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"inconspicuous","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4601","CHAPTER 25 Brother Justice
Master Jojonah looked down from an inconspicuous balcony at the large chamber, bare of any furnishing but for a few practice riggings sitting against the far wall.","",""
"occasionally","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4602","He uttered a chant repeatedly, using it to bolster his failing strength, and De'Unnero, the new master who had taken Siherton's place, stalked about him, occasionally stinging him with a riding crop.","",""
"reduced","Verb","UNKNOWN","4603","The man would be reduced to an instrument of destruction, Avelyn's destruction.","",""
"struggles","Noun","UNKNOWN","4604","There could be no struggles for power among the mortal leaders of the various races when the dactyl sat on its obsidian throne.","",""
"infamous","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4605","The demon dactyl had been awake for several years, watching, feeling every slaughter of humans in the Wilderlands, tasting the blood of every corpse into which a powrie dipped its infamous cap, hearing the screams of sailors and passengers as each scuttled ship went under the swells of the merciless Mirianic.","",""
"passenger","Noun","UNKNOWN","4606","The demon dactyl had been awake for several years, watching, feeling every slaughter of humans in the Wilderlands, tasting the blood of every corpse into which a powrie dipped its infamous cap, hearing the screams of sailors and passengers as each scuttled ship went under the swells of the merciless Mirianic.","",""
"merciless","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4607","The villages had been captured, that was true, but too few humans had been killed, and this mysterious Nightbird and his friends were wreaking havoc on every supply group that came down from the north, something the merciless dactyl had certainly noticed - the arrival of the spirit who called himself Brother Justice confirmed that fact.","",""
"spikes","Noun","UNKNOWN","4608","And the dactyl made even finer protection for its four chieftains, great magical bracers, studded with spikes, that would protect the wearer from the blows of any weapon.","",""
"underling","Noun","UNKNOWN","4609","Among the three evil races, none had earned any reputation of loyalty or honor, but now, with the bracers, the dactyl could hold faith that its four chosen generals would survive the not unexpected treachery of their underlings.","",""
"lair","Noun","UNKNOWN","4610","The passages forked many times, and they had to choose, without any guidance other than their own perceptions of where they might be and where the demon's lair was likely situated.","",""
"tricks","Noun","UNKNOWN","4611","We know the tricks Avelyn used to escape, and his cache of magic stones is considerable.","",""
"executioner","Noun","UNKNOWN","4612","He was judge, jury, and executioner, assigned by the Father Abbot.","",""
"rightfully","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4613","""One whose title as Brother Justice is fair and true, and who carries the punishment rightfully earned by the outlaw monk you name as your companion?""","",""
"renegade","Noun","UNKNOWN","4614","And he did not desire to leave behind any legacy of failure=including the existence of the renegade Avelyn.","",""
"necessarily","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4615","The folk of the Wilderlands frontier necessarily huddle together.","",""
"seeking","Noun","UNKNOWN","4616","He used all his training, all his tools, focusing his senses one at a time in each direction, on every plant and every animal, seeking some hint of the source.","",""
"conceal","Verb","UNKNOWN","4617","There were no signs to be found - Brother Justice had made certain of that - and oblivious Avelyn passed by within thirty feet of the concealed entrance to the cave that now served as Jill's prison.","",""
"piper","Noun","UNKNOWN","4618","""Bradwarden the Piper,"" the man answered proudly.","",""
"rightly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4619","Bradwarden the ...""
He stopped as Elbryan came out from behind the tree, the ranger rightly sensing that this introduction could go on for some time.","",""
"dumbfoundedly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4620","The demon stared dumbfoundedly at the dusty cloud, at Avelyn, as if to ask what the man had done, and again, Avelyn had no answers.","",""
"ears","Verb","UNKNOWN","4621","""Two more ears!"" Cric laughed, but Paulson wasn't thinking along those lines just then.","",""
"disarming","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4622","""I am hunting a dangerous fugitive, one who employs the magic of the stones,"" he explained, turning back to the merchant, a disarming look on his face.","",""
"rousing","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4623","On they charged, Bradwarden singing a rousing song and Chipmunk forcing away his tears, locking them behind a wall of sheer anger.","",""
"naught","Noun","UNKNOWN","4624","But fruits and berries are naught but ticklings.","",""
"dropping","Noun","UNKNOWN","4625","Deadfalls, pit traps, and jaw traps stopped many; in one place a dropping pile of logs triggered a small avalanche of loose snow and rock.","",""
"bearded","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4626","""Ye'll have a tougher time with that one,"" Bradwarden remarked, lifting his bearded chin toward Tol Yuganick, who was still standing in the small field, looking none too happy.","",""
"sly","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4627","And,"" he paused and offered a sly wink, ""don't ye fear, for I'm not overly fond o' human flesh.""
