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"lemma","pos","cefr_level","coverage_rank","context_sentence","context_sentence_zh","definition_zh"
"pounding","Noun","UNKNOWN","3801","And through it all, barehanded and with weapons, they would square off against each other, pounding on each other relentlessly.","",""
"mutual","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3802","There was supposed to be no anger toward an opponent, only respect and mutual learning, but Quintall growled whenever the masters paired him against Avelyn.","",""
"superiority","Noun","UNKNOWN","3803","He stood with an air of superiority, posture perfect, hand on gilded rapier.","",""
"serpent","Noun","UNKNOWN","3804","In most of the maneuvers, the monks were supposed to pull their punches, but Quintall often blasted the breath from Avelyn; there was no striking above the shoulders allowed, but more than once, Quintall knifed a ""serpent hand"" across Avelyn's throat, dropping him to his knees, gasping for breath.","",""
"eliminate","Verb","UNKNOWN","3805","The slips had become too common; Avelyn honestly believed Quintall meant to eliminate the competition.","",""
"goose","Noun","UNKNOWN","3806","Quintall's grin was certainly as far from Godlike as anything Avelyn had ever seen, and the fact that their training with weapons, where wounds could easily become more severe, was not far away, brought goose bumps to the scholarly young man.","",""
"removed","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3807","Perhaps this training was not so far removed from the nighttime training, which Avelyn considered more important.","",""
"cocky","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3808","Who might this leader of the herd be to inspire such uncharacteristic respect from cocky Bradwarden?","",""
"vague","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3809","Master Jojonah's instructions were vague at best, but Avelyn came to understand them in his heart.","",""
"twinkle","Noun","UNKNOWN","3810","Soon the sky was clear above him, the first stars twinkling into view.","",""
"pet","Noun","UNKNOWN","3811","""The war goes well, my pet,"" the dactyl went on.","",""
"awe","Noun","UNKNOWN","3812","But the quiet awe.","",""
"factor","Noun","UNKNOWN","3813","Was their mission the overriding factor here, for if they attacked and were beaten back, killed, or captured, then who would go on to the smoking mountain to stand against the demon dactyl?","",""
"ascension","Noun","UNKNOWN","3814","There were in the abbey no more than four other monks, three of them masters and one Father Abbot Markwart himself, who could so distinguish magical intensity, and that fact had been the determining factor in Dalebert Markwart's ascension to the highest rank, for his chief rival could not determine magical intensity in individual stones.","",""
"dreary","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3815","He set out from the abbey one dark and dreary morning, riding an ash-gray mare, not swift of hoof but long in heart.","",""
"staircase","Noun","UNKNOWN","3816","""Finished already?"" Grady called as he descended the wide, sweeping staircase of House Battlebrow, the most renowned brothel in all of Palmaris.","",""
"eavesdrop","Noun","UNKNOWN","3817","Avelyn tried hard not to eavesdrop, but he did catch snatches of the conversation, mostly Siherton complaining vigorously that this was against strict procedure.","",""
"unintentionally","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3818","""Not a test, but a show,"" Jojonah argued, * unintentionally lifting his voice.","",""
"upraise","Verb","UNKNOWN","3819","Finally, Father Abbot Markwart halted the conversation with an upraised hand.","",""
"awestruck","Verb","UNKNOWN","3820","From the trees behind Elbryan, Pony and Avelyn watched awestruck.","",""
"chrysotile","Noun","UNKNOWN","3821","He held out his left hand and opened it to show Avelyn three stones: malachite, ringed with various shades of green; shining, polished amber; and a silvery piece of chrysotile, the largest of the three resembling a sheet of straight bars, long and narrow lying side by side.","",""
"disparate","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3822","Avelyn considered the sight from two widely disparate viewpoints.","",""
"nonetheless","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3823","Nonetheless, Jojonah began to protest again, but Markwart cut him short.","",""
"gleam","Noun","UNKNOWN","3824","Father Abbot Markwart appeared wickedly intense, the gleam in his eyes seeming almost maniacal, and certainly frightening.","",""
"thrum","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3825","The ruby was thrumming in his hand, its magic intense and straining for release.","",""
"heartfelt","Noun","UNKNOWN","3826","Father Abbot Markwart burst out into the most heartfelt laughter Avelyn had ever heard.","",""
"ridgeline","Noun","UNKNOWN","3827","Elbryan's instincts - something about the air, perhaps, the aroma told him this was not the slope leading out of Dundalis up to the ridgeline, the slope where he had met the ...","",""
"internal","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3828","""West,"" Elbryan decided after studying it for a moment, his instincts, his internal directional sense, sorting things out.","",""
"buffet","Verb","UNKNOWN","3829","Cold winds and stinging spray buffeted the crew.","",""
