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"lemma","pos","cefr_level","coverage_rank","context_sentence","context_sentence_zh","definition_zh"
"numb","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3201","Master Wink-and-Slap twisted his face at her again and gave a breathless burst of laughter, his throat no doubt numb from the drink.","",""
"tow","Noun","UNKNOWN","3202","Cat caught the word ""whore,"" and then she was not surprised to see Graevis, several of the other regulars in tow, crossing the room, their faces suddenly grim.","",""
"inspired","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3203","The young woman made her way around the back of the inn, down a dark alley that inspired no fear, and up a gutter, to the one section of Fellowship Way's roof that was not slanted.","",""
"mast","Noun","UNKNOWN","3204","Then came the long journey, tagging along with a merchant caravan that had swapped crafted items to the people of the small frontier village in exchange for pelts and great trees that would be used as masts for the sailing ships built in Palmaris.","",""
"exist","Verb","UNKNOWN","3205","Did such a thing as the Halo even exist, or was her memory a mere fantasy?","",""
"slug","Verb","UNKNOWN","3206","She slapped away his grabbing hands, then slugged him twice in the face.","",""
"channel","Verb","UNKNOWN","3207","She let all the tears and all the unanswered screams come out, channeled them into a level of violence that the drunk could not have foreseen.","",""
"gag","Verb","UNKNOWN","3208","It was a dagger, small but nasty, and thrown perfectly to hit the gagged and bound woman right in the throat, just under her jawbone.","",""
"salute","Noun","UNKNOWN","3209","""Some hero I prove to be,"" the man said, bringing his sword back in a salute to the young woman.","",""
"rooftop","Noun","UNKNOWN","3210","It was up on that rooftop, under a sky that was streaked by clouds and stars, that Connor first mentioned the prospect of marriage.","",""
"righteousness","Noun","UNKNOWN","3211","Were the fifteen Holy Orders of God, the rules of righteousness, truly God inspired, or were they merely rules of keeping order within a civilized society?","",""
"civilize","Verb","UNKNOWN","3212","Were the fifteen Holy Orders of God, the rules of righteousness, truly God inspired, or were they merely rules of keeping order within a civilized society?","",""
"formally","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3213","She had no idea how to proceed - Avelyn had not formally trained her with this most dangerous of stones - but she knew that she must try.","",""
"charter","Verb","UNKNOWN","3214","Avelyn and Thagraine had been formally named as the Preparers, the two monks who would leave the chartered ship and go onto the island of Pimaninicuit to collect and prepare the stones, while Quintall and Pellimar would remain aboard, going onto the island only should one of the chosen pair falter.","",""
"leverage","Noun","UNKNOWN","3215","The man was impossibly strong, his stocky frame and low center of gravity giving him the leverage he needed to punish Avelyn endlessly.","",""
"unsettling","Noun","UNKNOWN","3216","Elbryan lifted his eyes at that unsettling notion, looked at the sky as if he expected the dactyl demon to be swooping upon him even then.","",""
"ferocious","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3217","When she wouldn't - couldn't - tell him anything about the staff-wielding stranger who had intervened in the inn, the ferocious monk had beaten her again, and now one of her eyes was swollen closed.","",""
"disease","Noun","UNKNOWN","3218","He feared that the bear was in the grip of some disease, perhaps, or was wounded.","",""
"isle","Noun","UNKNOWN","3219","What Avelyn focused on, therefore, was the destination, the isle itself.","",""
"cease","Verb","UNKNOWN","3220","Even after the showers ceased, the pair would have to wait some time before handling the heated stones, and then the work would be too furious and desperate to pause and contemplate God.","",""
"supporting","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3221","Elbryan countered by letting go of his staff with his top hand, rolling it under the blocking arm, then grabbing it and sweeping low for the monk's supporting leg.","",""
"stud","Verb","UNKNOWN","3222","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.","",""
"garment","Noun","UNKNOWN","3223","His hand came up and unlaced her cloak; and she let the garment drop without protest, cool air on her skin.","",""
"crop","Verb","UNKNOWN","3224","He was dirty and gray, his hair cropped short and badly trimmed, and his beard untended.","",""
"execute","Verb","UNKNOWN","3225","Adjonas watched it all anxiously, moving along the rail as his ship executed a turn.","",""
"glisten","Verb","UNKNOWN","3226","The ceremony began before dawn, intensified as the sun glistened on the horizon across the waters, then went on and on, one prayer after another, each song louder than the previous.","",""
"curt","Noun","UNKNOWN","3227","Adjonas gave a curt nod, and Quintall paced by him, the other three monks in tow.","",""
"skittish","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3228","And to a deer, perhaps the most skittish creature of all ...","",""
"twitch","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3229","The deer's head came up, ears twitching, scanning; Elbryan's smile vanished.","",""
"vanish","Verb","UNKNOWN","3230","The deer's head came up, ears twitching, scanning; Elbryan's smile vanished.","",""
"phrase","Noun","UNKNOWN","3231","The young man knew all the word's, all the common phrases, now, after five years in Andur'Blough Inninness, and only his inflections still needed perfecting.","",""
"uneven","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3232","Elbryan was expected to bathe daily, to keep his clothing clean, and since his beard was splotchy and uneven, not yet that of a man, to keep his face clean shaven.","",""
"elude","Verb","UNKNOWN","3233","Elbryan held steady his breath, paying close attention, for though he could understand the melodic language, many individual words might elude him if he was not careful.","",""
"stealth","Noun","UNKNOWN","3234","He forgot all about his game of surprising the pair then, and used his stealth ability to extract himself from the area, return to his tree house - which was closer to the ground than the sky - to shave and to prepare himself for his next sparring session, one he suddenly intended to win.","",""
"fury","Noun","UNKNOWN","3235","""And you,"" Elbryan answered, and on he came, full of fury and determination.","",""
"clockwise","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3236","He had to anticipate, and so he did, flipping his spear over one hand counterclockwise and then back again, then again clockwise, then back the other way.","",""
"pressing","Noun","UNKNOWN","3237","At this point, Tallareyish was playing white, pressing the attack, but Elbryan meant to reverse that.","",""
"reasonable","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3238","The fellow had his huge axe out in front of him, and if Elbryan couldn't offer a reasonable answer, there was little doubt what he meant to do with it.","",""
"diva","Noun","UNKNOWN","3239","Something daring, even desperate, like the shadow dive Tallareyish had used to defeat him.","",""
"timing","Noun","UNKNOWN","3240","""You executed the plant of your staff on hip perfectly, and your step timing was without error.","",""
"permanent","Adjective","B2","3241","Elbryan had come to think of his life with the elves as a permanent arrangement, had figured that he would live in Andur'Blough Inninness for the rest of his mortal days.","",""
"greeting","Noun","UNKNOWN","3242","Again, he was more than polite, the perfect gentleman, not pressuring Cat to even so much as offer a greeting to him.","",""
"slyly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3243","Cat-the-Stray tried to ignore the whispers and the sidelong glances, but even Pettibwa, cheery cheeked and grinning slyly, caught Cat's gaze and nodded her head in the man's direction more than once.","",""
"contemptuously","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3244","""Cat-the-Stray is her name,"" Grady said, eyeing the young woman somewhat contemptuously.","",""
"heartily","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3245","The mighty centaur laughed heartily.","",""
"virtue","Noun","UNKNOWN","3246","""By my heart, my remark referred not at all to your virtue, which I would not question,"" Connor went on sincerely.","",""
"coolly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3247","""I had not noticed,"" Cat replied coolly, not returning the hug and trying hard to keep her expression blank as Pettibwa jumped back to arm's length.","",""
"meself","Noun","UNKNOWN","3248","""You embarrassed me.""