""You have tasted it then?"" Elbryan reasoned, not taking the bait.","",""
"overly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4628","Brother Avelyn was not overly concerned when he returned to his room to find that Jill was not about.","",""
"differ","Verb","UNKNOWN","4629","In Pireth Tulme, even the winter was one long gray sheet of clouds and cold rain, differing from the summer only in terms of temperature.","",""
"kinship","Noun","UNKNOWN","4630","Jill had taken the image of the mad friar back with her, could hear his words still, and found in them a kinship to that which lay in her own heart.","",""
"activity","Noun","UNKNOWN","4631","She could see the activity on the deck of the sailing ship now, small forms darting this way and that, tacking hard to put the large caravel in between the bay's many sentry stones.","",""
"scoring","Noun","UNKNOWN","4632","Another shot came thundering in, this one scoring a hit on Pireth Tulme's front wall, taking down some stones.","",""
"chip","Verb","UNKNOWN","4633","It was merely a diamond chip, useful for saving the candles and oil on long journeys.","",""
"parapet","Noun","UNKNOWN","4634","Jill dodged easily, then kicked out behind the flying weapon, just nicking the powrie on the back but solidly enough so the overbalanced dwarf fell from the parapet eight feet to the ground below.","",""
"blinding","Verb","UNKNOWN","4635","The creature drew a small sword but too late to parry the woman's first savage attack, Jill's sword slashing across the dwarf's eyes, blinding it.","",""
"crotch","Noun","UNKNOWN","4636","Gothra stared down at the line of blood running from forehead to crotch, then looked back at the demon.","",""
"thrusts","Noun","UNKNOWN","4637","Another was quick to take its place, snapping off a series of thrusts with its short sword.","",""
"sheathed","Noun","UNKNOWN","4638","Jill sheathed her sword instead, pulled her belt off, and leaped out from the wall, beyond the climbing dwarf.","",""
"havoc","Noun","UNKNOWN","4639","If she could get across the deck to the stern catapult or more particularly, to the cauldrons of pitch and the firepit near the catapult, then she might be able to cause more than a little havoc.","",""
"load","Noun","UNKNOWN","4640","They fell away toward the taffrail, but could not let go of their load.","",""
"deserting","Noun","UNKNOWN","4641","He could hardly believe that Bradwarden would so leave their friends behind, deserting the pair in so perilous a situation.","",""
"evade","Noun","UNKNOWN","4642","With a howl, it finally let go, scrambling about to evade the jabbing dagger.","",""
"jabbing","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4643","With a howl, it finally let go, scrambling about to evade the jabbing dagger.","",""
"mischief","Noun","UNKNOWN","4644","She turned to the catapult, its arm low and ready to fire, then looked at the vats of burning pitch, wondering what mischief she might cause.","",""
"capstan","Noun","UNKNOWN","4645","She kicked over the pitch barrels, spilling one onto the capstan that held the anchor line and knocking another down the stairs to the lower main deck.","",""
"delayed","Verb","UNKNOWN","4646","She swam right by that one, realizing if she delayed, the third would get to the boat before her.","",""
"conspicuous","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4647","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.","",""
"stories","Verb","UNKNOWN","4648","The man rambled on and on, telling mostly stories of his dealings with the various monasteries of Honce-the-Bear, even with St.","",""
"snatches","Noun","UNKNOWN","4649","These suspicions were bolstered by the snatches of conversation Jill caught, words of a contingent of Kingsmen riding hard to the east.","",""
"foaming","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4650","She found a tavern, its sign too worn for her even to make out the name, though the image of a foaming mug was clear enough.","",""
"swig","Noun","UNKNOWN","4651","He reached into a pocket of his robe and produced a small flask, popping the top and sucking a huge swig.","",""
"confide","Verb","UNKNOWN","4652","""I am Brother Avelyn Desbris, formerly of St.-Mere-Abelle,"" he confided, and Jill understood she was probably the first person he had told his true name in a long, long time.","",""
"oppose","Verb","UNKNOWN","4653","In these general rows, as opposed to the occasions when all in the bar teamed up against the monk, Avelyn more than held his ground.","",""
"holler","Gerund","UNKNOWN","4654","The huge bear of a man tossed his attackers with ease, punched and twisted deftly, hollering ""Ho, ho, what!"" every time he felled another.","",""
"intimate","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4655","Juraviel's tone intimated something more profound to the ranger, that not only was there a mere place for shelter, but a very special place indeed.","",""
"wheeze","Gerund","UNKNOWN","4656","Are you prepared for such a joining?""