"unmoving","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3830","Elbryan looked down the slope curiously, just the few feet to the unmoving mist.","",""
"chime","Verb","UNKNOWN","3831","Somehow he knew the speaker was not human, that no human voice could chime so sweetly, so perfectly.","",""
"supple","Noun","UNKNOWN","3832","This creature's limbs didn't look skinny, any more than did the supple branches of a bending willow.","",""
"bending","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3833","This creature's limbs didn't look skinny, any more than did the supple branches of a bending willow.","",""
"plainly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3834","The way the words were spoken, however plainly and without any apparent deception allowed Elbryan to relax somewhat.","",""
"deception","Singular","UNKNOWN","3835","The way the words were spoken, however plainly and without any apparent deception allowed Elbryan to relax somewhat.","",""
"shimmer","Noun","UNKNOWN","3836","It was as if the being shone of its own accord, an inner light making the flowing hair glow and shimmer.","",""
"relative","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3837","Juraviel had a response for that, a remark concerning the relative unpreparedness of Dundalis in the face of such knowledge.","",""
"equip","Verb","UNKNOWN","3838","Thus was Brother Justice equipped to find and destroy Avelyn.","",""
"destroying","Noun","UNKNOWN","3839","Am I goblin or fomorian?"" Juraviel asked calmly, that melodic voice alone destroying any possible comparisons to the croaking and growling monsters.","",""
"croak","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3840","Am I goblin or fomorian?"" Juraviel asked calmly, that melodic voice alone destroying any possible comparisons to the croaking and growling monsters.","",""
"strode","Noun","UNKNOWN","3841","Boldly the monk strode forward, stepped up on the leading wall of obsidian, and forward, too, went his magical shield, stealing the demon's heat.","",""
"shallow","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3842","The creature wasn't following a trail, Elbryan believed, but was making one, walking as easily and openly through the underbrush as a man might wade through a shallow pond.","",""
"tidy","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3843","There could be only one answer, for no living creature, not even one of the great dragons of the north, could so tear this amount of ground in such an even, tidy manner.","",""
"arrogance","Noun","UNKNOWN","3844","Elbryan realized the arrogance of that notion, an almost sinful pride,.","",""
"impulse","Noun","UNKNOWN","3845","But the dactyl was not a stupid creature and could control its impulses, even those bent upon destruction, which the demon loved above all else.","",""
"exaggerated","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3846","Might be the animals, might be the plants."" Bradwarden stopped and offered an exaggerated wink that Elbryan, still a fair distance down the hill, saw clearly.","",""
"widening","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3847","The sharks would feed on the dead, and the frantic actions of those still alive combined with the widening blood spill would likely bring more in, he knew.","",""
"unpleasant","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3848","The ranger quickly removed his clothes, the grass feeling scratchy but not unpleasant to his feet.","",""
"likeness","Noun","UNKNOWN","3849","Twin rows of massive columns, each carved into the likeness of a giant warrior, lined the room.","",""
"peril","Noun","UNKNOWN","3850","The journey was too treacherous, and if the crew had been well paid, as promised, they would have had no reason to dare the perils of the South Mirianic again.","",""
"bloodline","Noun","UNKNOWN","3851","But after speaking with the boy, Juraviel was even more convinced that this was indeed the true bloodline of Mather, and an appropriate ranger-in-training.","",""
"remainder","Noun","UNKNOWN","3852","He spent the remainder of the afternoon caught up in the sights and smells.","",""
"going","Noun","UNKNOWN","3853","Elbryan had stopped at the top of the hillock, but he felt as if he were still going up, still ascending to those brilliant, twinkling dots.","",""
"ascend","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3854","Elbryan had stopped at the top of the hillock, but he felt as if he were still going up, still ascending to those brilliant, twinkling dots.","",""
"spiritually","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3855","Though he was back on earth, spiritually, the music remained, soft and wonderful, emanating from every shadow, from every tree, from the ground itself.","",""
"singer","Noun","UNKNOWN","3856","His direction chosen, he started off, determined to find the singer.","",""
"oak","Noun","UNKNOWN","3857","Juraviel found him at dawn, curled in a hollow at the base of a wide oak.","",""
"unanswered","Verb","UNKNOWN","3858","They are to me the shining symbol of all the unanswered questions of human existence, of our place in this vast sky, of our purpose, of death itself.","",""
"temporary","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3859","I had ascended from this temporary existence, from a place of constant change to a place of eternity.","",""
