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"southeastern","Noun","UNKNOWN","3001","No land came in sight for three days, the Windjammer making a direct run to the southeastern point of the Gulf of Corona, the northern tip of the region known as the Mantis Arm.","",""
"solemn","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3002","The ceremony went off perfectly solemn yet joyous, ladies crying, men standing tall and handsome.","",""
"toil","Noun","UNKNOWN","3003","He got his reward for his morning's toils when he returned to the bog to collect the tenth loaded basket.","",""
"underground","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3004","When the showers arrived, he and his fellow Preparer would be hidden underground, sheltered from the pelting meteors.","",""
"market","Verb","UNKNOWN","3005","Seven hundred monks lived here and another two hundred servants, many of them never leaving the place except to go on short visits, usually to market in the village of St.-Mere-Abelle, some three miles inland.","",""
"grueling","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3006","CHAPTER 8 The Preparer
The schedule was grueling, designed to find weakness and break those who were not fit for the daily rigors of the Order of St.-Mere-Abelle.","",""
"testing","Noun","UNKNOWN","3007","Eight years of formal study, eight years of grueling testing, had brought Avelyn to this point, one of twenty-five remaining of the two thousand twelve-year-olds who had begun the process, each desperately vying to gain admittance in this class of God's Year 816.","",""
"eyelid","Noun","UNKNOWN","3008","But weariness overtook him, caught him where he sat, and brought his eyelids low.","",""
"mortality","Noun","UNKNOWN","3009","Under that sky that posed to me so many questions, I dismissed mortality, for I had become one with something that was eternal.","",""
"denial","Noun","UNKNOWN","3010","Images assaulted them, mingling with imagined scenes even more horrifying, and amid all of it welled utter denial, the hope against obvious reality that this simply could not be happening.","",""
"momentary","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3011","The giant plunged the spear down low instead, right into the boulder, and Elbryan was too surprised to seize the momentary opening and charge ahead.","",""
"sweetness","Noun","UNKNOWN","3012","The sweetness was there, but somehow just out of Jill's reach.","",""
"parting","Noun","UNKNOWN","3013","In the morning came the second painful parting.","",""
"windblown","Noun","UNKNOWN","3014","They twisted and gouged, floating about and through the bare windblown rocks of the Barbacan.","",""
"intriguing","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3015","She was closer to seventeen than sixteen now, by all appearances no more a girl, and surely the thought of the handsome man imparted intriguing, warm thoughts.","",""
"statue","Noun","UNKNOWN","3016","Along one wall stood a gigantic statue, fifteen feet or more, dressed in a heavy leather jacket, trimmed in fur and set with spiked metal plates and heavy iron rings.","",""
"dramatically","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3017","He resisted, and the hematite receded dramatically, almost forcing him from the trance.","",""
"gruesome","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3018","Spurred by the gruesome sight, she attacked fiercely.","",""
"coat","Noun","UNKNOWN","3019","Its limbs were slender and long and its armor a silver shining coat of fine interlocking links.","",""
"similarly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3020","He calmed quickly, though, seeing that all of his classmates were similarly entranced and that the Father Abbot and the other ranking monks seemed not to care.","",""
"accomplishment","Noun","UNKNOWN","3021","And, in the end, it is a sense of accomplishment, of purpose, and not the wealth attained by such accomplishment, that equates to fulfillment and happiness.","",""
"wariness","Noun","UNKNOWN","3022","For the adults, the specter of the goblins brought a sobering wariness and then a troublesome distraction.","",""
"realm","Noun","UNKNOWN","3023","Even Elbryan, who would be entering the realm of adults that coming spring, had spent almost all the previous week with his head up a dirty chimney.","",""
"respectfully","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3024","Each of this group nodded respectfully at his younger counterparts as he passed them on the rim; some mentioned that Elbryan's patrols would serve as their vital liaison with the village proper.","",""
"compliment","Noun","UNKNOWN","3025","After that exchange of compliments, even the passing of endless uneventful hours could not dampen the thrill for the youngsters.","",""
"team","Noun","UNKNOWN","3026","Elbryan continued his diligent work, though, reorganizing the routes to cover more ground since he was down to three teams of five, with a couple of messengers.","",""
"uneventfully","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3027","Another week passed by uneventfully.","",""
"crumble","Verb","UNKNOWN","3028","Elbryan was watching his first command crumbling about him, his soldiers being taken away so that they could help patch roofs or shore up barns.","",""
"sympathize","Verb","UNKNOWN","3029","Brother Justice understood this, though he hardly sympathized.","",""
"luster","Noun","UNKNOWN","3030","Elbryan had that same impish quality about him as Mather, a love and luster of life, lurking just below the surface.","",""
"absolutely","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3031","Markwart needed to be absolutely certain.","",""
"bump","Noun","UNKNOWN","3032","He dared to put his arms around Pony's back, dared to pull her closer, feeling the strangely interesting curves and bumps of her body against his own as they came together.","",""
"urgency","Noun","UNKNOWN","3033","The kiss shifted, from curiosity to urgency, then back to gentleness.","",""
"wag","Verb","UNKNOWN","3034","If that was the case, would he be justified in waging battle with these six?","",""
"formerly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3035","The creature flexed its great wings and settled back in the throne it had shaped from the obsidian that had formerly served as its tomb.","",""
"unreal","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3036","It was too unreal, too beyond their experience and expectations.","",""
"expectation","Plural","UNKNOWN","3037","It was too unreal, too beyond their experience and expectations.","",""
"rag","Verb","UNKNOWN","3038","Avelyn thought his very skin would slip off his body, a great rag, and fall rumpled to the deck.","",""
"fatal","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3039","Avelyn meant to turn him over, but he could not find his breath when he looked at the fatal wound, a gaping hole smashed right through Thagraine's skull, brain matter splattered all about.","",""
"loll","Verb","UNKNOWN","3040","Its head lolled from side to side.","",""
"grayish","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3041","Elbryan saw the bright red gash, the white of split bone, the grayish brain.","",""
"sag","Verb","UNKNOWN","3042","The young man shifted to a sitting position and sagged on the wet ground.","",""
"anymore","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3043","There were no lines of defense anymore, no organized pockets of resistance.","",""
"grotesque","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3044","Dots of red, like grotesque chicken pox, covered the giant's face and arms.","",""
"lad","Noun","UNKNOWN","3045","The call brought the sprinting lad to a skidding halt.","",""
"pointy","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3046","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.","",""
"butt","Verb","UNKNOWN","3047","He pulled her hands out wide, and she used the opening to head-butt him again.","",""