""I hardly think you are in condition - ""
""Not physically, oh no, not that!"" Avelyn quickly corrected, wheezing out a laugh despite his obvious agony.","",""
"user","Noun","UNKNOWN","4657","With practice, and more joinings, she could quickly rival all but the most powerful stone users of St.-Mere-Abelle
- and all because of this simple technique.","",""
"protected","Verb","UNKNOWN","4658","In their weeks together, it seemed to Avelyn that Jill looked after him more than he protected her.","",""
"sheepishly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4659","He was sitting upright now, smiling sheepishly, the cloud of pain and death gone from his plump features.","",""
"deserter","Noun","UNKNOWN","4660","All of that was, of course, tempered by her realization that she was, in effect, a deserter.","",""
"lazy","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4661","She spent all night watching the stars, the gentle drift of Sheila, the occasional lazy cloud.","",""
"snoring","Gerund","UNKNOWN","4662","She returned to her room as dawn was breaking over Palmaris, to find Avelyn snoring loudly, his breath smelling of ale and more potent drinks, one eye blackened.","",""
"garnet","Noun","UNKNOWN","4663","CHAPTER 29 Of Singular Purpose
They gave him but two stones: a smooth yellow-hued sunstone and a cabochon garnet, a carbuncle, the deepest shade of red.","",""
"mare","Noun","UNKNOWN","4664","He set out from the abbey one dark and dreary morning, riding an ash-gray mare, not swift of hoof but long in heart.","",""
"efficiently","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4665","Paulson stepped inside the range and caught the spear by the shaft and rushed up its length, quickly and efficiently embedding his sword deep in the creature's chest.","",""
"pitfall","Noun","UNKNOWN","4666","Brother Justice knew the pitfalls, though.","",""
"gwendolyn","Noun","UNKNOWN","4667","Gwendolyn of the Sea since the fight,"" the bartender of the tavern added.","",""
"skirmish","Noun","UNKNOWN","4668","They ran all the morning, fighting often, but only quick skirmishes.","",""
"imported","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4669","He was a bit apprehensive when he got to the gates of the indicated house, a huge structure of imported materials: smooth white marble from the south, dark wooden beams from the Timberlands, and an assortment of garden artwork that could only have come from the galleries of the finest sculptors in Ursal.","",""
"assortment","Singular","UNKNOWN","4670","He was a bit apprehensive when he got to the gates of the indicated house, a huge structure of imported materials: smooth white marble from the south, dark wooden beams from the Timberlands, and an assortment of garden artwork that could only have come from the galleries of the finest sculptors in Ursal.","",""
"jester","Noun","UNKNOWN","4671","Brother Justice's first thought was that Avelyn had hired on with this obviously wealthy merchant, perhaps to perform some necessary feat with the stones, perhaps merely as a court jester.","",""
"yelp","Noun","UNKNOWN","4672","The dog's legs splayed wide; it gave one yelp, then lay still, its back broken, its lungs collapsing.","",""
"foyer","Noun","UNKNOWN","4673","The man pointed toward a door across the foyer.","",""
"corn","Gerund","UNKNOWN","4674","He had crossed the Moorlands, corning from the west.","",""
"yellowish","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4675","In an instant, a yellowish glow surrounded the monk, and the waves of intrusion were halted.","",""
"jamb","Noun","UNKNOWN","4676","He kicked again and again, repeatedly slamming the lock, until finally, the wood of the jamb gave way, the door flying wide to reveal a portly man, richly dressed, standing behind a large oaken desk, a loaded crossbow in hand.","",""
"fugitive","Noun","UNKNOWN","4677","Likely, the man was in no way connected to Avelyn, but still the fugitive monk remained concerned.","",""