"breech","Noun","UNKNOWN","3860","CHAPTER 10 Made of Tougher Stuff
Elbryan rolled his breeches up over his knees - not that the worn and ragged pants would stay that way for long!","",""
"singsong","Noun","UNKNOWN","3861","From somewhere in the thick brush behind him, he heard a call, ""Be quick about it!"" The words were not spoken in the common tongue of Honce-the-Bear but in the singsong, melodious language of the elves, a language Elbryan was already beginning to comprehend.","",""
"reckon","Verb","UNKNOWN","3862","By his reckoning, the winter solstice had passed, and he knew Dundalis, or what was left of the village, was likely under several feel of snow.","",""
"gusting","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3863","He remembered well the hardships, and the excitement, of Dundalis in the winter, the gusting wind throwing icy particles against the side of the cabin, the piles of blowing snow, sometimes so deep that he and his father had to break through a drift just to get outside!","",""
"reed","Noun","UNKNOWN","3864","Parting one patch of reeds, the boy found his first stone of the day, bobbing low in the water.","",""
"flavored","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3865","When he squeezed them, extracting the now-flavored liquid, the elves would inevitably complain about how little he had collected.","",""
"ironically","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3866","The monk had found peace within himself, ironically, in the midst of a war, a battle that Avelyn knew justified the actions that had weighed so heavily on him these last years.","",""
"sticky","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3867","those silken elven strands, which, Elbryan found out soon enough, could be made as sticky and clingy as a spiderweb.","",""
"loaded","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3868","He got his reward for his morning's toils when he returned to the bog to collect the tenth loaded basket.","",""
"impossible","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3869","Here, high stones lined both sides of the trail, making passage off the path nearly impossible unless Elbryan took a circuitous route quite deep into the underbrush.","",""
"circuitous","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3870","Here, high stones lined both sides of the trail, making passage off the path nearly impossible unless Elbryan took a circuitous route quite deep into the underbrush.","",""
"trellis","Noun","UNKNOWN","3871","- and had cleverly covered it with a layer of dirt and fallen leaves, supported by a trellis of woven sticks.","",""
"woven","Noun","UNKNOWN","3872","Into the spike, the beast sent its vision, the telltale tracings of human-woven magic.","",""
"phony","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3873","He would have leaped clear of the phony, only to drop heavily into the real one.","",""
"dimension","Plural","UNKNOWN","3874","Now it was Elbryan's turn to laugh, as he discerned the dimensions of the true trap, then easily leaped it, leaving the last few feet of the path, the last expanse to the food, open to him.","",""
"fletchings","Noun","UNKNOWN","3875","A long arrow protruded from its back, an arrow with fletchings familiar to the woman.","",""
"clothe","Verb","UNKNOWN","3876","Not a sound came from about the beast as, clothing and all, the dactyl devoured the torn skin of Gothra.","",""
"cowards","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3877","Are you cowards, then?","",""
"mess","Noun","UNKNOWN","3878","It struck the bowl of stew, overturning it and making a mess of the meal.","",""
"miserably","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3879","Surely Tuntun would have to come to him, if for no other reason than to tell him how miserably he had failed in protecting the three towns!","",""
"veritable","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3880","He wheeled, but Tuntun turned with him, staying behind him and punching out a veritable drum roll on his upper back.","",""
"indignantly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3881","""He fights like a human,"" Tuntun answered indignantly.","",""
"porous","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3882","His spirit walked free of his body, passed through the porous wood of the door and past the pair of oblivious guards.","",""
"bard","Noun","UNKNOWN","3883","Their contacts in the wide human world were discrete and few, but the elves did enough trading so that they could bring desired items, curiosity pieces mostly, and a sampling of songs of the few human bards who could bring them pleasure, into their valley.","",""
"defiance","Noun","UNKNOWN","3884","The monk snarled in defiance and kicked at the heavy door.","",""
"finality","Noun","UNKNOWN","3885","""It was God's will,"" Markwart said with finality.","",""
"angling","Noun","UNKNOWN","3886","Juraviel took full advantage, put Elbryan off balance and kept on twisting, angling the boy over the trough.","",""
"illogic","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3887","If you fail in this, if you do not prove yourself worthy of elven friendship, you cannot be let out into the world with the knowledge you have attained of our home and of our ways.""
Even as Elbryan started to protest, horrified at the thought of becoming a prisoner, Juraviel finished grimly, ""Nor can you stay.""