"brutally","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3048","Elbryan at first tried to defend himself but when that seemed futile, went on the offensive instead, brutally turning and twisting his blade.","",""
"overrule","Verb","UNKNOWN","3049","Wisdom overruled his rage, though, and he stayed hidden and let them pass.","",""
"buzz","Verb","UNKNOWN","3050","The whole village had buzzed about the house because Olwan Wyndon was laying a stone foundation.","",""
"rotation","Singular","UNKNOWN","3051","They broke their line often, individual elves leaping into pirouettes or simply following steps of their own choosing, but in general the rotation continued about Elbryan.","",""
"impatient","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3052","The stunned man stammered, taking too long for the impatient monk's comfort.","",""
"portly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3053","She stood up and offered her hand, helping the portly monk to his feet.","",""
"speck","Noun","UNKNOWN","3054","He turned his fingers gently to flick a speck of mud from her cheek, though his gaze never left her shining blue eyes.","",""
"squint","Verb","UNKNOWN","3055","His face was sharp and hawkish, his eyes small and dark
- and smaller still on those many occasions that he squinted ominously at his young students.","",""
"chore","Noun","UNKNOWN","3056","In addition to their daily duties as first - and second - year students at the abbey, they were given the extra chores of preparation for their journey to Pimaninicuit.","",""
"lust","Verb","UNKNOWN","3057","And, because of that passion, because of worldly lusts, a man who could be controlled.","",""
"declaration","Singular","UNKNOWN","3058","It was her glory that I join the Abellican Church, and I would be stealing that glory if I left now."" He sucked in his breath, bolstering his declaration.","",""
"commission","Verb","UNKNOWN","3059","That thought shook Jojonah as he looked around at his decorated chamber, at the beautiful tapestry he had commissioned from the gallery of Porvon dan Guardinio, among the most respected artists in all the world.","",""
"gallery","Noun","UNKNOWN","3060","Brother Avelyn, too, ignored Tol Yuganick's cheering gallery.","",""
"artist","Noun","UNKNOWN","3061","He wanted to kneel and pray; he wanted to ask who the artist - or artists; for certainly no one man could have created all of this - might be, but realized before the words left his mouth that any name would be inconsequential, for certainly the carvers and illuminators who had done this had done so at the explicit intervention of God.","",""
"immaculates","Verb","UNKNOWN","3062","Jojonah glanced around the room again, reminding himself that most of the other masters, even some of the tenth-year immaculates, had chambers more richly adorned.","",""
"retire","Verb","UNKNOWN","3063","That night, Avelyn retired to his room, thoroughly exhausted, both emotionally and physically.","",""
"volunteer","Verb","UNKNOWN","3064","He had spent all his waking hours at demanding work, volunteering for the most difficult parts of each task.","",""
"herald","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3065","Only the call to vespers, the ceremony heralding eventide, had interrupted Avelyn's frantic pace.","",""
"flood","Verb","UNKNOWN","3066","Images of his mother flooded his thoughts; he wondered if he might see a vision of her now, a visitation of her spirit before it went to its place in heaven.","",""
"disappointment","Singular","UNKNOWN","3067","She wasn't, to Avelyn's ultimate disappointment.","",""
"experienced","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3068","After only a few weeks in the abbey, Avelyn knew enough about the routine to understand that students much older and more experienced than he were the normal choice for any tasks, however menial, in the Abbot's Maze.","",""
"oval","Noun","UNKNOWN","3069","Scenes of the Halo, the heavenly gift, enwrapping all the others, an oval because of the angle at which it was portrayed.","",""
"portal","Noun","UNKNOWN","3070","Beyond this portal, Avelyn saw a huge room, braced by columns and lit by the orange flow of molten stone.","",""
"latch","Noun","UNKNOWN","3071","Avelyn blinked; amid the wonders of the door, he hadn't even noticed the huge latch!","",""
"hinge","Noun","UNKNOWN","3072","He hated risking them all but realized the success of the mission hinged on their actions right now.","",""
"interior","Noun","UNKNOWN","3073","They were far below ground in one of the abbey's interior chambers, so there could be no window.","",""
"cloudless","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3074","But there was indeed light inside that room, such a light as to make Avelyn think of a cloudless midsummer day.","",""
"practically","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3075","Jojonah moved into the room, Avelyn practically stumbling behind him.","",""
"crystalline","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3076","Avelyn studied the way the light worked off the many facets of the diamonds, how it seemed to delve within the stone itself, swirling down to crystalline depths.","",""
"astronomical","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3077","They studied the Halo, the charts that determined the astronomical data which would indicate the time of the showers.","",""
"girdle","Noun","UNKNOWN","3078","Perhaps he would shine in the heavens above, a fifth light on the girdle of Progos-Behemoth!","",""
"groove","Noun","UNKNOWN","3079","Looking closer, Avelyn noted grooves in the wall.","",""
"offering","Noun","UNKNOWN","3080","Master Jojonah had called the stone showers ""offerings,"" and to Avelyn, that description seemed exactly wrong.","",""
"click","Noun","UNKNOWN","3081","Master Siherton came out of Markwart's room alone, his boots clicking on the floor as he made his way in the direction of the stone room.","",""
"lever","Verb","UNKNOWN","3082","Jill did see that a detachment of six soldiers was at the catapult, three working the levers, three desperately trying to hold a handful of powries at bay.","",""
"somberly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3083","Bradwarden nodded somberly, and Elbryan scooped up Hawkwing and ran off into the night, behind the departing powrie, though the ranger held faith that Avelyn would know how to deal with the dwarf.","",""
"effortlessly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3084","He understood the command and willed himself off the ground, drifting effortlessly toward the ceiling.","",""
"whispering","Noun","UNKNOWN","3085","To the left came a titter, a tiny voice whispering softly.","",""
"fancy","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3086","There was indeed a mystery here that no tumble of fancy words could lay bare; there was something here of a higher order.","",""
"tenfold","Noun","UNKNOWN","3087","He glanced around the room again, from stone to stone, his reverence of these gifts from God tenfold what it had been when first he had entered the chamber.","",""
"hidden","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3088","When he was gone, Master Jojonah replaced the stones, closed the case, then went to the wall and moved the hidden switch to lock it fast.","",""
"amazing","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3089","For the young man to use the stones and drift out of the room, out of the abbey, and see the design on the roof was truly amazing.","",""
"slanting","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3090","As soon as they cleared that last copse, they saw an entrance, a great gaping hole, defying the slanting rays of the westering sun.","",""
"beckon","Verb","UNKNOWN","3091","It caressed him and beckoned him.","",""
"partially","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3092","Pettibwa left Fellowship Way to her, even partially, Grady would not be pleased.","",""