"familiarity","Noun","UNKNOWN","4678","""How fares old Markwart?"" he asked, his tone one of familiarity.","",""
"garner","Verb","UNKNOWN","4679","Obviously he had dealt with Markwart - where else would he have garnered so powerful a stone?","",""
"accomplish","Verb","UNKNOWN","4680","Many things could be accomplished with such a stone.","",""
"lowlier","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4681","Perhaps the fool Dosey would use his hematite to invade the bodies of several innkeepers from the lowlier sections of the city, using their forms to inquire about the mad friar.","",""
"dine","Verb","UNKNOWN","4682","""But not until we have dined,"" Dosey said, falling back in his chair.","",""
"integrity","Noun","UNKNOWN","4683","Juicy lamb and thick cuts of venison buried in brown sauces and mushrooms, oranges that exploded in a shower of juice as soon as the integrity of their peels was breached, and large, round, yellow melons that the monk had never before seen but that were sweeter than anything he had ever tasted.","",""
"combine","Verb","UNKNOWN","4684","With the clear quartz, a man could send his vision across the miles; perhaps combining that with the spiritwalking of the hematite ...","",""
"divining","Gerund","UNKNOWN","4685","Using the sunstone he had taken from Quintall, he had enacted a shield against divining magic.","",""
"sheerest","Noun","UNKNOWN","4686","He recalled Dosey's fearful expression when he hinted that he would make the journey, a mixture, it seemed, of the sheerest horror and the highest titillation.","",""
"infinite","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4687","It seemed as if an hour went by, but then as if only a second had passed; what appeared as an infinite plain was crossed by a single step.","",""
"collide","Verb","UNKNOWN","4688","So many times he thought he would collide with jags of stone only to watch them rush under him at the last possible second.","",""
"ant","Noun","UNKNOWN","4689","Below him, massed like ants, were the campsites of armies.","",""
"monstrosity","Noun","UNKNOWN","4690","But that spectacle couldn't hold Brother Justice's attention for any length of time, not with this huge monstrosity leering at him from on high.","",""
"redemption","Singular","UNKNOWN","4691","The man had passed the point of redemption and had perhaps awakened a dangerous curiosity in the demon.","",""
"feeble","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4692","The monk drove the feeble merchant to his knees and held fast long after the struggling stopped, long after the merchant's arms fell slack at his sides.","",""
"belonging","Noun","UNKNOWN","4693","""I am at peace, a greater sense of belonging than I have ever known,"" the ranger said at length after more than half an hour sitting in his wooden chair in the darkness, staring at the barely perceptible mirror.","",""
"philosophical","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4694","That was the way it always happened, the needs of the day dispatching the spirit soon before the dawn, turning Elbryan's thoughts from philosophical to pragmatic.","",""
"platform","Noun","UNKNOWN","4695","Mounted sidelong on a platform, the thing would have passed for a fair-sized ballista!","",""
"grant","Verb","UNKNOWN","4696","Normally in a test of archery, each contestant would be granted a specified number of shots, with the best total score serving as the measure.","",""
"victorious","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4697","Elbryan clenched a fist, thinking himself victorious as he marked the flight.","",""
"roam","Verb","UNKNOWN","4698","His eyes betrayed his idea, roaming to the centaur's strong back.","",""
"giving","Noun","UNKNOWN","4699","A chair shattered against his back, but while Belster O'Comely groaned at the hit, the monk only laughed all the louder, giving his habitual cry, ""Ho, ho, what!""