Elbryan's thoughts shifted to the illogic of it all.","",""
"inhuman","Noun","UNKNOWN","3888","Jojonah closed his eyes and remembered all the times Siherton had warned him about Avelyn's almost inhuman dedication.","",""
"substitute","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3889","Yet measured against the speed and agility of the elves, the fluidity of their movements, substituting perfect balance for lack of weight and strength, Elbryan truly felt a novice.","",""
"astounding","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3890","Juraviel, lighter and smaller, had put him down with astounding ease, a simple movement for which Elbryan had no counter.","",""
"gangly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3891","As the weeks became months, and they became a year, and then two, Elbryan was hardly recognizable as the short gangly boy that Jilseponie had once beat up.","",""
"proprietor","Noun","UNKNOWN","3892","CHAPTER 11 Cat-the-Stray
""Corner table, Cat,"" called Graevis Chilichunk, the barkeep and proprietor of Fellowship Way, reputedly the finest inn in all the great city of Palmaris.","",""
"reputedly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3893","CHAPTER 11 Cat-the-Stray
""Corner table, Cat,"" called Graevis Chilichunk, the barkeep and proprietor of Fellowship Way, reputedly the finest inn in all the great city of Palmaris.","",""
"commonly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3894","Fellowship Way, or the Way, as it was commonly called, was not a large establishment, boasting only a dozen small, private rooms and a single common bedroom in the upstairs guest quarters, and a tavern that could hold no more than a hundred, and that with most folks standing.","",""
"customer","Noun","UNKNOWN","3895","In the Way, a single piece of silver would get you a hot meal, and a mere smile, whether you were a paying customer or not, would coax from Graevis or from most of the other usual patrons or workers a marvelous tale.","",""
"worker","Noun","UNKNOWN","3896","He was a worker, a true frontiersman.","",""
"ample","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3897","They were about the same height, but Tol, with his barrel-like torso and ample belly, was heavier.","",""
"suitor","Noun","UNKNOWN","3898","And it was all done in such good fun that neither Graevis nor any suitor of her unsuspecting dance partner ever seemed to care.","",""
"unrivaled","Verb","UNKNOWN","3899","Pettibwa just had an unrivaled love of life and of other people.","",""
"accent","Noun","UNKNOWN","3900","Elbryan couldn't make out every word; the goblins were using the language spoken by the common folk of Corona, but the creatures' accents were so thick, their slang so heavy, that the ranger could only get a general impression of their conversation.","",""
"lemma","pos","cefr_level","coverage_rank","global_frequency","context_sentence","context_sentence_zh","definition_zh"
"retrieval","Noun","UNKNOWN","3801","2","All that should have mattered was the retrieval of the stones.","",""
"brightness","Noun","UNKNOWN","3802","2","Pony and Avelyn had underestimated the distance and camped outside Weedy Meadow that night, the monk reasoning that it would be better for them to go into town with such grim warnings during the brightness of day.","",""
"daytime","Noun","UNKNOWN","3803","2","The daytime training was not as easy or as inspiring for Avelyn.","",""
"revelation","Plural","UNKNOWN","3804","2","He found the many prayer rituals boring, even trite, in light of the revelations he was finding every night.","",""
"sunrise","Noun","UNKNOWN","3805","2","He noted that the sky had turned a funny color, a purplish, rosy hue the likes of which Avelyn had only seen at sunrise or sunset, and then only on the appropriate horizon.","",""
"noon","Noun","UNKNOWN","3806","2","The boy believed the sun to be in the west, halfway from noon to sunset.","",""
"frigid","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3807","2","In addition, all four were taught the ways of the sea, spending many hours on a small boat rocking in the waves on the rough, frigid waters of All Saints Bay.","",""
"barehanded","PastTense","UNKNOWN","3808","2","For the first year, they would study barehanded techniques, punching and grappling.","",""
"pounding","Noun","UNKNOWN","3809","2","And through it all, barehanded and with weapons, they would square off against each other, pounding on each other relentlessly.","",""
"mutual","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3810","2","There was supposed to be no anger toward an opponent, only respect and mutual learning, but Quintall growled whenever the masters paired him against Avelyn.","",""
"superiority","Noun","UNKNOWN","3811","2","He could not beat Avelyn at the Ring Stone studies, but he gained a measure of superiority during the day.","",""
"serpent","Noun","UNKNOWN","3812","2","In most of the maneuvers, the monks were supposed to pull their punches, but Quintall often blasted the breath from Avelyn; there was no striking above the shoulders allowed, but more than once, Quintall knifed a ""serpent hand"" across Avelyn's throat, dropping him to his knees, gasping for breath.","",""
"eliminate","Verb","UNKNOWN","3813","2","The slips had become too common; Avelyn honestly believed Quintall meant to eliminate the competition.","",""
"goose","Noun","UNKNOWN","3814","2","Quintall's grin was certainly as far from Godlike as anything Avelyn had ever seen, and the fact that their training with weapons, where wounds could easily become more severe, was not far away, brought goose bumps to the scholarly young man.","",""
"removed","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3815","2","Perhaps this training was not so far removed from the nighttime training, which Avelyn considered more important.","",""
"cocky","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3816","2","Who might this leader of the herd be to inspire such uncharacteristic respect from cocky Bradwarden?","",""
"vague","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3817","2","Master Jojonah's instructions were vague at best, but Avelyn came to understand them in his heart.","",""
"twinkle","Noun","UNKNOWN","3818","2","Soon the sky was clear above him, the first stars twinkling into view.","",""