"multitude","Noun","UNKNOWN","3093","And then came the next long pause, lying on the ground on her back, her thoughts swirling down a multitude of paths, every one of which seemed to lead to no place but despair.","",""
"fearing","Noun","UNKNOWN","3094","And then she could look no more, fearing that she would find Thomas Ault, her father dear, among the dead.","",""
"investigate","Infinitive","B2","3095","Pony thought she should go closer to investigate, but she hadn't the stomach.","",""
"numbness","Noun","UNKNOWN","3096","She stood and stared, and a numbness came over her, stealing her emotions.","",""
"bravely","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3097","Elbryan could see his father had died bravely, and understanding.","",""
"forceful","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3098","He was broad shouldered and strong, forceful in manner as he was in speech.","",""
"stiffen","Verb","UNKNOWN","3099","The elf straightened and stiffened, and leaned forward over the lunging boy's head and shoulders.","",""
"uncertain","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3100","And Elbryan cried for himself, his future bleak and uncertain.","",""
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"discount","Verb","UNKNOWN","3001","3","Pony shrugged, not willing to discount the possibility of giants, not after viewing a dead goblin.","",""
"locked","Noun","UNKNOWN","3002","3","Even as Cat started to turn back for the first, the drunk's arms came about her and locked about her chest, squeezing her tight.","",""
"olive","Noun","UNKNOWN","3003","3","Even from this distance, the elves could see the olive-green orbs sparkling with intensity, truly seeing the imagined foes.","",""
"competition","Singular","UNKNOWN","3004","3","Pony had told him many times that Kristeena was sweet for him, and the older girl, not viewing a ten-year-old as competition, had been charmed by the thought.","",""
"gesture","Noun","UNKNOWN","3005","3","He looked at Pony and winked, and was surprised when she returned the gesture with a serious frown.","",""
"voluminous","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3006","3","Twenty-five stood in a line, cloaked in thick brown robes with voluminous sleeves and large hoods that were pulled low to hide their faces.","",""
"southeastern","Noun","UNKNOWN","3007","3","No land came in sight for three days, the Windjammer making a direct run to the southeastern point of the Gulf of Corona, the northern tip of the region known as the Mantis Arm.","",""
"solemn","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3008","3","The ceremony went off perfectly solemn yet joyous, ladies crying, men standing tall and handsome.","",""
"toil","Noun","UNKNOWN","3009","3","He got his reward for his morning's toils when he returned to the bog to collect the tenth loaded basket.","",""
"underground","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3010","3","When the showers arrived, he and his fellow Preparer would be hidden underground, sheltered from the pelting meteors.","",""
"market","Verb","UNKNOWN","3011","3","Seven hundred monks lived here and another two hundred servants, many of them never leaving the place except to go on short visits, usually to market in the village of St.-Mere-Abelle, some three miles inland.","",""
"grueling","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3012","3","The schedule was grueling, designed to find weakness and break those who were not fit for the daily rigors of the Order of St.-Mere-Abelle.","",""
"testing","Noun","UNKNOWN","3013","3","Eight years of formal study, eight years of grueling testing, had brought Avelyn to this point, one of twenty-five remaining of the two thousand twelve-year-olds who had begun the process, each desperately vying to gain admittance in this class of God's Year 816.","",""
"eyelid","Noun","UNKNOWN","3014","3","But weariness overtook him, caught him where he sat, and brought his eyelids low.","",""
"mortality","Noun","UNKNOWN","3015","3","Inevitably, though, that led Elbryan to thoughts of mortality and thus to the recent fate of his family and friends.","",""
"denial","Noun","UNKNOWN","3016","3","Images assaulted them, mingling with imagined scenes even more horrifying, and amid all of it welled utter denial, the hope against obvious reality that this simply could not be happening.","",""
"momentary","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3017","3","None of the group was hurt; but the momentary distraction gave the drained dactyl the time to retreat.","",""
"sweetness","Noun","UNKNOWN","3018","3","The sweetness was there, but somehow just out of Jill's reach.","",""
"parting","Noun","UNKNOWN","3019","3","In the morning came the second painful parting.","",""
"windblown","Noun","UNKNOWN","3020","3","Thoughts of his parents could not hold Avelyn's attention as the group crossed the windblown courtyard and entered the grand entrance hall of St.-Mere-Abelle.","",""
"intriguing","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3021","3","Most intriguing of all was the giant purple amethyst, with so many different crystal shafts.","",""
"statue","Noun","UNKNOWN","3022","3","Along one wall stood a gigantic statue, fifteen feet or more, dressed in a heavy leather jacket, trimmed in fur and set with spiked metal plates and heavy iron rings.","",""
"dramatically","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3023","3","He resisted, and the hematite receded dramatically, almost forcing him from the trance.","",""
"gruesome","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3024","3","Spurred by the gruesome sight, she attacked fiercely.","",""
"coat","Noun","UNKNOWN","3025","3","Its limbs were slender and long and its armor a silver shining coat of fine interlocking links.","",""
"similarly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3026","3","He calmed quickly, though, seeing that all of his classmates were similarly entranced and that the Father Abbot and the other ranking monks seemed not to care.","",""
"accomplishment","Noun","UNKNOWN","3027","3","And, in the end, it is a sense of accomplishment, of purpose, and not the wealth attained by such accomplishment, that equates to fulfillment and happiness.","",""
"wariness","Noun","UNKNOWN","3028","3","For the adults, the specter of the goblins brought a sobering wariness and then a troublesome distraction.","",""
"realm","Noun","UNKNOWN","3029","3","Even Elbryan, who would be entering the realm of adults that coming spring, had spent almost all the previous week with his head up a dirty chimney.","",""
"respectfully","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3030","3","Each of this group nodded respectfully at his younger counterparts as he passed them on the rim; some mentioned that Elbryan's patrols would serve as their vital liaison with the village proper.","",""
"compliment","Noun","UNKNOWN","3031","3","After that exchange of compliments, even the passing of endless uneventful hours could not dampen the thrill for the youngsters.","",""
"team","Noun","UNKNOWN","3032","3","Elbryan continued his diligent work, though, reorganizing the routes to cover more ground since he was down to three teams of five, with a couple of messengers.","",""
"uneventfully","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3033","3","Half an hour passed uneventfully, Elbryan walking and looking about, constantly awed by the beauty and the.","",""
"crumble","Verb","UNKNOWN","3034","3","The left-hand wall of the throne room crumbled; the twin lava flows intensified, spurting molten stone across the room.","",""
"sympathize","Verb","UNKNOWN","3035","3","Brother Justice understood this, though he hardly sympathized.","",""
"luster","Noun","UNKNOWN","3036","3","Elbryan looked at her, little luster showing in his normally bright green eyes.","",""