""Meself?"" Pettibwa said innocently.","",""
"innocently","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3249","""You embarrassed me.""
""Meself?"" Pettibwa said innocently.","",""
"bawdy","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3250","Why, ye act like no man's a good man!"" The woman gave a bawdy wink.","",""
"jiggle","Verb","UNKNOWN","3251","""It's all so natural."" She hooked one finger in the cleavage of Cat's dress, pulled the dress lower, and shook her hand about, so that the young woman's breasts jiggled.","",""
"highly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3252","Lodestone was highly magnetic; its enchantment would send it fast to a metal surface.","",""
"riotously","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3253","The dwarf was telling some rowdy story, the two goblins laughing riotously at every grotesque detail.","",""
"nobility","Noun","UNKNOWN","3254","Perhaps her ascension into local nobility would even raise their own station in life, and Jill would treasure that above all else.","",""
"sensual","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3255","They represented another side of the girl, a womanly side, sensual, sexual - a part that Cat's free and girlish spirit was not yet ready to admit.","",""
"sexual","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3256","Thagraine's perception of his sexual past was indeed accurate.","",""
"avenue","Noun","UNKNOWN","3257","Tuntun's only avenue of escape was straight down to the ground, and so she took it unceremoniously.","",""
"lash","Noun","UNKNOWN","3258","She wanted to lash out at Avelyn at that moment, but she could not deny his last words.","",""
"crestfallen","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3259","""No,"" she replied, and his expression became crestfallen.","",""
"fathom","Noun","UNKNOWN","3260","But the old sea dog couldn't fathom the level of physical training these four men had endured.","",""
"scratch","Verb","UNKNOWN","3261","Both swordsmen came in fast; the goblin swished the spear back and forth, the weapon's sharp tip scratching Cries arm and holding him at bay.","",""
"regal","Noun","UNKNOWN","3262","The twitchy little man looked across the open deck, past the staring eyes of the crewmen, to the tall, regal figure of Captain Adjonas.","",""
"dispute","Verb","UNKNOWN","3263","This was Adjonas' ship, that Quintall did not dispute, but the abbey had paid well for this transport and the brothers had not been put aboard as slaves.","",""
"unintelligible","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3264","The fat man sputtered something unintelligible and turned away, waving his hand dismissively.","",""
"potentially","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3265","The bond was immediate and secure, the four monks putting aside their personal squabbles in light of potentially more dangerous enemies.","",""
"raider","Noun","UNKNOWN","3266","""But the southern kingdom has little control over its raiders,"" Adjonas explained.","",""
"belowdecks","Noun","UNKNOWN","3267","Quintall returned to them much later that evening, belowdecks in the closet-sized.","",""
"weird","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3268","There was something weird about his smile, Avelyn noted, something misplaced..","",""
"misplace","Verb","UNKNOWN","3269","There was something weird about his smile, Avelyn noted, something misplaced..","",""
"patient","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3270","Pellimar, though, was not so patient.","",""
"vainly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3271","She focused all her strength, trying vainly to invite the man in, trying vainly to facilitate the joining.","",""
"damp","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3272","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.","",""
"accurate","Adjective","B2","3273","Thagraine's perception of his sexual past was indeed accurate.","",""
"sanction","Verb","UNKNOWN","3274","Avelyn remembered the speech Master Jojonah had given him when first they had talked about the island, the stern warning that to utter even its name to any without sanction of Father Abbot Markwart was punishable by death, and he agreed with Quintall's logic.","",""
"briskly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3275","She jumped when he briskly entered, pulling the covers from her bed up before her.","",""
"viewpoint","Plural","UNKNOWN","3276","Avelyn considered the sight from two widely disparate viewpoints.","",""
"dumb","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3277","His words, the sincerity of his tone, struck her dumb.","",""
"inhabitant","Noun","UNKNOWN","3278","Even the vivid, bright colors of the clothing of Entel's inhabitants struck the four as unusual.","",""
"oar","Noun","UNKNOWN","3279","Finally came the welcome sound of oars and the boat, all three safely aboard.","",""
"unfamiliar","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3280","Even as he explored this unfamiliar use of hematite, he gave to Jill his understanding of the stories - and it was so easy!","",""
"companionship","Noun","UNKNOWN","3281","It wasn't that he craved human companionship; he continued to fear that thought greatly.","",""
"keenly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3282","His sense of order was simply too strong, his sense of right and wrong too keenly developed.","",""
"union","Plural","UNKNOWN","3283","A physical union she could not abide - not with this man, not with Connor!","",""
"marker","Noun","UNKNOWN","3284","This moment, so many years in the waiting, was the marker of the end of that relationship with the girl, the beginning of the new and deeper relationship with the woman.","",""
"upstart","Noun","UNKNOWN","3285","He had not battled Tuntun in many weeks; he was determined now to give the upstart elf a bit of a surprise.","",""
"overhand","Noun","UNKNOWN","3286","He started with an overhand, underhand parry sweep again, but instead of catching the staff with his left hand as it came swishing back to horizontal, he turned his right hand over once more.","",""
"partly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3287","His success was partly gained by surprise.","",""
"rapidly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3288","Chipmunk nodded so rapidly that he bit his tongue.","",""
"tiring","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3289","With a growl, Avelyn pushed on, finally reaching the tiring Quintall.","",""
"plop","PastTense","UNKNOWN","3290","Her breath came out in a rush as she plopped down hard, the staff's butt end secure against the ground, its tip stabbing hard into her chest between her lowest ribs.","",""
"apple","Noun","UNKNOWN","3291","The row of trees, short and wide apples, ran almost perfectly straight, then jumped back a dozen feet, up a ridge twice an elf's height, and continued on straight again from there.","",""
"explore","Verb","UNKNOWN","3292","What he came to understand from that viewpoint was a sense of self he had never before felt free to explore.","",""
"flourish","Verb","UNKNOWN","3293","He finished with a leaping flourish and landed pointing to the stripe.","",""
"etch","Verb","UNKNOWN","3294","For Juraviel's anxiety was clearly etched on his fine features - how could it have been otherwise when he had been speaking to his protégé Elbryan about this very subject not a week's time past?","",""
"occurrence","Singular","UNKNOWN","3295","Gradually, as he came to see the light in Jill's eyes every time he entered the Way - a more and more common occurrence - the proud young man began to understand and accept that her problem was within the mysteries of her past and not with him.","",""
"predict","Verb","UNKNOWN","3296","The reaction of Pettibwa and Graevis to the news of the marriage was not hard to predict.","",""
"virgin","Noun","UNKNOWN","3297","""She is fearful -
virgins always are - but of course, my rights on that night are absolute.","",""