"pet","Noun","UNKNOWN","3819","2","He was to watch the night sky, to learn every twinkle of light, to become so familiar with the visible stars that he would not only know their given names but also might create pet names of his own for them.","",""
"awe","Noun","UNKNOWN","3820","2","Half an hour passed uneventfully, Elbryan walking and looking about, constantly awed by the beauty and the.","",""
"factor","Noun","UNKNOWN","3821","2","Was their mission the overriding factor here, for if they attacked and were beaten back, killed, or captured, then who would go on to the smoking mountain to stand against the demon dactyl?","",""
"ascension","Noun","UNKNOWN","3822","2","There were in the abbey no more than four other monks, three of them masters and one Father Abbot Markwart himself, who could so distinguish magical intensity, and that fact had been the determining factor in Dalebert Markwart's ascension to the highest rank, for his chief rival could not determine magical intensity in individual stones.","",""
"dreary","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3823","2","He set out from the abbey one dark and dreary morning, riding an ash-gray mare, not swift of hoof but long in heart.","",""
"staircase","Noun","UNKNOWN","3824","2","""Finished already?"" Grady called as he descended the wide, sweeping staircase of House Battlebrow, the most renowned brothel in all of Palmaris.","",""
"eavesdrop","Noun","UNKNOWN","3825","2","Avelyn tried hard not to eavesdrop, but he did catch snatches of the conversation, mostly Siherton complaining vigorously that this was against strict procedure.","",""
"unintentionally","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3826","2","She dropped the sword - unintentionally, Elbryan knew, for it fell harmlessly to the side - so the young man graciously pulled the pole out straight so Tuntun wouldn't fall off balance to either side.","",""
"upraise","Verb","UNKNOWN","3827","2","Finally, Father Abbot Markwart halted the conversation with an upraised hand.","",""
"awestruck","Verb","UNKNOWN","3828","2","From the trees behind Elbryan, Pony and Avelyn watched awestruck.","",""
"chrysotile","Noun","UNKNOWN","3829","2","He held out his left hand and opened it to show Avelyn three stones: malachite, ringed with various shades of green; shining, polished amber; and a silvery piece of chrysotile, the largest of the three resembling a sheet of straight bars, long and narrow lying side by side.","",""
"disparate","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3830","2","Avelyn considered the sight from two widely disparate viewpoints.","",""
"nonetheless","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3831","2","Nonetheless, Jojonah began to protest again, but Markwart cut him short.","",""
"gleam","Noun","UNKNOWN","3832","2","Father Abbot Markwart appeared wickedly intense, the gleam in his eyes seeming almost maniacal, and certainly frightening.","",""
"thrum","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3833","2","The ruby was thrumming in his hand, its magic intense and straining for release.","",""
"heartfelt","Noun","UNKNOWN","3834","2","Father Abbot Markwart burst out into the most heartfelt laughter Avelyn had ever heard.","",""
"ridgeline","Noun","UNKNOWN","3835","2","Elbryan's instincts - something about the air, perhaps, the aroma told him this was not the slope leading out of Dundalis up to the ridgeline, the slope where he had met the ...","",""
"internal","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3836","2","He swung about, some score of yards from the tavern entrance, and launched into a diatribe on the coming dark days, about a world unprepared to face the forces of evil, about a darkness being fed by the internal rot of the land.","",""
"buffet","Verb","UNKNOWN","3837","2","At the same moment that the air grew clear about him, strong winds buffeted him - not gusts but a continual blow.","",""
"unmoving","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3838","2","Elbryan looked down the slope curiously, just the few feet to the unmoving mist.","",""
"chime","Verb","UNKNOWN","3839","2","Somehow he knew the speaker was not human, that no human voice could chime so sweetly, so perfectly.","",""
"supple","Noun","UNKNOWN","3840","2","This creature's limbs didn't look skinny, any more than did the supple branches of a bending willow.","",""
"bending","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3841","2","This creature's limbs didn't look skinny, any more than did the supple branches of a bending willow.","",""
"plainly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3842","2","The way the words were spoken, however plainly and without any apparent deception allowed Elbryan to relax somewhat.","",""
"deception","Singular","UNKNOWN","3843","2","The way the words were spoken, however plainly and without any apparent deception allowed Elbryan to relax somewhat.","",""
"shimmer","Noun","UNKNOWN","3844","2","It was as if the being shone of its own accord, an inner light making the flowing hair glow and shimmer.","",""
"relative","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3845","2","Juraviel had a response for that, a remark concerning the relative unpreparedness of Dundalis in the face of such knowledge.","",""
"equip","Verb","UNKNOWN","3846","2","Thus was Brother Justice equipped to find and destroy Avelyn.","",""
"destroying","Noun","UNKNOWN","3847","2","Elbryan nodded; he had heard of the fierce powries and their reputation for destroying human ships.","",""
"croak","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3848","2","Elbryan knew that, could hear it in the shriek of every bird, in the movements of squirrels, agitated by the presence of such numbers, by the thunder of a giant's step or the rolling war machines, by the croaks of powrie generals, the eager whines of bloodthirsty goblins.","",""
"strode","Noun","UNKNOWN","3849","2","Before the startled young man could even ask how Belli'mar Juraviel might have come by his name, the creature turned and strode into the mist, disappearing from sight.","",""
"shallow","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3850","2","The creature wasn't following a trail, Elbryan believed, but was making one, walking as easily and openly through the underbrush as a man might wade through a shallow pond.","",""