Elbryan leaned on his staff, thinking this quite a show.","",""
"arse","Noun","UNKNOWN","4700","""And I could put an arrow up your arse from a hundred paces,"" Elbryan retorted.","",""
1 lemma pos cefr_level coverage_rank context_sentence context_sentence_zh definition_zh
2 inconspicuous Adjective UNKNOWN 4601 CHAPTER 25 Brother Justice Master Jojonah looked down from an inconspicuous balcony at the large chamber, bare of any furnishing but for a few practice riggings sitting against the far wall.
3 occasionally Adverb UNKNOWN 4602 He uttered a chant repeatedly, using it to bolster his failing strength, and De'Unnero, the new master who had taken Siherton's place, stalked about him, occasionally stinging him with a riding crop.
4 reduced Verb UNKNOWN 4603 The man would be reduced to an instrument of destruction, Avelyn's destruction.
5 struggles Noun UNKNOWN 4604 There could be no struggles for power among the mortal leaders of the various races when the dactyl sat on its obsidian throne.
6 infamous Adjective UNKNOWN 4605 The demon dactyl had been awake for several years, watching, feeling every slaughter of humans in the Wilderlands, tasting the blood of every corpse into which a powrie dipped its infamous cap, hearing the screams of sailors and passengers as each scuttled ship went under the swells of the merciless Mirianic.
7 passenger Noun UNKNOWN 4606 The demon dactyl had been awake for several years, watching, feeling every slaughter of humans in the Wilderlands, tasting the blood of every corpse into which a powrie dipped its infamous cap, hearing the screams of sailors and passengers as each scuttled ship went under the swells of the merciless Mirianic.
8 merciless Adjective UNKNOWN 4607 The villages had been captured, that was true, but too few humans had been killed, and this mysterious Nightbird and his friends were wreaking havoc on every supply group that came down from the north, something the merciless dactyl had certainly noticed - the arrival of the spirit who called himself Brother Justice confirmed that fact.
9 spikes Noun UNKNOWN 4608 And the dactyl made even finer protection for its four chieftains, great magical bracers, studded with spikes, that would protect the wearer from the blows of any weapon.
10 underling Noun UNKNOWN 4609 Among the three evil races, none had earned any reputation of loyalty or honor, but now, with the bracers, the dactyl could hold faith that its four chosen generals would survive the not unexpected treachery of their underlings.
11 lair Noun UNKNOWN 4610 The passages forked many times, and they had to choose, without any guidance other than their own perceptions of where they might be and where the demon's lair was likely situated.
12 tricks Noun UNKNOWN 4611 We know the tricks Avelyn used to escape, and his cache of magic stones is considerable.
13 executioner Noun UNKNOWN 4612 He was judge, jury, and executioner, assigned by the Father Abbot.
14 rightfully Adverb UNKNOWN 4613 "One whose title as Brother Justice is fair and true, and who carries the punishment rightfully earned by the outlaw monk you name as your companion?"
15 renegade Noun UNKNOWN 4614 And he did not desire to leave behind any legacy of failure=including the existence of the renegade Avelyn.
16 necessarily Adverb UNKNOWN 4615 The folk of the Wilderlands frontier necessarily huddle together.
17 seeking Noun UNKNOWN 4616 He used all his training, all his tools, focusing his senses one at a time in each direction, on every plant and every animal, seeking some hint of the source.
18 conceal Verb UNKNOWN 4617 There were no signs to be found - Brother Justice had made certain of that - and oblivious Avelyn passed by within thirty feet of the concealed entrance to the cave that now served as Jill's prison.
19 piper Noun UNKNOWN 4618 "Bradwarden the Piper," the man answered proudly.
20 rightly Adverb UNKNOWN 4619 Bradwarden the ..." He stopped as Elbryan came out from behind the tree, the ranger rightly sensing that this introduction could go on for some time.
21 dumbfoundedly Adverb UNKNOWN 4620 The demon stared dumbfoundedly at the dusty cloud, at Avelyn, as if to ask what the man had done, and again, Avelyn had no answers.
22 ears Verb UNKNOWN 4621 "Two more ears!" Cric laughed, but Paulson wasn't thinking along those lines just then.