"wench","Noun","UNKNOWN","3298","""You teasing little wench.","",""
"carriage","Noun","UNKNOWN","3299","It was a ceremony that had all of Palmaris talking; the women swooning, the men standing tall, feigning importance, wishing they were in the carriage in Connor Bildeborough's place as it made its winding way, through the streets.","",""
"peasant","Noun","UNKNOWN","3300","Any reservations that the nobleman's family had held toward the peasant orphan girl had been washed away when they met Jill, truly beautiful both inside and out.","",""
"lemma","pos","cefr_level","coverage_rank","global_frequency","context_sentence","context_sentence_zh","definition_zh"
"coo","PastTense","UNKNOWN","3201","3","hair aside, and gently kissed the nape of her neck, the soft kiss turning slowly more urgent, a harder kiss, a gentle bite, and when she cooed quietly, a harder bite still.","",""
"smirk","Noun","UNKNOWN","3202","3","The four crewmen of the Windrunner's boat, which was bouncing noisily against the wooden dock, sat through it all with smirking faces, thoroughly amused and certainly not impressed.","",""
"tray","Noun","UNKNOWN","3203","3","Pettibwa was forever laughing, dancing with her tray from one table to the next.","",""
"buttock","Noun","UNKNOWN","3204","3","One arm slipped down to the back of her bare leg, then up under the nightshirt, over the smooth skin of her buttocks, gently up her back, bracing her as Elbryan slowly shifted her down to the ground.","",""
"unsuspecting","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3205","3","And it was all done in such good fun that neither Graevis nor any suitor of her unsuspecting dance partner ever seemed to care.","",""
"crowded","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3206","3","The young woman didn't look back as she made her way across the crowded floor to get the drinks.","",""
"unthreatening","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3207","3","The young woman closed her eyes and felt the gentle, unthreatening stroke on her hair.","",""
"numb","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3208","3","Master Wink-and-Slap twisted his face at her again and gave a breathless burst of laughter, his throat no doubt numb from the drink.","",""
"subtly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3209","3","One of his senses subtly called out a warning to him.","",""
"tow","Noun","UNKNOWN","3210","3","Adjonas gave a curt nod, and Quintall paced by him, the other three monks in tow.","",""
"inspired","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3211","3","The young woman made her way around the back of the inn, down a dark alley that inspired no fear, and up a gutter, to the one section of Fellowship Way's roof that was not slanted.","",""
"mast","Noun","UNKNOWN","3212","3","Then came the long journey, tagging along with a merchant caravan that had swapped crafted items to the people of the small frontier village in exchange for pelts and great trees that would be used as masts for the sailing ships built in Palmaris.","",""
"exist","Verb","UNKNOWN","3213","3","Did such a thing as the Halo even exist, or was her memory a mere fantasy?","",""
"slug","Verb","UNKNOWN","3214","3","Jill changed tactics and began slugging the dwarf in the face instead, then poking for its eyes.","",""
"channel","Verb","UNKNOWN","3215","3","Avelyn growled low and called to God, begging for more energy, channeling it, as pure a conduit of godly might as ever had stood upon Corona.","",""
"gag","Verb","UNKNOWN","3216","3","It was a dagger, small but nasty, and thrown perfectly to hit the gagged and bound woman right in the throat, just under her jawbone.","",""
"salute","Noun","UNKNOWN","3217","3","Elbryan gave a salute to that place on the forest's edge where the stallion had disappeared, a motion of respect and understanding that he and Symphony had their own separate lives but were joined now.","",""
"rooftop","Noun","UNKNOWN","3218","3","It was up on that rooftop, under a sky that was streaked by clouds and stars, that Connor first mentioned the prospect of marriage.","",""
"righteousness","Noun","UNKNOWN","3219","3","Were the fifteen Holy Orders of God, the rules of righteousness, truly God inspired, or were they merely rules of keeping order within a civilized society?","",""
"civilize","Verb","UNKNOWN","3220","3","Were the fifteen Holy Orders of God, the rules of righteousness, truly God inspired, or were they merely rules of keeping order within a civilized society?","",""
"formally","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3221","3","Over the next couple of weeks, as they marched along the trails, Avelyn showed Jill just how much he had come to trust her, for he began formally tutoring her in the ways of the stones.","",""
"charter","Verb","UNKNOWN","3222","3","Avelyn and Thagraine had been formally named as the Preparers, the two monks who would leave the chartered ship and go onto the island of Pimaninicuit to collect and prepare the stones, while Quintall and Pellimar would remain aboard, going onto the island only should one of the chosen pair falter.","",""
"leverage","Noun","UNKNOWN","3223","3","The man was impossibly strong, his stocky frame and low center of gravity giving him the leverage he needed to punish Avelyn endlessly.","",""
"unsettling","Noun","UNKNOWN","3224","3","To the small group whose very lives depended on absolute secrecy, there could have been no more unsettling possibility than that of a traitor in their midst.","",""
"ferocious","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3225","3","When she wouldn't - couldn't - tell him anything about the staff-wielding stranger who had intervened in the inn, the ferocious monk had beaten her again, and now one of her eyes was swollen closed.","",""
"disease","Noun","UNKNOWN","3226","3","Even on successful voyages to Pimaninicuit, more often than not, one or more of the four monks did not return, for disease was a very real fact of life aboard ship.","",""
"isle","Noun","UNKNOWN","3227","3","What Avelyn focused on, therefore, was the destination, the isle itself.","",""
"cease","Verb","UNKNOWN","3228","3","Even after the showers ceased, the pair would have to wait some time before handling the heated stones, and then the work would be too furious and desperate to pause and contemplate God.","",""
"supporting","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3229","3","Elbryan countered by letting go of his staff with his top hand, rolling it under the blocking arm, then grabbing it and sweeping low for the monk's supporting leg.","",""
"stud","Verb","UNKNOWN","3230","3","Then Avelyn saw the reason, saw clearly the powrie's studded bracers, glowing fiercely with enchantment.","",""
"garment","Noun","UNKNOWN","3231","3","His hand came up and unlaced her cloak; and she let the garment drop without protest, cool air on her skin.","",""
"crop","Verb","UNKNOWN","3232","3","The crack of the crop brought Jojonah's attention back to the scene at hand.","",""
"execute","Verb","UNKNOWN","3233","3","Adjonas watched it all anxiously, moving along the rail as his ship executed a turn.","",""
"glisten","Verb","UNKNOWN","3234","3","The ceremony began before dawn, intensified as the sun glistened on the horizon across the waters, then went on and on, one prayer after another, each song louder than the previous.","",""
"curt","Noun","UNKNOWN","3235","3","Adjonas gave a curt nod, and Quintall paced by him, the other three monks in tow.","",""
"skittish","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3236","3","And to a deer, perhaps the most skittish creature of all ...","",""
"twitch","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3237","3","The deer's head came up, ears twitching, scanning; Elbryan's smile vanished.","",""
"vanish","Verb","UNKNOWN","3238","3","Cat could hardly believe she had spoken the words, but her horror vanished when Connor laughed heartily.","",""