"tidy","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3851","2","There could be only one answer, for no living creature, not even one of the great dragons of the north, could so tear this amount of ground in such an even, tidy manner.","",""
"arrogance","Noun","UNKNOWN","3852","2","Elbryan realized the arrogance of that notion, an almost sinful pride,.","",""
"impulse","Noun","UNKNOWN","3853","2","But the dactyl was not a stupid creature and could control its impulses, even those bent upon destruction, which the demon loved above all else.","",""
"exaggerated","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3854","2","Might be the animals, might be the plants."" Bradwarden stopped and offered an exaggerated wink that Elbryan, still a fair distance down the hill, saw clearly.","",""
"unpleasant","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3855","2","The ranger quickly removed his clothes, the grass feeling scratchy but not unpleasant to his feet.","",""
"likeness","Noun","UNKNOWN","3856","2","Twin rows of massive columns, each carved into the likeness of a giant warrior, lined the room.","",""
"peril","Noun","UNKNOWN","3857","2","The journey was too treacherous, and if the crew had been well paid, as promised, they would have had no reason to dare the perils of the South Mirianic again.","",""
"bloodline","Noun","UNKNOWN","3858","2","But after speaking with the boy, Juraviel was even more convinced that this was indeed the true bloodline of Mather, and an appropriate ranger-in-training.","",""
"remainder","Noun","UNKNOWN","3859","2","He spent the remainder of the afternoon caught up in the sights and smells.","",""
"going","Noun","UNKNOWN","3860","2","Elbryan had stopped at the top of the hillock, but he felt as if he were still going up, still ascending to those brilliant, twinkling dots.","",""
"ascend","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3861","2","Elbryan had stopped at the top of the hillock, but he felt as if he were still going up, still ascending to those brilliant, twinkling dots.","",""
"singer","Noun","UNKNOWN","3862","2","The song was strong, though not loud, with many voices joining in, but Elbryan never caught a glimpse of any of the singers, saw no elf nor any other creature the rest of that night.","",""
"oak","Noun","UNKNOWN","3863","2","Juraviel found him at dawn, curled in a hollow at the base of a wide oak.","",""
"unanswered","Verb","UNKNOWN","3864","2","They are to me the shining symbol of all the unanswered questions of human existence, of our place in this vast sky, of our purpose, of death itself.","",""
"temporary","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3865","2","I had ascended from this temporary existence, from a place of constant change to a place of eternity.","",""
"breech","Noun","UNKNOWN","3866","2","Elbryan rolled his breeches up over his knees - not that the worn and ragged pants would stay that way for long!","",""
"reckon","Verb","UNKNOWN","3867","2","By his reckoning, the winter solstice had passed, and he knew Dundalis, or what was left of the village, was likely under several feel of snow.","",""
"gusting","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3868","2","The weather was rough over the next few days - mercifully so, in Avelyn's estimation, because he and his companions were kept very busy, attending rigging, a dangerous yet thrilling exercise in the gusting winds, and crawling in the dark belowdecks, checking for leaks in the hull.","",""
"reed","Noun","UNKNOWN","3869","2","Parting one patch of reeds, the boy found his first stone of the day, bobbing low in the water.","",""
"flavored","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3870","2","When he squeezed them, extracting the now-flavored liquid, the elves would inevitably complain about how little he had collected.","",""
"ironically","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3871","2","The monk had found peace within himself, ironically, in the midst of a war, a battle that Avelyn knew justified the actions that had weighed so heavily on him these last years.","",""
"sticky","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3872","2","those silken elven strands, which, Elbryan found out soon enough, could be made as sticky and clingy as a spiderweb.","",""
"loaded","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3873","2","He got his reward for his morning's toils when he returned to the bog to collect the tenth loaded basket.","",""
"impossible","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3874","2","Here, high stones lined both sides of the trail, making passage off the path nearly impossible unless Elbryan took a circuitous route quite deep into the underbrush.","",""
"circuitous","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3875","2","Here, high stones lined both sides of the trail, making passage off the path nearly impossible unless Elbryan took a circuitous route quite deep into the underbrush.","",""
"trellis","Noun","UNKNOWN","3876","2","- and had cleverly covered it with a layer of dirt and fallen leaves, supported by a trellis of woven sticks.","",""
"woven","Noun","UNKNOWN","3877","2","Into the spike, the beast sent its vision, the telltale tracings of human-woven magic.","",""
"phony","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3878","2","He would have leaped clear of the phony, only to drop heavily into the real one.","",""
"dimension","Plural","UNKNOWN","3879","2","Now it was Elbryan's turn to laugh, as he discerned the dimensions of the true trap, then easily leaped it, leaving the last few feet of the path, the last expanse to the food, open to him.","",""
"fletchings","Noun","UNKNOWN","3880","2","A long arrow protruded from its back, an arrow with fletchings familiar to the woman.","",""
"clothe","Verb","UNKNOWN","3881","2","Not a sound came from about the beast as, clothing and all, the dactyl devoured the torn skin of Gothra.","",""
"cowards","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3882","2","Are you cowards, then?","",""
"mess","Noun","UNKNOWN","3883","2","It struck the bowl of stew, overturning it and making a mess of the meal.","",""