23 disarming Adjective UNKNOWN 4622 "I am hunting a dangerous fugitive, one who employs the magic of the stones," he explained, turning back to the merchant, a disarming look on his face.
24 rousing Adjective UNKNOWN 4623 On they charged, Bradwarden singing a rousing song and Chipmunk forcing away his tears, locking them behind a wall of sheer anger.
25 naught Noun UNKNOWN 4624 But fruits and berries are naught but ticklings.
26 dropping Noun UNKNOWN 4625 Deadfalls, pit traps, and jaw traps stopped many; in one place a dropping pile of logs triggered a small avalanche of loose snow and rock.
27 bearded Adjective UNKNOWN 4626 "Ye'll have a tougher time with that one," Bradwarden remarked, lifting his bearded chin toward Tol Yuganick, who was still standing in the small field, looking none too happy.
28 sly Adjective UNKNOWN 4627 And," he paused and offered a sly wink, "don't ye fear, for I'm not overly fond o' human flesh." "You have tasted it then?" Elbryan reasoned, not taking the bait.
29 overly Adverb UNKNOWN 4628 Brother Avelyn was not overly concerned when he returned to his room to find that Jill was not about.
30 differ Verb UNKNOWN 4629 In Pireth Tulme, even the winter was one long gray sheet of clouds and cold rain, differing from the summer only in terms of temperature.
31 kinship Noun UNKNOWN 4630 Jill had taken the image of the mad friar back with her, could hear his words still, and found in them a kinship to that which lay in her own heart.
32 activity Noun UNKNOWN 4631 She could see the activity on the deck of the sailing ship now, small forms darting this way and that, tacking hard to put the large caravel in between the bay's many sentry stones.
33 scoring Noun UNKNOWN 4632 Another shot came thundering in, this one scoring a hit on Pireth Tulme's front wall, taking down some stones.
34 chip Verb UNKNOWN 4633 It was merely a diamond chip, useful for saving the candles and oil on long journeys.
35 parapet Noun UNKNOWN 4634 Jill dodged easily, then kicked out behind the flying weapon, just nicking the powrie on the back but solidly enough so the overbalanced dwarf fell from the parapet eight feet to the ground below.
36 blinding Verb UNKNOWN 4635 The creature drew a small sword but too late to parry the woman's first savage attack, Jill's sword slashing across the dwarf's eyes, blinding it.
37 crotch Noun UNKNOWN 4636 Gothra stared down at the line of blood running from forehead to crotch, then looked back at the demon.
38 thrusts Noun UNKNOWN 4637 Another was quick to take its place, snapping off a series of thrusts with its short sword.
39 sheathed Noun UNKNOWN 4638 Jill sheathed her sword instead, pulled her belt off, and leaped out from the wall, beyond the climbing dwarf.
40 havoc Noun UNKNOWN 4639 If she could get across the deck to the stern catapult or more particularly, to the cauldrons of pitch and the firepit near the catapult, then she might be able to cause more than a little havoc.
41 load Noun UNKNOWN 4640 They fell away toward the taffrail, but could not let go of their load.
42 deserting Noun UNKNOWN 4641 He could hardly believe that Bradwarden would so leave their friends behind, deserting the pair in so perilous a situation.
43 evade Noun UNKNOWN 4642 With a howl, it finally let go, scrambling about to evade the jabbing dagger.
44 jabbing Adjective UNKNOWN 4643 With a howl, it finally let go, scrambling about to evade the jabbing dagger.
45 mischief Noun UNKNOWN 4644 She turned to the catapult, its arm low and ready to fire, then looked at the vats of burning pitch, wondering what mischief she might cause.
46 capstan Noun UNKNOWN 4645 She kicked over the pitch barrels, spilling one onto the capstan that held the anchor line and knocking another down the stairs to the lower main deck.
47 delayed Verb UNKNOWN 4646 She swam right by that one, realizing if she delayed, the third would get to the boat before her.
48 conspicuous Adjective UNKNOWN 4647 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.
49 stories Verb UNKNOWN 4648 The man rambled on and on, telling mostly stories of his dealings with the various monasteries of Honce-the-Bear, even with St.
50 snatches Noun UNKNOWN 4649 These suspicions were bolstered by the snatches of conversation Jill caught, words of a contingent of Kingsmen riding hard to the east.