"absolutely","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3037","3","The simple fact that they could not be absolutely certain offered Elbryan all the encouragement he needed.","",""
"bump","Noun","UNKNOWN","3038","3","He dared to put his arms around Pony's back, dared to pull her closer, feeling the strangely interesting curves and bumps of her body against his own as they came together.","",""
"urgency","Noun","UNKNOWN","3039","3","The kiss shifted, from curiosity to urgency, then back to gentleness.","",""
"wag","Verb","UNKNOWN","3040","3","If that was the case, would he be justified in waging battle with these six?","",""
"formerly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3041","3","The creature flexed its great wings and settled back in the throne it had shaped from the obsidian that had formerly served as its tomb.","",""
"unreal","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3042","3","It was too unreal, too beyond their experience and expectations.","",""
"expectation","Plural","UNKNOWN","3043","3","It was too unreal, too beyond their experience and expectations.","",""
"rag","Verb","UNKNOWN","3044","3","Avelyn thought his very skin would slip off his body, a great rag, and fall rumpled to the deck.","",""
"fatal","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3045","3","In the hollow of the twin pines, he had lost sight of his enemy - the first, and often fatal, mistake.","",""
"loll","Verb","UNKNOWN","3046","3","Elbryan looked over at Tol, the man's head lolling about on his shoulders.","",""
"grayish","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3047","3","Elbryan saw the bright red gash, the white of split bone, the grayish brain.","",""
"sag","Verb","UNKNOWN","3048","3","The young man shifted to a sitting position and sagged on the wet ground.","",""
"anymore","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3049","3","There were no lines of defense anymore, no organized pockets of resistance.","",""
"grotesque","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3050","3","As if in a grotesque mockery of that hope, a goblin marched around that corner, bearing down on the girl.","",""
"lad","Noun","UNKNOWN","3051","3","The call brought the sprinting lad to a skidding halt.","",""
"pointy","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3052","3","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.","",""
"butt","Verb","UNKNOWN","3053","3","He pulled her hands out wide, and she used the opening to head-butt him again.","",""
"brutally","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3054","3","Then suddenly, brutally, he leaped ahead, fell low in a spinning crouch, and kicked up hard at Jill's extended sword.","",""
"overrule","Verb","UNKNOWN","3055","3","Wisdom overruled his rage, though, and he stayed hidden and let them pass.","",""
"buzz","Verb","UNKNOWN","3056","3","The whole village had buzzed about the house because Olwan Wyndon was laying a stone foundation.","",""
"choke","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3057","3","But before it could get anywhere near to the young man, the giant went down, choking in its own blood.","",""
"rotation","Singular","UNKNOWN","3058","3","Brother Avelyn turned hard on the crank, both wood and man groaning with each rotation.","",""
"impatient","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3059","3","The stunned man stammered, taking too long for the impatient monk's comfort.","",""
"portly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3060","3","She stood up and offered her hand, helping the portly monk to his feet.","",""
"speck","Noun","UNKNOWN","3061","3","He turned his fingers gently to flick a speck of mud from her cheek, though his gaze never left her shining blue eyes.","",""
"squint","Verb","UNKNOWN","3062","3","Master Siherton squinted ominously and leaned close over Avelyn, glaring openly.","",""
"chore","Noun","UNKNOWN","3063","3","In addition to their daily duties as first - and second - year students at the abbey, they were given the extra chores of preparation for their journey to Pimaninicuit.","",""
"lust","Verb","UNKNOWN","3064","3","And, because of that passion, because of worldly lusts, a man who could be controlled.","",""
"declaration","Singular","UNKNOWN","3065","3","The smaller man, Burgis, shied away at the declaration.","",""
"commission","Verb","UNKNOWN","3066","3","That thought shook Jojonah as he looked around at his decorated chamber, at the beautiful tapestry he had commissioned from the gallery of Porvon dan Guardinio, among the most respected artists in all the world.","",""
"gallery","Noun","UNKNOWN","3067","3","Brother Avelyn, too, ignored Tol Yuganick's cheering gallery.","",""
"artist","Noun","UNKNOWN","3068","3","That thought shook Jojonah as he looked around at his decorated chamber, at the beautiful tapestry he had commissioned from the gallery of Porvon dan Guardinio, among the most respected artists in all the world.","",""
"immaculates","Verb","UNKNOWN","3069","3","Jojonah glanced around the room again, reminding himself that most of the other masters, even some of the tenth-year immaculates, had chambers more richly adorned.","",""
"retire","Verb","UNKNOWN","3070","3","That night, Avelyn retired to his room, thoroughly exhausted, both emotionally and physically.","",""
"volunteer","Verb","UNKNOWN","3071","3","He had spent all his waking hours at demanding work, volunteering for the most difficult parts of each task.","",""
"herald","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3072","3","Only the call to vespers, the ceremony heralding eventide, had interrupted Avelyn's frantic pace.","",""
"flood","Verb","UNKNOWN","3073","3","Images of his mother flooded his thoughts; he wondered if he might see a vision of her now, a visitation of her spirit before it went to its place in heaven.","",""
"disappointment","Singular","UNKNOWN","3074","3","She wasn't, to Avelyn's ultimate disappointment.","",""
"experienced","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3075","3","After only a few weeks in the abbey, Avelyn knew enough about the routine to understand that students much older and more experienced than he were the normal choice for any tasks, however menial, in the Abbot's Maze.","",""
"oval","Noun","UNKNOWN","3076","3","The central stone of the broach was a hematite, as he had suspected, an oval of liquid gray, deep and smooth.","",""
"portal","Noun","UNKNOWN","3077","3","Beyond this portal, Avelyn saw a huge room, braced by columns and lit by the orange flow of molten stone.","",""
"latch","Noun","UNKNOWN","3078","3","Avelyn blinked; amid the wonders of the door, he hadn't even noticed the huge latch!","",""
"hinge","Noun","UNKNOWN","3079","3","Of course Avelyn would not protest aloud, and even his silent musings were washed away as the heavy door opened silently, on balanced and oiled hinges, to reveal the greatest splendor of all.","",""
"interior","Noun","UNKNOWN","3080","3","They were far below ground in one of the abbey's interior chambers, so there could be no window.","",""
"cloudless","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3081","3","But there was indeed light inside that room, such a light as to make Avelyn think of a cloudless midsummer day.","",""
"practically","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3082","3","Jojonah moved into the room, Avelyn practically stumbling behind him.","",""
"crystalline","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3083","3","Avelyn studied the way the light worked off the many facets of the diamonds, how it seemed to delve within the stone itself, swirling down to crystalline depths.","",""
"astronomical","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3084","3","They studied the Halo, the charts that determined the astronomical data which would indicate the time of the showers.","",""