"miserably","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3884","2","Surely Tuntun would have to come to him, if for no other reason than to tell him how miserably he had failed in protecting the three towns!","",""
"veritable","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3885","2","He wheeled, but Tuntun turned with him, staying behind him and punching out a veritable drum roll on his upper back.","",""
"indignantly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3886","2","""He fights like a human,"" Tuntun answered indignantly.","",""
"porous","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3887","2","His spirit walked free of his body, passed through the porous wood of the door and past the pair of oblivious guards.","",""
"bard","Noun","UNKNOWN","3888","2","Elbryan scrambled to get to the spot, saw the monk land heavily atop one rocky outcropping and then tumble right over it, a fifteen-foot plummet to bard stone.","",""
"defiance","Noun","UNKNOWN","3889","2","The monk snarled in defiance and kicked at the heavy door.","",""
"finality","Noun","UNKNOWN","3890","2","of holding it over the trough, hurled it into the brush nearby, an act of defiance and of finality.","",""
"angling","Noun","UNKNOWN","3891","2","Juraviel took full advantage, put Elbryan off balance and kept on twisting, angling the boy over the trough.","",""
"illogic","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3892","2","Elbryan's thoughts shifted to the illogic of it all.","",""
"inhuman","Noun","UNKNOWN","3893","2","Jojonah closed his eyes and remembered all the times Siherton had warned him about Avelyn's almost inhuman dedication.","",""
"substitute","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3894","2","Yet measured against the speed and agility of the elves, the fluidity of their movements, substituting perfect balance for lack of weight and strength, Elbryan truly felt a novice.","",""
"astounding","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3895","2","Juraviel, lighter and smaller, had put him down with astounding ease, a simple movement for which Elbryan had no counter.","",""
"gangly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3896","2","As the weeks became months, and they became a year, and then two, Elbryan was hardly recognizable as the short gangly boy that Jilseponie had once beat up.","",""
"proprietor","Noun","UNKNOWN","3897","2","of the tavern's proprietor, a jolly-looking man, and without a word - I suppose that was the moment the folk of the village began to suspect that l was a bit unusual - headed back the way I had come.","",""
"reputedly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3898","2","Palmaris was second in size in all the Kingdom of Honce-the-Bear only to Ursal, the throne seat, further upriver, though neither were reputedly as populous as the great, crowded cities of the southern kingdom of Behren.","",""
"commonly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3899","2","The attack was fairly strongthough he would have expected more from powerful Brother Avelyn - but the sunstone was among the most potent of all the stones of St.-Mere-Abelle, its defenses even more complete than the chrysoberyl more commonly used, and its power was more tightly focused than any other, a simple shield against magic.","",""
"customer","Noun","UNKNOWN","3900","2","In the Way, a single piece of silver would get you a hot meal, and a mere smile, whether you were a paying customer or not, would coax from Graevis or from most of the other usual patrons or workers a marvelous tale.","",""
1 lemma pos cefr_level coverage_rank global_frequency context_sentence context_sentence_zh definition_zh
2 pounding retrieval Noun UNKNOWN 3801 2 And through it all, barehanded and with weapons, they would square off against each other, pounding on each other relentlessly. All that should have mattered was the retrieval of the stones.
3 mutual brightness Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3802 2 There was supposed to be no anger toward an opponent, only respect and mutual learning, but Quintall growled whenever the masters paired him against Avelyn. Pony and Avelyn had underestimated the distance and camped outside Weedy Meadow that night, the monk reasoning that it would be better for them to go into town with such grim warnings during the brightness of day.
4 superiority daytime Noun UNKNOWN 3803 2 He stood with an air of superiority, posture perfect, hand on gilded rapier. The daytime training was not as easy or as inspiring for Avelyn.
5 serpent revelation Noun Plural UNKNOWN 3804 2 In most of the maneuvers, the monks were supposed to pull their punches, but Quintall often blasted the breath from Avelyn; there was no striking above the shoulders allowed, but more than once, Quintall knifed a "serpent hand" across Avelyn's throat, dropping him to his knees, gasping for breath. He found the many prayer rituals boring, even trite, in light of the revelations he was finding every night.
6 eliminate sunrise Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3805 2 The slips had become too common; Avelyn honestly believed Quintall meant to eliminate the competition. He noted that the sky had turned a funny color, a purplish, rosy hue the likes of which Avelyn had only seen at sunrise or sunset, and then only on the appropriate horizon.
7 goose noon Noun UNKNOWN 3806 2 Quintall's grin was certainly as far from Godlike as anything Avelyn had ever seen, and the fact that their training with weapons, where wounds could easily become more severe, was not far away, brought goose bumps to the scholarly young man. The boy believed the sun to be in the west, halfway from noon to sunset.
8 removed frigid Adjective UNKNOWN 3807 2 Perhaps this training was not so far removed from the nighttime training, which Avelyn considered more important. In addition, all four were taught the ways of the sea, spending many hours on a small boat rocking in the waves on the rough, frigid waters of All Saints Bay.
9 cocky barehanded Adjective PastTense UNKNOWN 3808 2 Who might this leader of the herd be to inspire such uncharacteristic respect from cocky Bradwarden? For the first year, they would study barehanded techniques, punching and grappling.