"phrase","Noun","UNKNOWN","3239","3","The young man knew all the word's, all the common phrases, now, after five years in Andur'Blough Inninness, and only his inflections still needed perfecting.","",""
"uneven","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3240","3","Elbryan was expected to bathe daily, to keep his clothing clean, and since his beard was splotchy and uneven, not yet that of a man, to keep his face clean shaven.","",""
"elude","Verb","UNKNOWN","3241","3","Elbryan held steady his breath, paying close attention, for though he could understand the melodic language, many individual words might elude him if he was not careful.","",""
"stealth","Noun","UNKNOWN","3242","3","Even though the trails seemed easy for at least a short distance, Tuntun decided that it would be better for her to use stealth.","",""
"fury","Noun","UNKNOWN","3243","3","The demon could smell the blood and taste the fury as surely as if it had been on the scene with its chieftains.","",""
"clockwise","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3244","3","Over went his spinning pole, clockwise to his right, then it went over again, and then a third time, Elbryan sliding his foot further to the right with each spin.","",""
"pressing","Noun","UNKNOWN","3245","3","At this point, Tallareyish was playing white, pressing the attack, but Elbryan meant to reverse that.","",""
"reasonable","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3246","3","The fellow had his huge axe out in front of him, and if Elbryan couldn't offer a reasonable answer, there was little doubt what he meant to do with it.","",""
"diva","Noun","UNKNOWN","3247","3","Something daring, even desperate, like the shadow dive Tallareyish had used to defeat him.","",""
"timing","Noun","UNKNOWN","3248","3","She collected ten of Pireth Tulme's Coastpoint Guards, using their hangovers as a tool for rejecting more of the others, then set out, double-timing the march down the dirt path.","",""
"beating","Noun","UNKNOWN","3249","3","Elbryan chuckled, not surprised that predictable Tuntun enjoyed issuing the beatings.","",""
"permanent","Adjective","B2","3250","3","Elbryan had come to think of his life with the elves as a permanent arrangement, had figured that he would live in Andur'Blough Inninness for the rest of his mortal days.","",""
"greeting","Noun","UNKNOWN","3251","3","Again, he was more than polite, the perfect gentleman, not pressuring Cat to even so much as offer a greeting to him.","",""
"slyly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3252","3","Cat-the-Stray tried to ignore the whispers and the sidelong glances, but even Pettibwa, cheery cheeked and grinning slyly, caught Cat's gaze and nodded her head in the man's direction more than once.","",""
"contemptuously","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3253","3","He spat contemptuously.","",""
"heartily","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3254","3","Cat could hardly believe she had spoken the words, but her horror vanished when Connor laughed heartily.","",""
"virtue","Noun","UNKNOWN","3255","3","The man was obviously out of his mind, or at least he appeared so, but to Jill, who had spent a year and a half in the Coastpoint Guards, a cry for preparedness and virtue did not seem like such a bad thing.","",""
"coolly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3256","3","""I had not noticed,"" Cat replied coolly, not returning the hug and trying hard to keep her expression blank as Pettibwa jumped back to arm's length.","",""
"meself","Noun","UNKNOWN","3257","3","I'd been thinking o' killing them meself, when I seen an animal chewing off its leg in one o' their wicked catchers.""","",""
"innocently","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3258","3","""But what would they do with their booty?"" Avelyn reasoned innocently, drawing looks from the other five.","",""
"bawdy","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3259","3","Why, ye act like no man's a good man!"" The woman gave a bawdy wink.","",""
"jiggle","Verb","UNKNOWN","3260","3","Putting your maidenhead on a barbed hook and jiggling it before the baron's nephew.""","",""
"highly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3261","3","Lodestone was highly magnetic; its enchantment would send it fast to a metal surface.","",""
"riotously","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3262","3","The older woman laughed riotously, and Cat took the welcomed break in the conversation to consider her words.","",""
"nobility","Noun","UNKNOWN","3263","3","Perhaps her ascension into local nobility would even raise their own station in life, and Jill would treasure that above all else.","",""
"sensual","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3264","3","They represented another side of the girl, a womanly side, sensual, sexual - a part that Cat's free and girlish spirit was not yet ready to admit.","",""
"sexual","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3265","3","Thagraine's perception of his sexual past was indeed accurate.","",""
"avenue","Noun","UNKNOWN","3266","3","Tuntun's only avenue of escape was straight down to the ground, and so she took it unceremoniously.","",""
"lash","Noun","UNKNOWN","3267","3","Before she could even consider the question or the implications, Cat found herself mesmerized by the way his lashes closed upon those beautiful brown eyes.","",""
"crestfallen","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3268","3","Perhaps it was the slightly crestfallen look of his friend Juraviel that tipped him to the truth of his own thoughts.","",""
"fathom","Noun","UNKNOWN","3269","3","But the old sea dog couldn't fathom the level of physical training these four men had endured.","",""
"scratch","Verb","UNKNOWN","3270","3","Smealy squinted perhaps a dozen times in the next few seconds and lifted a hand to scratch hard at his gray hair - to kill a few lice, Avelyn figured.","",""
"regal","Noun","UNKNOWN","3271","3","The ranger sat quietly, cutting a regal figure, his bow and sword at rest.","",""
"dispute","Verb","UNKNOWN","3272","3","This was Adjonas' ship, that Quintall did not dispute, but the abbey had paid well for this transport and the brothers had not been put aboard as slaves.","",""
"unintelligible","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3273","3","The fat man sputtered something unintelligible and turned away, waving his hand dismissively.","",""
"potentially","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3274","3","The bond was immediate and secure, the four monks putting aside their personal squabbles in light of potentially more dangerous enemies.","",""
"raider","Noun","UNKNOWN","3275","3","""But the southern kingdom has little control over its raiders,"" Adjonas explained.","",""
"belowdecks","Noun","UNKNOWN","3276","3","Quintall returned to them much later that evening, belowdecks in the closet-sized.","",""
"weird","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3277","3","There was something weird about his smile, Avelyn noted, something misplaced..","",""
"misplace","Verb","UNKNOWN","3278","3","There was something weird about his smile, Avelyn noted, something misplaced..","",""
"patient","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3279","3","So he would be patient, would spend his nights walking with Jill and talking.","",""
"vainly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3280","3","Avelyn narrowed his eyes, trying vainly to decipher the cryptic talk.","",""
"damp","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3281","3","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.","",""
"accurate","Adjective","B2","3282","3","Thagraine's perception of his sexual past was indeed accurate.","",""
"sanction","Verb","UNKNOWN","3283","3","Avelyn remembered the speech Master Jojonah had given him when first they had talked about the island, the stern warning that to utter even its name to any without sanction of Father Abbot Markwart was punishable by death, and he agreed with Quintall's logic.","",""