"girdle","Noun","UNKNOWN","3085","3","Perhaps he would shine in the heavens above, a fifth light on the girdle of Progos-Behemoth!","",""
"groove","Noun","UNKNOWN","3086","3","Looking closer, Avelyn noted grooves in the wall.","",""
"offering","Noun","UNKNOWN","3087","3","Whatever the man's reasons for offering a different title were not important, Avelyn decided, and so he accepted the name without further question.","",""
"click","Noun","UNKNOWN","3088","3","Master Siherton came out of Markwart's room alone, his boots clicking on the floor as he made his way in the direction of the stone room.","",""
"lever","Verb","UNKNOWN","3089","3","Jill did see that a detachment of six soldiers was at the catapult, three working the levers, three desperately trying to hold a handful of powries at bay.","",""
"somberly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3090","3","Bradwarden nodded somberly, and Elbryan scooped up Hawkwing and ran off into the night, behind the departing powrie, though the ranger held faith that Avelyn would know how to deal with the dwarf.","",""
"effortlessly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3091","3","He understood the command and willed himself off the ground, drifting effortlessly toward the ceiling.","",""
"whispering","Noun","UNKNOWN","3092","3","To the left came a titter, a tiny voice whispering softly.","",""
"fancy","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3093","3","There was indeed a mystery here that no tumble of fancy words could lay bare; there was something here of a higher order.","",""
"tenfold","Noun","UNKNOWN","3094","3","The ominous growling increased tenfold, a hundredfold, deafening Avelyn, blocking the sounds of the dactyl's shrieks.","",""
"hidden","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3095","3","When he was gone, Master Jojonah replaced the stones, closed the case, then went to the wall and moved the hidden switch to lock it fast.","",""
"amazing","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3096","3","For the young man to use the stones and drift out of the room, out of the abbey, and see the design on the roof was truly amazing.","",""
"slanting","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3097","3","A slanting ray cut in through the smoke, a single shaft of light that beckoned the girl back to the land of the living.","",""
"beckon","Verb","UNKNOWN","3098","3","A slanting ray cut in through the smoke, a single shaft of light that beckoned the girl back to the land of the living.","",""
"partially","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3099","3","Pettibwa left Fellowship Way to her, even partially, Grady would not be pleased.","",""
"multitude","Noun","UNKNOWN","3100","3","Elbryan took it and, ignoring the multitude of questions that again swirled in his thoughts, silently followed.","",""
1 lemma pos cefr_level coverage_rank global_frequency context_sentence context_sentence_zh definition_zh
2 southeastern discount Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3001 3 No land came in sight for three days, the Windjammer making a direct run to the southeastern point of the Gulf of Corona, the northern tip of the region known as the Mantis Arm. Pony shrugged, not willing to discount the possibility of giants, not after viewing a dead goblin.
3 solemn locked Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3002 3 The ceremony went off perfectly solemn yet joyous, ladies crying, men standing tall and handsome. Even as Cat started to turn back for the first, the drunk's arms came about her and locked about her chest, squeezing her tight.
4 toil olive Noun UNKNOWN 3003 3 He got his reward for his morning's toils when he returned to the bog to collect the tenth loaded basket. Even from this distance, the elves could see the olive-green orbs sparkling with intensity, truly seeing the imagined foes.
5 underground competition Adjective Singular UNKNOWN 3004 3 When the showers arrived, he and his fellow Preparer would be hidden underground, sheltered from the pelting meteors. Pony had told him many times that Kristeena was sweet for him, and the older girl, not viewing a ten-year-old as competition, had been charmed by the thought.
6 market gesture Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3005 3 Seven hundred monks lived here and another two hundred servants, many of them never leaving the place except to go on short visits, usually to market in the village of St.-Mere-Abelle, some three miles inland. He looked at Pony and winked, and was surprised when she returned the gesture with a serious frown.
7 grueling voluminous Adjective UNKNOWN 3006 3 CHAPTER 8 The Preparer The schedule was grueling, designed to find weakness and break those who were not fit for the daily rigors of the Order of St.-Mere-Abelle. Twenty-five stood in a line, cloaked in thick brown robes with voluminous sleeves and large hoods that were pulled low to hide their faces.
8 testing southeastern Noun UNKNOWN 3007 3 Eight years of formal study, eight years of grueling testing, had brought Avelyn to this point, one of twenty-five remaining of the two thousand twelve-year-olds who had begun the process, each desperately vying to gain admittance in this class of God's Year 816. No land came in sight for three days, the Windjammer making a direct run to the southeastern point of the Gulf of Corona, the northern tip of the region known as the Mantis Arm.
9 eyelid solemn Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3008 3 But weariness overtook him, caught him where he sat, and brought his eyelids low. The ceremony went off perfectly solemn yet joyous, ladies crying, men standing tall and handsome.
10 mortality toil Noun UNKNOWN 3009 3 Under that sky that posed to me so many questions, I dismissed mortality, for I had become one with something that was eternal. He got his reward for his morning's toils when he returned to the bog to collect the tenth loaded basket.
11 denial underground Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3010 3 Images assaulted them, mingling with imagined scenes even more horrifying, and amid all of it welled utter denial, the hope against obvious reality that this simply could not be happening. When the showers arrived, he and his fellow Preparer would be hidden underground, sheltered from the pelting meteors.
12 momentary market Adjective Verb UNKNOWN 3011 3 The giant plunged the spear down low instead, right into the boulder, and Elbryan was too surprised to seize the momentary opening and charge ahead. Seven hundred monks lived here and another two hundred servants, many of them never leaving the place except to go on short visits, usually to market in the village of St.-Mere-Abelle, some three miles inland.
13 sweetness grueling Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3012 3 The sweetness was there, but somehow just out of Jill's reach. The schedule was grueling, designed to find weakness and break those who were not fit for the daily rigors of the Order of St.-Mere-Abelle.
14 parting testing Noun UNKNOWN 3013 3 In the morning came the second painful parting. Eight years of formal study, eight years of grueling testing, had brought Avelyn to this point, one of twenty-five remaining of the two thousand twelve-year-olds who had begun the process, each desperately vying to gain admittance in this class of God's Year 816.
15 windblown eyelid Noun UNKNOWN 3014 3 They twisted and gouged, floating about and through the bare windblown rocks of the Barbacan. But weariness overtook him, caught him where he sat, and brought his eyelids low.
16 intriguing mortality Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3015 3 She was closer to seventeen than sixteen now, by all appearances no more a girl, and surely the thought of the handsome man imparted intriguing, warm thoughts. Inevitably, though, that led Elbryan to thoughts of mortality and thus to the recent fate of his family and friends.