51 foaming Adjective UNKNOWN 4650 She found a tavern, its sign too worn for her even to make out the name, though the image of a foaming mug was clear enough.
52 swig Noun UNKNOWN 4651 He reached into a pocket of his robe and produced a small flask, popping the top and sucking a huge swig.
53 confide Verb UNKNOWN 4652 "I am Brother Avelyn Desbris, formerly of St.-Mere-Abelle," he confided, and Jill understood she was probably the first person he had told his true name in a long, long time.
54 oppose Verb UNKNOWN 4653 In these general rows, as opposed to the occasions when all in the bar teamed up against the monk, Avelyn more than held his ground.
55 holler Gerund UNKNOWN 4654 The huge bear of a man tossed his attackers with ease, punched and twisted deftly, hollering "Ho, ho, what!" every time he felled another.
56 intimate Adjective UNKNOWN 4655 Juraviel's tone intimated something more profound to the ranger, that not only was there a mere place for shelter, but a very special place indeed.
57 wheeze Gerund UNKNOWN 4656 Are you prepared for such a joining?" "I hardly think you are in condition - " "Not physically, oh no, not that!" Avelyn quickly corrected, wheezing out a laugh despite his obvious agony.
58 user Noun UNKNOWN 4657 With practice, and more joinings, she could quickly rival all but the most powerful stone users of St.-Mere-Abelle - and all because of this simple technique.
59 protected Verb UNKNOWN 4658 In their weeks together, it seemed to Avelyn that Jill looked after him more than he protected her.
60 sheepishly Adverb UNKNOWN 4659 He was sitting upright now, smiling sheepishly, the cloud of pain and death gone from his plump features.
61 deserter Noun UNKNOWN 4660 All of that was, of course, tempered by her realization that she was, in effect, a deserter.
62 lazy Adjective UNKNOWN 4661 She spent all night watching the stars, the gentle drift of Sheila, the occasional lazy cloud.
63 snoring Gerund UNKNOWN 4662 She returned to her room as dawn was breaking over Palmaris, to find Avelyn snoring loudly, his breath smelling of ale and more potent drinks, one eye blackened.
64 garnet Noun UNKNOWN 4663 CHAPTER 29 Of Singular Purpose They gave him but two stones: a smooth yellow-hued sunstone and a cabochon garnet, a carbuncle, the deepest shade of red.
65 mare Noun UNKNOWN 4664 He set out from the abbey one dark and dreary morning, riding an ash-gray mare, not swift of hoof but long in heart.
66 efficiently Adverb UNKNOWN 4665 Paulson stepped inside the range and caught the spear by the shaft and rushed up its length, quickly and efficiently embedding his sword deep in the creature's chest.
67 pitfall Noun UNKNOWN 4666 Brother Justice knew the pitfalls, though.
68 gwendolyn Noun UNKNOWN 4667 Gwendolyn of the Sea since the fight," the bartender of the tavern added.
69 skirmish Noun UNKNOWN 4668 They ran all the morning, fighting often, but only quick skirmishes.
70 imported Adjective UNKNOWN 4669 He was a bit apprehensive when he got to the gates of the indicated house, a huge structure of imported materials: smooth white marble from the south, dark wooden beams from the Timberlands, and an assortment of garden artwork that could only have come from the galleries of the finest sculptors in Ursal.
71 assortment Singular UNKNOWN 4670 He was a bit apprehensive when he got to the gates of the indicated house, a huge structure of imported materials: smooth white marble from the south, dark wooden beams from the Timberlands, and an assortment of garden artwork that could only have come from the galleries of the finest sculptors in Ursal.
72 jester Noun UNKNOWN 4671 Brother Justice's first thought was that Avelyn had hired on with this obviously wealthy merchant, perhaps to perform some necessary feat with the stones, perhaps merely as a court jester.
73 yelp Noun UNKNOWN 4672 The dog's legs splayed wide; it gave one yelp, then lay still, its back broken, its lungs collapsing.
74 foyer Noun UNKNOWN 4673 The man pointed toward a door across the foyer.