"briskly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3284","3","She jumped when he briskly entered, pulling the covers from her bed up before her.","",""
"viewpoint","Plural","UNKNOWN","3285","3","Avelyn considered the sight from two widely disparate viewpoints.","",""
"dumb","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3286","3","His words, the sincerity of his tone, struck her dumb.","",""
"inhabitant","Noun","UNKNOWN","3287","3","Even the vivid, bright colors of the clothing of Entel's inhabitants struck the four as unusual.","",""
"oar","Noun","UNKNOWN","3288","3","Finally came the welcome sound of oars and the boat, all three safely aboard.","",""
"unfamiliar","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3289","3","Elbryan silently mouthed the unfamiliar name and noted how Toys ruddy face blanched at the mere mention.","",""
"companionship","Noun","UNKNOWN","3290","3","It wasn't that he craved human companionship; he continued to fear that thought greatly.","",""
"keenly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3291","3","His sense of order was simply too strong, his sense of right and wrong too keenly developed.","",""
"union","Plural","UNKNOWN","3292","3","A physical union she could not abide - not with this man, not with Connor!","",""
"marker","Noun","UNKNOWN","3293","3","This moment, so many years in the waiting, was the marker of the end of that relationship with the girl, the beginning of the new and deeper relationship with the woman.","",""
"upstart","Noun","UNKNOWN","3294","3","He had not battled Tuntun in many weeks; he was determined now to give the upstart elf a bit of a surprise.","",""
"overhand","Noun","UNKNOWN","3295","3","The overhand parry deflected the stabbing blade, but the second attempt, the undersweeping slap designed to send the elf's sword flying up high, was far too slow to catch up to Tuntun's retracting movement.","",""
"partly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3296","3","His success was partly gained by surprise.","",""
"rapidly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3297","3","Chipmunk nodded so rapidly that he bit his tongue.","",""
"tiring","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3298","3","Tuntun was tiring, too, Elbryan knew, and if he could land but one solid blow, the fight might be at its end.","",""
"plop","PastTense","UNKNOWN","3299","3","So the monk, exhausted from fighting and then curing the stranger's magical poisoning, his mind heavy with drink, plopped down on his bed and was soon snoring loudly.","",""
"apple","Noun","UNKNOWN","3300","3","Something had reached into the middle of this line of apple trees and simply pulled back a third of the row.","",""
1 lemma pos cefr_level coverage_rank global_frequency context_sentence context_sentence_zh definition_zh
2 numb coo Adjective PastTense UNKNOWN 3201 3 Master Wink-and-Slap twisted his face at her again and gave a breathless burst of laughter, his throat no doubt numb from the drink. hair aside, and gently kissed the nape of her neck, the soft kiss turning slowly more urgent, a harder kiss, a gentle bite, and when she cooed quietly, a harder bite still.
3 tow smirk Noun UNKNOWN 3202 3 Cat caught the word "whore," and then she was not surprised to see Graevis, several of the other regulars in tow, crossing the room, their faces suddenly grim. The four crewmen of the Windrunner's boat, which was bouncing noisily against the wooden dock, sat through it all with smirking faces, thoroughly amused and certainly not impressed.
4 inspired tray Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3203 3 The young woman made her way around the back of the inn, down a dark alley that inspired no fear, and up a gutter, to the one section of Fellowship Way's roof that was not slanted. Pettibwa was forever laughing, dancing with her tray from one table to the next.
5 mast buttock Noun UNKNOWN 3204 3 Then came the long journey, tagging along with a merchant caravan that had swapped crafted items to the people of the small frontier village in exchange for pelts and great trees that would be used as masts for the sailing ships built in Palmaris. One arm slipped down to the back of her bare leg, then up under the nightshirt, over the smooth skin of her buttocks, gently up her back, bracing her as Elbryan slowly shifted her down to the ground.
6 exist unsuspecting Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 3205 3 Did such a thing as the Halo even exist, or was her memory a mere fantasy? And it was all done in such good fun that neither Graevis nor any suitor of her unsuspecting dance partner ever seemed to care.
7 slug crowded Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 3206 3 She slapped away his grabbing hands, then slugged him twice in the face. The young woman didn't look back as she made her way across the crowded floor to get the drinks.
8 channel unthreatening Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 3207 3 She let all the tears and all the unanswered screams come out, channeled them into a level of violence that the drunk could not have foreseen. The young woman closed her eyes and felt the gentle, unthreatening stroke on her hair.
9 gag numb Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 3208 3 It was a dagger, small but nasty, and thrown perfectly to hit the gagged and bound woman right in the throat, just under her jawbone. Master Wink-and-Slap twisted his face at her again and gave a breathless burst of laughter, his throat no doubt numb from the drink.
10 salute subtly Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 3209 3 "Some hero I prove to be," the man said, bringing his sword back in a salute to the young woman. One of his senses subtly called out a warning to him.
11 rooftop tow Noun UNKNOWN 3210 3 It was up on that rooftop, under a sky that was streaked by clouds and stars, that Connor first mentioned the prospect of marriage. Adjonas gave a curt nod, and Quintall paced by him, the other three monks in tow.
12 righteousness inspired Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3211 3 Were the fifteen Holy Orders of God, the rules of righteousness, truly God inspired, or were they merely rules of keeping order within a civilized society? The young woman made her way around the back of the inn, down a dark alley that inspired no fear, and up a gutter, to the one section of Fellowship Way's roof that was not slanted.
13 civilize mast Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3212 3 Were the fifteen Holy Orders of God, the rules of righteousness, truly God inspired, or were they merely rules of keeping order within a civilized society? Then came the long journey, tagging along with a merchant caravan that had swapped crafted items to the people of the small frontier village in exchange for pelts and great trees that would be used as masts for the sailing ships built in Palmaris.
14 formally exist Adverb Verb UNKNOWN 3213 3 She had no idea how to proceed - Avelyn had not formally trained her with this most dangerous of stones - but she knew that she must try. Did such a thing as the Halo even exist, or was her memory a mere fantasy?
15 charter slug Verb UNKNOWN 3214 3 Avelyn and Thagraine had been formally named as the Preparers, the two monks who would leave the chartered ship and go onto the island of Pimaninicuit to collect and prepare the stones, while Quintall and Pellimar would remain aboard, going onto the island only should one of the chosen pair falter. Jill changed tactics and began slugging the dwarf in the face instead, then poking for its eyes.
16 leverage channel Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3215 3 The man was impossibly strong, his stocky frame and low center of gravity giving him the leverage he needed to punish Avelyn endlessly. Avelyn growled low and called to God, begging for more energy, channeling it, as pure a conduit of godly might as ever had stood upon Corona.