17 statue denial Noun UNKNOWN 3016 3 Along one wall stood a gigantic statue, fifteen feet or more, dressed in a heavy leather jacket, trimmed in fur and set with spiked metal plates and heavy iron rings. Images assaulted them, mingling with imagined scenes even more horrifying, and amid all of it welled utter denial, the hope against obvious reality that this simply could not be happening.
18 dramatically momentary Adverb Adjective UNKNOWN 3017 3 He resisted, and the hematite receded dramatically, almost forcing him from the trance. None of the group was hurt; but the momentary distraction gave the drained dactyl the time to retreat.
19 gruesome sweetness Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3018 3 Spurred by the gruesome sight, she attacked fiercely. The sweetness was there, but somehow just out of Jill's reach.
20 coat parting Noun UNKNOWN 3019 3 Its limbs were slender and long and its armor a silver shining coat of fine interlocking links. In the morning came the second painful parting.
21 similarly windblown Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 3020 3 He calmed quickly, though, seeing that all of his classmates were similarly entranced and that the Father Abbot and the other ranking monks seemed not to care. Thoughts of his parents could not hold Avelyn's attention as the group crossed the windblown courtyard and entered the grand entrance hall of St.-Mere-Abelle.
22 accomplishment intriguing Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3021 3 And, in the end, it is a sense of accomplishment, of purpose, and not the wealth attained by such accomplishment, that equates to fulfillment and happiness. Most intriguing of all was the giant purple amethyst, with so many different crystal shafts.
23 wariness statue Noun UNKNOWN 3022 3 For the adults, the specter of the goblins brought a sobering wariness and then a troublesome distraction. Along one wall stood a gigantic statue, fifteen feet or more, dressed in a heavy leather jacket, trimmed in fur and set with spiked metal plates and heavy iron rings.
24 realm dramatically Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 3023 3 Even Elbryan, who would be entering the realm of adults that coming spring, had spent almost all the previous week with his head up a dirty chimney. He resisted, and the hematite receded dramatically, almost forcing him from the trance.
25 respectfully gruesome Adverb Adjective UNKNOWN 3024 3 Each of this group nodded respectfully at his younger counterparts as he passed them on the rim; some mentioned that Elbryan's patrols would serve as their vital liaison with the village proper. Spurred by the gruesome sight, she attacked fiercely.
26 compliment coat Noun UNKNOWN 3025 3 After that exchange of compliments, even the passing of endless uneventful hours could not dampen the thrill for the youngsters. Its limbs were slender and long and its armor a silver shining coat of fine interlocking links.
27 team similarly Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 3026 3 Elbryan continued his diligent work, though, reorganizing the routes to cover more ground since he was down to three teams of five, with a couple of messengers. He calmed quickly, though, seeing that all of his classmates were similarly entranced and that the Father Abbot and the other ranking monks seemed not to care.
28 uneventfully accomplishment Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 3027 3 Another week passed by uneventfully. And, in the end, it is a sense of accomplishment, of purpose, and not the wealth attained by such accomplishment, that equates to fulfillment and happiness.
29 crumble wariness Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3028 3 Elbryan was watching his first command crumbling about him, his soldiers being taken away so that they could help patch roofs or shore up barns. For the adults, the specter of the goblins brought a sobering wariness and then a troublesome distraction.
30 sympathize realm Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3029 3 Brother Justice understood this, though he hardly sympathized. Even Elbryan, who would be entering the realm of adults that coming spring, had spent almost all the previous week with his head up a dirty chimney.
31 luster respectfully Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 3030 3 Elbryan had that same impish quality about him as Mather, a love and luster of life, lurking just below the surface. Each of this group nodded respectfully at his younger counterparts as he passed them on the rim; some mentioned that Elbryan's patrols would serve as their vital liaison with the village proper.
32 absolutely compliment Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 3031 3 Markwart needed to be absolutely certain. After that exchange of compliments, even the passing of endless uneventful hours could not dampen the thrill for the youngsters.
33 bump team Noun UNKNOWN 3032 3 He dared to put his arms around Pony's back, dared to pull her closer, feeling the strangely interesting curves and bumps of her body against his own as they came together. Elbryan continued his diligent work, though, reorganizing the routes to cover more ground since he was down to three teams of five, with a couple of messengers.
34 urgency uneventfully Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 3033 3 The kiss shifted, from curiosity to urgency, then back to gentleness. Half an hour passed uneventfully, Elbryan walking and looking about, constantly awed by the beauty and the.
35 wag crumble Verb UNKNOWN 3034 3 If that was the case, would he be justified in waging battle with these six? The left-hand wall of the throne room crumbled; the twin lava flows intensified, spurting molten stone across the room.
36 formerly sympathize Adverb Verb UNKNOWN 3035 3 The creature flexed its great wings and settled back in the throne it had shaped from the obsidian that had formerly served as its tomb. Brother Justice understood this, though he hardly sympathized.
37 unreal luster Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3036 3 It was too unreal, too beyond their experience and expectations. Elbryan looked at her, little luster showing in his normally bright green eyes.
38 expectation absolutely Plural Adverb UNKNOWN 3037 3 It was too unreal, too beyond their experience and expectations. The simple fact that they could not be absolutely certain offered Elbryan all the encouragement he needed.
39 rag bump Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3038 3 Avelyn thought his very skin would slip off his body, a great rag, and fall rumpled to the deck. He dared to put his arms around Pony's back, dared to pull her closer, feeling the strangely interesting curves and bumps of her body against his own as they came together.
40 fatal urgency Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3039 3 Avelyn meant to turn him over, but he could not find his breath when he looked at the fatal wound, a gaping hole smashed right through Thagraine's skull, brain matter splattered all about. The kiss shifted, from curiosity to urgency, then back to gentleness.
41 loll wag Verb UNKNOWN 3040 3 Its head lolled from side to side. If that was the case, would he be justified in waging battle with these six?
42 grayish formerly Adjective Adverb UNKNOWN 3041 3 Elbryan saw the bright red gash, the white of split bone, the grayish brain. The creature flexed its great wings and settled back in the throne it had shaped from the obsidian that had formerly served as its tomb.
43 sag unreal Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 3042 3 The young man shifted to a sitting position and sagged on the wet ground. It was too unreal, too beyond their experience and expectations.
44 anymore expectation Adverb Plural UNKNOWN 3043 3 There were no lines of defense anymore, no organized pockets of resistance. It was too unreal, too beyond their experience and expectations.
45 grotesque rag Adjective Verb UNKNOWN 3044 3 Dots of red, like grotesque chicken pox, covered the giant's face and arms. Avelyn thought his very skin would slip off his body, a great rag, and fall rumpled to the deck.