75 corn Gerund UNKNOWN 4674 He had crossed the Moorlands, corning from the west.
76 yellowish Adjective UNKNOWN 4675 In an instant, a yellowish glow surrounded the monk, and the waves of intrusion were halted.
77 jamb Noun UNKNOWN 4676 He kicked again and again, repeatedly slamming the lock, until finally, the wood of the jamb gave way, the door flying wide to reveal a portly man, richly dressed, standing behind a large oaken desk, a loaded crossbow in hand.
78 fugitive Noun UNKNOWN 4677 Likely, the man was in no way connected to Avelyn, but still the fugitive monk remained concerned.
79 familiarity Noun UNKNOWN 4678 "How fares old Markwart?" he asked, his tone one of familiarity.
80 garner Verb UNKNOWN 4679 Obviously he had dealt with Markwart - where else would he have garnered so powerful a stone?
81 accomplish Verb UNKNOWN 4680 Many things could be accomplished with such a stone.
82 lowlier Adjective UNKNOWN 4681 Perhaps the fool Dosey would use his hematite to invade the bodies of several innkeepers from the lowlier sections of the city, using their forms to inquire about the mad friar.
83 dine Verb UNKNOWN 4682 "But not until we have dined," Dosey said, falling back in his chair.
84 integrity Noun UNKNOWN 4683 Juicy lamb and thick cuts of venison buried in brown sauces and mushrooms, oranges that exploded in a shower of juice as soon as the integrity of their peels was breached, and large, round, yellow melons that the monk had never before seen but that were sweeter than anything he had ever tasted.
85 combine Verb UNKNOWN 4684 With the clear quartz, a man could send his vision across the miles; perhaps combining that with the spiritwalking of the hematite ...
86 divining Gerund UNKNOWN 4685 Using the sunstone he had taken from Quintall, he had enacted a shield against divining magic.
87 sheerest Noun UNKNOWN 4686 He recalled Dosey's fearful expression when he hinted that he would make the journey, a mixture, it seemed, of the sheerest horror and the highest titillation.
88 infinite Adjective UNKNOWN 4687 It seemed as if an hour went by, but then as if only a second had passed; what appeared as an infinite plain was crossed by a single step.
89 collide Verb UNKNOWN 4688 So many times he thought he would collide with jags of stone only to watch them rush under him at the last possible second.
90 ant Noun UNKNOWN 4689 Below him, massed like ants, were the campsites of armies.
91 monstrosity Noun UNKNOWN 4690 But that spectacle couldn't hold Brother Justice's attention for any length of time, not with this huge monstrosity leering at him from on high.
92 redemption Singular UNKNOWN 4691 The man had passed the point of redemption and had perhaps awakened a dangerous curiosity in the demon.
93 feeble Adjective UNKNOWN 4692 The monk drove the feeble merchant to his knees and held fast long after the struggling stopped, long after the merchant's arms fell slack at his sides.
94 belonging Noun UNKNOWN 4693 "I am at peace, a greater sense of belonging than I have ever known," the ranger said at length after more than half an hour sitting in his wooden chair in the darkness, staring at the barely perceptible mirror.
95 philosophical Adjective UNKNOWN 4694 That was the way it always happened, the needs of the day dispatching the spirit soon before the dawn, turning Elbryan's thoughts from philosophical to pragmatic.
96 platform Noun UNKNOWN 4695 Mounted sidelong on a platform, the thing would have passed for a fair-sized ballista!
97 grant Verb UNKNOWN 4696 Normally in a test of archery, each contestant would be granted a specified number of shots, with the best total score serving as the measure.
98 victorious Adjective UNKNOWN 4697 Elbryan clenched a fist, thinking himself victorious as he marked the flight.
99 roam Verb UNKNOWN 4698 His eyes betrayed his idea, roaming to the centaur's strong back.
100 giving Noun UNKNOWN 4699 A chair shattered against his back, but while Belster O'Comely groaned at the hit, the monk only laughed all the louder, giving his habitual cry, "Ho, ho, what!" Elbryan leaned on his staff, thinking this quite a show.
101 arse Noun UNKNOWN 4700 "And I could put an arrow up your arse from a hundred paces," Elbryan retorted.