17 unsettling gag Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3216 3 Elbryan lifted his eyes at that unsettling notion, looked at the sky as if he expected the dactyl demon to be swooping upon him even then. It was a dagger, small but nasty, and thrown perfectly to hit the gagged and bound woman right in the throat, just under her jawbone.
18 ferocious salute Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3217 3 When she wouldn't - couldn't - tell him anything about the staff-wielding stranger who had intervened in the inn, the ferocious monk had beaten her again, and now one of her eyes was swollen closed. Elbryan gave a salute to that place on the forest's edge where the stallion had disappeared, a motion of respect and understanding that he and Symphony had their own separate lives but were joined now.
19 disease rooftop Noun UNKNOWN 3218 3 He feared that the bear was in the grip of some disease, perhaps, or was wounded. It was up on that rooftop, under a sky that was streaked by clouds and stars, that Connor first mentioned the prospect of marriage.
20 isle righteousness Noun UNKNOWN 3219 3 What Avelyn focused on, therefore, was the destination, the isle itself. Were the fifteen Holy Orders of God, the rules of righteousness, truly God inspired, or were they merely rules of keeping order within a civilized society?
21 cease civilize Verb UNKNOWN 3220 3 Even after the showers ceased, the pair would have to wait some time before handling the heated stones, and then the work would be too furious and desperate to pause and contemplate God. Were the fifteen Holy Orders of God, the rules of righteousness, truly God inspired, or were they merely rules of keeping order within a civilized society?
22 supporting formally Adjective Adverb UNKNOWN 3221 3 Elbryan countered by letting go of his staff with his top hand, rolling it under the blocking arm, then grabbing it and sweeping low for the monk's supporting leg. Over the next couple of weeks, as they marched along the trails, Avelyn showed Jill just how much he had come to trust her, for he began formally tutoring her in the ways of the stones.
23 stud charter Verb UNKNOWN 3222 3 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. Avelyn and Thagraine had been formally named as the Preparers, the two monks who would leave the chartered ship and go onto the island of Pimaninicuit to collect and prepare the stones, while Quintall and Pellimar would remain aboard, going onto the island only should one of the chosen pair falter.
24 garment leverage Noun UNKNOWN 3223 3 His hand came up and unlaced her cloak; and she let the garment drop without protest, cool air on her skin. The man was impossibly strong, his stocky frame and low center of gravity giving him the leverage he needed to punish Avelyn endlessly.
25 crop unsettling Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3224 3 He was dirty and gray, his hair cropped short and badly trimmed, and his beard untended. To the small group whose very lives depended on absolute secrecy, there could have been no more unsettling possibility than that of a traitor in their midst.
26 execute ferocious Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 3225 3 Adjonas watched it all anxiously, moving along the rail as his ship executed a turn. When she wouldn't - couldn't - tell him anything about the staff-wielding stranger who had intervened in the inn, the ferocious monk had beaten her again, and now one of her eyes was swollen closed.
27 glisten disease Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3226 3 The ceremony began before dawn, intensified as the sun glistened on the horizon across the waters, then went on and on, one prayer after another, each song louder than the previous. Even on successful voyages to Pimaninicuit, more often than not, one or more of the four monks did not return, for disease was a very real fact of life aboard ship.
28 curt isle Noun UNKNOWN 3227 3 Adjonas gave a curt nod, and Quintall paced by him, the other three monks in tow. What Avelyn focused on, therefore, was the destination, the isle itself.
29 skittish cease Adjective Verb UNKNOWN 3228 3 And to a deer, perhaps the most skittish creature of all ... Even after the showers ceased, the pair would have to wait some time before handling the heated stones, and then the work would be too furious and desperate to pause and contemplate God.
30 twitch supporting Gerund Adjective UNKNOWN 3229 3 The deer's head came up, ears twitching, scanning; Elbryan's smile vanished. Elbryan countered by letting go of his staff with his top hand, rolling it under the blocking arm, then grabbing it and sweeping low for the monk's supporting leg.
31 vanish stud Verb UNKNOWN 3230 3 The deer's head came up, ears twitching, scanning; Elbryan's smile vanished. Then Avelyn saw the reason, saw clearly the powrie's studded bracers, glowing fiercely with enchantment.
32 phrase garment Noun UNKNOWN 3231 3 The young man knew all the word's, all the common phrases, now, after five years in Andur'Blough Inninness, and only his inflections still needed perfecting. His hand came up and unlaced her cloak; and she let the garment drop without protest, cool air on her skin.
33 uneven crop Adjective Verb UNKNOWN 3232 3 Elbryan was expected to bathe daily, to keep his clothing clean, and since his beard was splotchy and uneven, not yet that of a man, to keep his face clean shaven. The crack of the crop brought Jojonah's attention back to the scene at hand.
34 elude execute Verb UNKNOWN 3233 3 Elbryan held steady his breath, paying close attention, for though he could understand the melodic language, many individual words might elude him if he was not careful. Adjonas watched it all anxiously, moving along the rail as his ship executed a turn.
35 stealth glisten Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3234 3 He forgot all about his game of surprising the pair then, and used his stealth ability to extract himself from the area, return to his tree house - which was closer to the ground than the sky - to shave and to prepare himself for his next sparring session, one he suddenly intended to win. The ceremony began before dawn, intensified as the sun glistened on the horizon across the waters, then went on and on, one prayer after another, each song louder than the previous.
36 fury curt Noun UNKNOWN 3235 3 "And you," Elbryan answered, and on he came, full of fury and determination. Adjonas gave a curt nod, and Quintall paced by him, the other three monks in tow.
37 clockwise skittish Adjective UNKNOWN 3236 3 He had to anticipate, and so he did, flipping his spear over one hand counterclockwise and then back again, then again clockwise, then back the other way. And to a deer, perhaps the most skittish creature of all ...
38 pressing twitch Noun Gerund UNKNOWN 3237 3 At this point, Tallareyish was playing white, pressing the attack, but Elbryan meant to reverse that. The deer's head came up, ears twitching, scanning; Elbryan's smile vanished.
39 reasonable vanish Adjective Verb UNKNOWN 3238 3 The fellow had his huge axe out in front of him, and if Elbryan couldn't offer a reasonable answer, there was little doubt what he meant to do with it. Cat could hardly believe she had spoken the words, but her horror vanished when Connor laughed heartily.
40 diva phrase Noun UNKNOWN 3239 3 Something daring, even desperate, like the shadow dive Tallareyish had used to defeat him. The young man knew all the word's, all the common phrases, now, after five years in Andur'Blough Inninness, and only his inflections still needed perfecting.
41 timing uneven Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3240 3 "You executed the plant of your staff on hip perfectly, and your step timing was without error. Elbryan was expected to bathe daily, to keep his clothing clean, and since his beard was splotchy and uneven, not yet that of a man, to keep his face clean shaven.
42 permanent elude Adjective Verb B2 UNKNOWN 3241 3 Elbryan had come to think of his life with the elves as a permanent arrangement, had figured that he would live in Andur'Blough Inninness for the rest of his mortal days. Elbryan held steady his breath, paying close attention, for though he could understand the melodic language, many individual words might elude him if he was not careful.