46 lad fatal Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3045 3 The call brought the sprinting lad to a skidding halt. In the hollow of the twin pines, he had lost sight of his enemy - the first, and often fatal, mistake.
47 pointy loll Adjective Verb UNKNOWN 3046 3 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. Elbryan looked over at Tol, the man's head lolling about on his shoulders.
48 butt grayish Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 3047 3 He pulled her hands out wide, and she used the opening to head-butt him again. Elbryan saw the bright red gash, the white of split bone, the grayish brain.
49 brutally sag Adverb Verb UNKNOWN 3048 3 Elbryan at first tried to defend himself but when that seemed futile, went on the offensive instead, brutally turning and twisting his blade. The young man shifted to a sitting position and sagged on the wet ground.
50 overrule anymore Verb Adverb UNKNOWN 3049 3 Wisdom overruled his rage, though, and he stayed hidden and let them pass. There were no lines of defense anymore, no organized pockets of resistance.
51 buzz grotesque Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 3050 3 The whole village had buzzed about the house because Olwan Wyndon was laying a stone foundation. As if in a grotesque mockery of that hope, a goblin marched around that corner, bearing down on the girl.
52 rotation lad Singular Noun UNKNOWN 3051 3 They broke their line often, individual elves leaping into pirouettes or simply following steps of their own choosing, but in general the rotation continued about Elbryan. The call brought the sprinting lad to a skidding halt.
53 impatient pointy Adjective UNKNOWN 3052 3 The stunned man stammered, taking too long for the impatient monk's comfort. 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.
54 portly butt Adverb Verb UNKNOWN 3053 3 She stood up and offered her hand, helping the portly monk to his feet. He pulled her hands out wide, and she used the opening to head-butt him again.
55 speck brutally Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 3054 3 He turned his fingers gently to flick a speck of mud from her cheek, though his gaze never left her shining blue eyes. Then suddenly, brutally, he leaped ahead, fell low in a spinning crouch, and kicked up hard at Jill's extended sword.
56 squint overrule Verb UNKNOWN 3055 3 His face was sharp and hawkish, his eyes small and dark - and smaller still on those many occasions that he squinted ominously at his young students. Wisdom overruled his rage, though, and he stayed hidden and let them pass.
57 chore buzz Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3056 3 In addition to their daily duties as first - and second - year students at the abbey, they were given the extra chores of preparation for their journey to Pimaninicuit. The whole village had buzzed about the house because Olwan Wyndon was laying a stone foundation.
58 lust choke Verb Gerund UNKNOWN 3057 3 And, because of that passion, because of worldly lusts, a man who could be controlled. But before it could get anywhere near to the young man, the giant went down, choking in its own blood.
59 declaration rotation Singular UNKNOWN 3058 3 It was her glory that I join the Abellican Church, and I would be stealing that glory if I left now." He sucked in his breath, bolstering his declaration. Brother Avelyn turned hard on the crank, both wood and man groaning with each rotation.
60 commission impatient Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 3059 3 That thought shook Jojonah as he looked around at his decorated chamber, at the beautiful tapestry he had commissioned from the gallery of Porvon dan Guardinio, among the most respected artists in all the world. The stunned man stammered, taking too long for the impatient monk's comfort.
61 gallery portly Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 3060 3 Brother Avelyn, too, ignored Tol Yuganick's cheering gallery. She stood up and offered her hand, helping the portly monk to his feet.
62 artist speck Noun UNKNOWN 3061 3 He wanted to kneel and pray; he wanted to ask who the artist - or artists; for certainly no one man could have created all of this - might be, but realized before the words left his mouth that any name would be inconsequential, for certainly the carvers and illuminators who had done this had done so at the explicit intervention of God. He turned his fingers gently to flick a speck of mud from her cheek, though his gaze never left her shining blue eyes.
63 immaculates squint Verb UNKNOWN 3062 3 Jojonah glanced around the room again, reminding himself that most of the other masters, even some of the tenth-year immaculates, had chambers more richly adorned. Master Siherton squinted ominously and leaned close over Avelyn, glaring openly.
64 retire chore Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3063 3 That night, Avelyn retired to his room, thoroughly exhausted, both emotionally and physically. In addition to their daily duties as first - and second - year students at the abbey, they were given the extra chores of preparation for their journey to Pimaninicuit.
65 volunteer lust Verb UNKNOWN 3064 3 He had spent all his waking hours at demanding work, volunteering for the most difficult parts of each task. And, because of that passion, because of worldly lusts, a man who could be controlled.
66 herald declaration Gerund Singular UNKNOWN 3065 3 Only the call to vespers, the ceremony heralding eventide, had interrupted Avelyn's frantic pace. The smaller man, Burgis, shied away at the declaration.
67 flood commission Verb UNKNOWN 3066 3 Images of his mother flooded his thoughts; he wondered if he might see a vision of her now, a visitation of her spirit before it went to its place in heaven. That thought shook Jojonah as he looked around at his decorated chamber, at the beautiful tapestry he had commissioned from the gallery of Porvon dan Guardinio, among the most respected artists in all the world.
68 disappointment gallery Singular Noun UNKNOWN 3067 3 She wasn't, to Avelyn's ultimate disappointment. Brother Avelyn, too, ignored Tol Yuganick's cheering gallery.
69 experienced artist Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3068 3 After only a few weeks in the abbey, Avelyn knew enough about the routine to understand that students much older and more experienced than he were the normal choice for any tasks, however menial, in the Abbot's Maze. That thought shook Jojonah as he looked around at his decorated chamber, at the beautiful tapestry he had commissioned from the gallery of Porvon dan Guardinio, among the most respected artists in all the world.
70 oval immaculates Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3069 3 Scenes of the Halo, the heavenly gift, enwrapping all the others, an oval because of the angle at which it was portrayed. Jojonah glanced around the room again, reminding himself that most of the other masters, even some of the tenth-year immaculates, had chambers more richly adorned.
71 portal retire Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3070 3 Beyond this portal, Avelyn saw a huge room, braced by columns and lit by the orange flow of molten stone. That night, Avelyn retired to his room, thoroughly exhausted, both emotionally and physically.
72 latch volunteer Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3071 3 Avelyn blinked; amid the wonders of the door, he hadn't even noticed the huge latch! He had spent all his waking hours at demanding work, volunteering for the most difficult parts of each task.
73 hinge herald Noun Gerund UNKNOWN 3072 3 He hated risking them all but realized the success of the mission hinged on their actions right now. Only the call to vespers, the ceremony heralding eventide, had interrupted Avelyn's frantic pace.
74 interior flood Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3073 3 They were far below ground in one of the abbey's interior chambers, so there could be no window. Images of his mother flooded his thoughts; he wondered if he might see a vision of her now, a visitation of her spirit before it went to its place in heaven.
