpentine effectively.
76 mirth Noun UNKNOWN 3675 Elbryan joined in, but the mirth was ended when a streaking line of fire cut across the sky, a ball of flaming pitch, soaring for Weedy Meadow.
77 images Verb UNKNOWN 3676 More images came rushing to her as soon as she sat in the nook of those pines.
78 ensure Verb UNKNOWN 3677 The big man, supposedly in search of firewood, looked back over his broad shoulders often, Elbryan noted, obviously trying to ensure that he was not' being followed.
79 complicated Verb UNKNOWN 3678 For Elbryan, though, the trapper's tale was more complicated.
80 detect Infinitive UNKNOWN 3679 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.
81 thereafter Verb UNKNOWN 3680 Their hopes were bolstered shortly thereafter when they heard a voice - Avelyn's voice - cursing the demon, then crying out in pain.
82 effectively Adverb UNKNOWN 3681 A blizzard could effectively shut the folk in their homes for a week straight.
83 breadth Noun UNKNOWN 3682 "I have traveled the breadth of Honce-the-Bear in my most vital quest.
84 instantly Adverb UNKNOWN 3683 The glow went away instantly, but the arm remained, extended.
85 captive Adjective UNKNOWN 3684 He's been through the fighting." Elbryan looked down to his diminutive captive.
86 plausible Adjective UNKNOWN 3685 But Brother Justice needed the merchant, as well, or at least it seemed plausible that the man might aid the monk in his all-important quest.
87 wry Adjective UNKNOWN 3686 Elbryan gave a wry smile, but it couldn't last.
88 pool Noun UNKNOWN 3687 He visualized the hematite as a dark liquid pool and he waded in slowly, letting the physical world dissipate into gray nothingness.
89 compelling Adjective UNKNOWN 3688 Yet he could not deny the tug of that lone, smoking mountain, calling to him, compelling him .
90 converse Noun UNKNOWN 3689 Yes, Elbryan would like to converse with Pony, to see her again, to remember that innocent time when patrolling was play and nightmares were not real.
91 herd Noun UNKNOWN 3690 Who might this leader of the herd be to inspire such uncharacteristic respect from cocky Bradwarden?
92 unerringly Adverb UNKNOWN 3691 The monk fell back, nearly toppling, as the stone suddenly zipped away, flying unerringly for the armored chest of the giant closest behind Bradwarden.
93 tutor Noun UNKNOWN 3692 CHAPTER 31 Home Again, Home Again 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.
94 whinny Verb UNKNOWN 3693 The stallion pawed the ground, then reared and whinnied.
95 muscled Adjective UNKNOWN 3694 Symphony had gone perfectly still, his head raised high, his magnificent, muscled chest presented openly to the two men.
96 sorely Adverb UNKNOWN 3695 It was risky setting a light in the dark forest, but these folk sorely needed the warmth.
97 access Verb UNKNOWN 3696 That joining by means of the hematite when he had been sorely wounded had given her an understanding of accessing the powers on a level that other monks spent months, even years, trying to attain.
98 secretive Adjective UNKNOWN 3697 Not only was her gain exponential, but so was the monk's understanding of this secretive woman - and of her dark past.
99 urgent Adjective UNKNOWN 3698 The kiss became more urgent, and gradually Pony's fears melted away, swept up in the sudden torrent of passion that overcame her.
100 feign Infinitive UNKNOWN 3699 She rushed right for it, feigning a dodge to the side as it lifted its huge sword.
101 reclusive Adjective UNKNOWN 3700 It is likely that most of the giants, normally reclusive beasts, will turn back for their mountain homes, far from the villages of humans.