43 greeting stealth Noun UNKNOWN 3242 3 Again, he was more than polite, the perfect gentleman, not pressuring Cat to even so much as offer a greeting to him. Even though the trails seemed easy for at least a short distance, Tuntun decided that it would be better for her to use stealth.
44 slyly fury Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 3243 3 Cat-the-Stray tried to ignore the whispers and the sidelong glances, but even Pettibwa, cheery cheeked and grinning slyly, caught Cat's gaze and nodded her head in the man's direction more than once. The demon could smell the blood and taste the fury as surely as if it had been on the scene with its chieftains.
45 contemptuously clockwise Adverb Adjective UNKNOWN 3244 3 "Cat-the-Stray is her name," Grady said, eyeing the young woman somewhat contemptuously. Over went his spinning pole, clockwise to his right, then it went over again, and then a third time, Elbryan sliding his foot further to the right with each spin.
46 heartily pressing Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 3245 3 The mighty centaur laughed heartily. At this point, Tallareyish was playing white, pressing the attack, but Elbryan meant to reverse that.
47 virtue reasonable Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3246 3 "By my heart, my remark referred not at all to your virtue, which I would not question," Connor went on sincerely. The fellow had his huge axe out in front of him, and if Elbryan couldn't offer a reasonable answer, there was little doubt what he meant to do with it.
48 coolly diva Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 3247 3 "I had not noticed," Cat replied coolly, not returning the hug and trying hard to keep her expression blank as Pettibwa jumped back to arm's length. Something daring, even desperate, like the shadow dive Tallareyish had used to defeat him.
49 meself timing Noun UNKNOWN 3248 3 "You embarrassed me." "Meself?" Pettibwa said innocently. She collected ten of Pireth Tulme's Coastpoint Guards, using their hangovers as a tool for rejecting more of the others, then set out, double-timing the march down the dirt path.
50 innocently beating Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 3249 3 "You embarrassed me." "Meself?" Pettibwa said innocently. Elbryan chuckled, not surprised that predictable Tuntun enjoyed issuing the beatings.
51 bawdy permanent Adjective UNKNOWN B2 3250 3 Why, ye act like no man's a good man!" The woman gave a bawdy wink. Elbryan had come to think of his life with the elves as a permanent arrangement, had figured that he would live in Andur'Blough Inninness for the rest of his mortal days.
52 jiggle greeting Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3251 3 "It's all so natural." She hooked one finger in the cleavage of Cat's dress, pulled the dress lower, and shook her hand about, so that the young woman's breasts jiggled. Again, he was more than polite, the perfect gentleman, not pressuring Cat to even so much as offer a greeting to him.
53 highly slyly Adverb UNKNOWN 3252 3 Lodestone was highly magnetic; its enchantment would send it fast to a metal surface. Cat-the-Stray tried to ignore the whispers and the sidelong glances, but even Pettibwa, cheery cheeked and grinning slyly, caught Cat's gaze and nodded her head in the man's direction more than once.
54 riotously contemptuously Adverb UNKNOWN 3253 3 The dwarf was telling some rowdy story, the two goblins laughing riotously at every grotesque detail. He spat contemptuously.
55 nobility heartily Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 3254 3 Perhaps her ascension into local nobility would even raise their own station in life, and Jill would treasure that above all else. Cat could hardly believe she had spoken the words, but her horror vanished when Connor laughed heartily.
56 sensual virtue Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3255 3 They represented another side of the girl, a womanly side, sensual, sexual - a part that Cat's free and girlish spirit was not yet ready to admit. The man was obviously out of his mind, or at least he appeared so, but to Jill, who had spent a year and a half in the Coastpoint Guards, a cry for preparedness and virtue did not seem like such a bad thing.
57 sexual coolly Adjective Adverb UNKNOWN 3256 3 Thagraine's perception of his sexual past was indeed accurate. "I had not noticed," Cat replied coolly, not returning the hug and trying hard to keep her expression blank as Pettibwa jumped back to arm's length.
58 avenue meself Noun UNKNOWN 3257 3 Tuntun's only avenue of escape was straight down to the ground, and so she took it unceremoniously. I'd been thinking o' killing them meself, when I seen an animal chewing off its leg in one o' their wicked catchers."
59 lash innocently Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 3258 3 She wanted to lash out at Avelyn at that moment, but she could not deny his last words. "But what would they do with their booty?" Avelyn reasoned innocently, drawing looks from the other five.
60 crestfallen bawdy Adjective UNKNOWN 3259 3 "No," she replied, and his expression became crestfallen. Why, ye act like no man's a good man!" The woman gave a bawdy wink.
61 fathom jiggle Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3260 3 But the old sea dog couldn't fathom the level of physical training these four men had endured. Putting your maidenhead on a barbed hook and jiggling it before the baron's nephew."
62 scratch highly Verb Adverb UNKNOWN 3261 3 Both swordsmen came in fast; the goblin swished the spear back and forth, the weapon's sharp tip scratching Cries arm and holding him at bay. Lodestone was highly magnetic; its enchantment would send it fast to a metal surface.
63 regal riotously Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 3262 3 The twitchy little man looked across the open deck, past the staring eyes of the crewmen, to the tall, regal figure of Captain Adjonas. The older woman laughed riotously, and Cat took the welcomed break in the conversation to consider her words.
64 dispute nobility Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3263 3 This was Adjonas' ship, that Quintall did not dispute, but the abbey had paid well for this transport and the brothers had not been put aboard as slaves. Perhaps her ascension into local nobility would even raise their own station in life, and Jill would treasure that above all else.
65 unintelligible sensual Adjective UNKNOWN 3264 3 The fat man sputtered something unintelligible and turned away, waving his hand dismissively. They represented another side of the girl, a womanly side, sensual, sexual - a part that Cat's free and girlish spirit was not yet ready to admit.
66 potentially sexual Adverb Adjective UNKNOWN 3265 3 The bond was immediate and secure, the four monks putting aside their personal squabbles in light of potentially more dangerous enemies. Thagraine's perception of his sexual past was indeed accurate.
67 raider avenue Noun UNKNOWN 3266 3 "But the southern kingdom has little control over its raiders," Adjonas explained. Tuntun's only avenue of escape was straight down to the ground, and so she took it unceremoniously.
68 belowdecks lash Noun UNKNOWN 3267 3 Quintall returned to them much later that evening, belowdecks in the closet-sized. Before she could even consider the question or the implications, Cat found herself mesmerized by the way his lashes closed upon those beautiful brown eyes.
69 weird crestfallen Adjective UNKNOWN 3268 3 There was something weird about his smile, Avelyn noted, something misplaced.. Perhaps it was the slightly crestfallen look of his friend Juraviel that tipped him to the truth of his own thoughts.
70 misplace fathom Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3269 3 There was something weird about his smile, Avelyn noted, something misplaced.. But the old sea dog couldn't fathom the level of physical training these four men had endured.