75 cloudless disappointment Adjective Singular UNKNOWN 3074 3 But there was indeed light inside that room, such a light as to make Avelyn think of a cloudless midsummer day. She wasn't, to Avelyn's ultimate disappointment.
76 practically experienced Adverb Adjective UNKNOWN 3075 3 Jojonah moved into the room, Avelyn practically stumbling behind him. After only a few weeks in the abbey, Avelyn knew enough about the routine to understand that students much older and more experienced than he were the normal choice for any tasks, however menial, in the Abbot's Maze.
77 crystalline oval Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3076 3 Avelyn studied the way the light worked off the many facets of the diamonds, how it seemed to delve within the stone itself, swirling down to crystalline depths. The central stone of the broach was a hematite, as he had suspected, an oval of liquid gray, deep and smooth.
78 astronomical portal Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3077 3 They studied the Halo, the charts that determined the astronomical data which would indicate the time of the showers. Beyond this portal, Avelyn saw a huge room, braced by columns and lit by the orange flow of molten stone.
79 girdle latch Noun UNKNOWN 3078 3 Perhaps he would shine in the heavens above, a fifth light on the girdle of Progos-Behemoth! Avelyn blinked; amid the wonders of the door, he hadn't even noticed the huge latch!
80 groove hinge Noun UNKNOWN 3079 3 Looking closer, Avelyn noted grooves in the wall. Of course Avelyn would not protest aloud, and even his silent musings were washed away as the heavy door opened silently, on balanced and oiled hinges, to reveal the greatest splendor of all.
81 offering interior Noun UNKNOWN 3080 3 Master Jojonah had called the stone showers "offerings," and to Avelyn, that description seemed exactly wrong. They were far below ground in one of the abbey's interior chambers, so there could be no window.
82 click cloudless Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3081 3 Master Siherton came out of Markwart's room alone, his boots clicking on the floor as he made his way in the direction of the stone room. But there was indeed light inside that room, such a light as to make Avelyn think of a cloudless midsummer day.
83 lever practically Verb Adverb UNKNOWN 3082 3 Jill did see that a detachment of six soldiers was at the catapult, three working the levers, three desperately trying to hold a handful of powries at bay. Jojonah moved into the room, Avelyn practically stumbling behind him.
84 somberly crystalline Adverb Adjective UNKNOWN 3083 3 Bradwarden nodded somberly, and Elbryan scooped up Hawkwing and ran off into the night, behind the departing powrie, though the ranger held faith that Avelyn would know how to deal with the dwarf. Avelyn studied the way the light worked off the many facets of the diamonds, how it seemed to delve within the stone itself, swirling down to crystalline depths.
85 effortlessly astronomical Adverb Adjective UNKNOWN 3084 3 He understood the command and willed himself off the ground, drifting effortlessly toward the ceiling. They studied the Halo, the charts that determined the astronomical data which would indicate the time of the showers.
86 whispering girdle Noun UNKNOWN 3085 3 To the left came a titter, a tiny voice whispering softly. Perhaps he would shine in the heavens above, a fifth light on the girdle of Progos-Behemoth!
87 fancy groove Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3086 3 There was indeed a mystery here that no tumble of fancy words could lay bare; there was something here of a higher order. Looking closer, Avelyn noted grooves in the wall.
88 tenfold offering Noun UNKNOWN 3087 3 He glanced around the room again, from stone to stone, his reverence of these gifts from God tenfold what it had been when first he had entered the chamber. Whatever the man's reasons for offering a different title were not important, Avelyn decided, and so he accepted the name without further question.
89 hidden click Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3088 3 When he was gone, Master Jojonah replaced the stones, closed the case, then went to the wall and moved the hidden switch to lock it fast. Master Siherton came out of Markwart's room alone, his boots clicking on the floor as he made his way in the direction of the stone room.
90 amazing lever Adjective Verb UNKNOWN 3089 3 For the young man to use the stones and drift out of the room, out of the abbey, and see the design on the roof was truly amazing. Jill did see that a detachment of six soldiers was at the catapult, three working the levers, three desperately trying to hold a handful of powries at bay.
91 slanting somberly Adjective Adverb UNKNOWN 3090 3 As soon as they cleared that last copse, they saw an entrance, a great gaping hole, defying the slanting rays of the westering sun. Bradwarden nodded somberly, and Elbryan scooped up Hawkwing and ran off into the night, behind the departing powrie, though the ranger held faith that Avelyn would know how to deal with the dwarf.
92 beckon effortlessly Verb Adverb UNKNOWN 3091 3 It caressed him and beckoned him. He understood the command and willed himself off the ground, drifting effortlessly toward the ceiling.
93 partially whispering Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 3092 3 Pettibwa left Fellowship Way to her, even partially, Grady would not be pleased. To the left came a titter, a tiny voice whispering softly.
94 multitude fancy Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3093 3 And then came the next long pause, lying on the ground on her back, her thoughts swirling down a multitude of paths, every one of which seemed to lead to no place but despair. There was indeed a mystery here that no tumble of fancy words could lay bare; there was something here of a higher order.
95 fearing tenfold Noun UNKNOWN 3094 3 And then she could look no more, fearing that she would find Thomas Ault, her father dear, among the dead. The ominous growling increased tenfold, a hundredfold, deafening Avelyn, blocking the sounds of the dactyl's shrieks.
96 investigate hidden Infinitive Adjective B2 UNKNOWN 3095 3 Pony thought she should go closer to investigate, but she hadn't the stomach. When he was gone, Master Jojonah replaced the stones, closed the case, then went to the wall and moved the hidden switch to lock it fast.
97 numbness amazing Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3096 3 She stood and stared, and a numbness came over her, stealing her emotions. For the young man to use the stones and drift out of the room, out of the abbey, and see the design on the roof was truly amazing.
98 bravely slanting Adverb Adjective UNKNOWN 3097 3 Elbryan could see his father had died bravely, and understanding. A slanting ray cut in through the smoke, a single shaft of light that beckoned the girl back to the land of the living.
99 forceful beckon Adjective Verb UNKNOWN 3098 3 He was broad shouldered and strong, forceful in manner as he was in speech. A slanting ray cut in through the smoke, a single shaft of light that beckoned the girl back to the land of the living.
100 stiffen partially Verb Adverb UNKNOWN 3099 3 The elf straightened and stiffened, and leaned forward over the lunging boy's head and shoulders. Pettibwa left Fellowship Way to her, even partially, Grady would not be pleased.
101 uncertain multitude Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3100 3 And Elbryan cried for himself, his future bleak and uncertain. Elbryan took it and, ignoring the multitude of questions that again swirled in his thoughts, silently followed.