71 patient scratch Adjective Verb UNKNOWN 3270 3 Pellimar, though, was not so patient. Smealy squinted perhaps a dozen times in the next few seconds and lifted a hand to scratch hard at his gray hair - to kill a few lice, Avelyn figured.
72 vainly regal Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 3271 3 She focused all her strength, trying vainly to invite the man in, trying vainly to facilitate the joining. The ranger sat quietly, cutting a regal figure, his bow and sword at rest.
73 damp dispute Adjective Verb UNKNOWN 3272 3 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. This was Adjonas' ship, that Quintall did not dispute, but the abbey had paid well for this transport and the brothers had not been put aboard as slaves.
74 accurate unintelligible Adjective B2 UNKNOWN 3273 3 Thagraine's perception of his sexual past was indeed accurate. The fat man sputtered something unintelligible and turned away, waving his hand dismissively.
75 sanction potentially Verb Adverb UNKNOWN 3274 3 Avelyn remembered the speech Master Jojonah had given him when first they had talked about the island, the stern warning that to utter even its name to any without sanction of Father Abbot Markwart was punishable by death, and he agreed with Quintall's logic. The bond was immediate and secure, the four monks putting aside their personal squabbles in light of potentially more dangerous enemies.
76 briskly raider Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 3275 3 She jumped when he briskly entered, pulling the covers from her bed up before her. "But the southern kingdom has little control over its raiders," Adjonas explained.
77 viewpoint belowdecks Plural Noun UNKNOWN 3276 3 Avelyn considered the sight from two widely disparate viewpoints. Quintall returned to them much later that evening, belowdecks in the closet-sized.
78 dumb weird Adjective UNKNOWN 3277 3 His words, the sincerity of his tone, struck her dumb. There was something weird about his smile, Avelyn noted, something misplaced..
79 inhabitant misplace Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3278 3 Even the vivid, bright colors of the clothing of Entel's inhabitants struck the four as unusual. There was something weird about his smile, Avelyn noted, something misplaced..
80 oar patient Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3279 3 Finally came the welcome sound of oars and the boat, all three safely aboard. So he would be patient, would spend his nights walking with Jill and talking.
81 unfamiliar vainly Adjective Adverb UNKNOWN 3280 3 Even as he explored this unfamiliar use of hematite, he gave to Jill his understanding of the stories - and it was so easy! Avelyn narrowed his eyes, trying vainly to decipher the cryptic talk.
82 companionship damp Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3281 3 It wasn't that he craved human companionship; he continued to fear that thought greatly. 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.
83 keenly accurate Adverb Adjective UNKNOWN B2 3282 3 His sense of order was simply too strong, his sense of right and wrong too keenly developed. Thagraine's perception of his sexual past was indeed accurate.
84 union sanction Plural Verb UNKNOWN 3283 3 A physical union she could not abide - not with this man, not with Connor! Avelyn remembered the speech Master Jojonah had given him when first they had talked about the island, the stern warning that to utter even its name to any without sanction of Father Abbot Markwart was punishable by death, and he agreed with Quintall's logic.
85 marker briskly Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 3284 3 This moment, so many years in the waiting, was the marker of the end of that relationship with the girl, the beginning of the new and deeper relationship with the woman. She jumped when he briskly entered, pulling the covers from her bed up before her.
86 upstart viewpoint Noun Plural UNKNOWN 3285 3 He had not battled Tuntun in many weeks; he was determined now to give the upstart elf a bit of a surprise. Avelyn considered the sight from two widely disparate viewpoints.
87 overhand dumb Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3286 3 He started with an overhand, underhand parry sweep again, but instead of catching the staff with his left hand as it came swishing back to horizontal, he turned his right hand over once more. His words, the sincerity of his tone, struck her dumb.
88 partly inhabitant Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 3287 3 His success was partly gained by surprise. Even the vivid, bright colors of the clothing of Entel's inhabitants struck the four as unusual.
89 rapidly oar Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 3288 3 Chipmunk nodded so rapidly that he bit his tongue. Finally came the welcome sound of oars and the boat, all three safely aboard.
90 tiring unfamiliar Adjective UNKNOWN 3289 3 With a growl, Avelyn pushed on, finally reaching the tiring Quintall. Elbryan silently mouthed the unfamiliar name and noted how Toys ruddy face blanched at the mere mention.
91 plop companionship PastTense Noun UNKNOWN 3290 3 Her breath came out in a rush as she plopped down hard, the staff's butt end secure against the ground, its tip stabbing hard into her chest between her lowest ribs. It wasn't that he craved human companionship; he continued to fear that thought greatly.
92 apple keenly Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 3291 3 The row of trees, short and wide apples, ran almost perfectly straight, then jumped back a dozen feet, up a ridge twice an elf's height, and continued on straight again from there. His sense of order was simply too strong, his sense of right and wrong too keenly developed.
93 explore union Verb Plural UNKNOWN 3292 3 What he came to understand from that viewpoint was a sense of self he had never before felt free to explore. A physical union she could not abide - not with this man, not with Connor!
94 flourish marker Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3293 3 He finished with a leaping flourish and landed pointing to the stripe. This moment, so many years in the waiting, was the marker of the end of that relationship with the girl, the beginning of the new and deeper relationship with the woman.
95 etch upstart Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3294 3 For Juraviel's anxiety was clearly etched on his fine features - how could it have been otherwise when he had been speaking to his protégé Elbryan about this very subject not a week's time past? He had not battled Tuntun in many weeks; he was determined now to give the upstart elf a bit of a surprise.
96 occurrence overhand Singular Noun UNKNOWN 3295 3 Gradually, as he came to see the light in Jill's eyes every time he entered the Way - a more and more common occurrence - the proud young man began to understand and accept that her problem was within the mysteries of her past and not with him. The overhand parry deflected the stabbing blade, but the second attempt, the undersweeping slap designed to send the elf's sword flying up high, was far too slow to catch up to Tuntun's retracting movement.
97 predict partly Verb Adverb UNKNOWN 3296 3 The reaction of Pettibwa and Graevis to the news of the marriage was not hard to predict. His success was partly gained by surprise.
98 virgin rapidly Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 3297 3 "She is fearful - virgins always are - but of course, my rights on that night are absolute. Chipmunk nodded so rapidly that he bit his tongue.
99 wench tiring Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3298 3 "You teasing little wench. Tuntun was tiring, too, Elbryan knew, and if he could land but one solid blow, the fight might be at its end.
100 carriage plop Noun PastTense UNKNOWN 3299 3 It was a ceremony that had all of Palmaris talking; the women swooning, the men standing tall, feigning importance, wishing they were in the carriage in Connor Bildeborough's place as it made its winding way, through the streets. So the monk, exhausted from fighting and then curing the stranger's magical poisoning, his mind heavy with drink, plopped down on his bed and was soon snoring loudly.
101 peasant apple Noun UNKNOWN 3300 3 Any reservations that the nobleman's family had held toward the peasant orphan girl had been washed away when they met Jill, truly beautiful both inside and out. Something had reached into the middle of this line of apple trees and simply pulled back a third of the row.