10 vague pounding Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3809 2 Master Jojonah's instructions were vague at best, but Avelyn came to understand them in his heart. And through it all, barehanded and with weapons, they would square off against each other, pounding on each other relentlessly.
11 twinkle mutual Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3810 2 Soon the sky was clear above him, the first stars twinkling into view. There was supposed to be no anger toward an opponent, only respect and mutual learning, but Quintall growled whenever the masters paired him against Avelyn.
12 pet superiority Noun UNKNOWN 3811 2 "The war goes well, my pet," the dactyl went on. He could not beat Avelyn at the Ring Stone studies, but he gained a measure of superiority during the day.
13 awe serpent Noun UNKNOWN 3812 2 But the quiet awe. In most of the maneuvers, the monks were supposed to pull their punches, but Quintall often blasted the breath from Avelyn; there was no striking above the shoulders allowed, but more than once, Quintall knifed a "serpent hand" across Avelyn's throat, dropping him to his knees, gasping for breath.
14 factor eliminate Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3813 2 Was their mission the overriding factor here, for if they attacked and were beaten back, killed, or captured, then who would go on to the smoking mountain to stand against the demon dactyl? The slips had become too common; Avelyn honestly believed Quintall meant to eliminate the competition.
15 ascension goose Noun UNKNOWN 3814 2 There were in the abbey no more than four other monks, three of them masters and one Father Abbot Markwart himself, who could so distinguish magical intensity, and that fact had been the determining factor in Dalebert Markwart's ascension to the highest rank, for his chief rival could not determine magical intensity in individual stones. Quintall's grin was certainly as far from Godlike as anything Avelyn had ever seen, and the fact that their training with weapons, where wounds could easily become more severe, was not far away, brought goose bumps to the scholarly young man.
16 dreary removed Adjective UNKNOWN 3815 2 He set out from the abbey one dark and dreary morning, riding an ash-gray mare, not swift of hoof but long in heart. Perhaps this training was not so far removed from the nighttime training, which Avelyn considered more important.
17 staircase cocky Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3816 2 "Finished already?" Grady called as he descended the wide, sweeping staircase of House Battlebrow, the most renowned brothel in all of Palmaris. Who might this leader of the herd be to inspire such uncharacteristic respect from cocky Bradwarden?
18 eavesdrop vague Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3817 2 Avelyn tried hard not to eavesdrop, but he did catch snatches of the conversation, mostly Siherton complaining vigorously that this was against strict procedure. Master Jojonah's instructions were vague at best, but Avelyn came to understand them in his heart.
19 unintentionally twinkle Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 3818 2 "Not a test, but a show," Jojonah argued, * unintentionally lifting his voice. Soon the sky was clear above him, the first stars twinkling into view.
20 upraise pet Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3819 2 Finally, Father Abbot Markwart halted the conversation with an upraised hand. He was to watch the night sky, to learn every twinkle of light, to become so familiar with the visible stars that he would not only know their given names but also might create pet names of his own for them.
21 awestruck awe Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3820 2 From the trees behind Elbryan, Pony and Avelyn watched awestruck. Half an hour passed uneventfully, Elbryan walking and looking about, constantly awed by the beauty and the.
22 chrysotile factor Noun UNKNOWN 3821 2 He held out his left hand and opened it to show Avelyn three stones: malachite, ringed with various shades of green; shining, polished amber; and a silvery piece of chrysotile, the largest of the three resembling a sheet of straight bars, long and narrow lying side by side. Was their mission the overriding factor here, for if they attacked and were beaten back, killed, or captured, then who would go on to the smoking mountain to stand against the demon dactyl?
23 disparate ascension Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3822 2 Avelyn considered the sight from two widely disparate viewpoints. There were in the abbey no more than four other monks, three of them masters and one Father Abbot Markwart himself, who could so distinguish magical intensity, and that fact had been the determining factor in Dalebert Markwart's ascension to the highest rank, for his chief rival could not determine magical intensity in individual stones.
24 nonetheless dreary Adjective UNKNOWN 3823 2 Nonetheless, Jojonah began to protest again, but Markwart cut him short. He set out from the abbey one dark and dreary morning, riding an ash-gray mare, not swift of hoof but long in heart.
25 gleam staircase Noun UNKNOWN 3824 2 Father Abbot Markwart appeared wickedly intense, the gleam in his eyes seeming almost maniacal, and certainly frightening. "Finished already?" Grady called as he descended the wide, sweeping staircase of House Battlebrow, the most renowned brothel in all of Palmaris.
26 thrum eavesdrop Gerund Noun UNKNOWN 3825 2 The ruby was thrumming in his hand, its magic intense and straining for release. Avelyn tried hard not to eavesdrop, but he did catch snatches of the conversation, mostly Siherton complaining vigorously that this was against strict procedure.
27 heartfelt unintentionally Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 3826 2 Father Abbot Markwart burst out into the most heartfelt laughter Avelyn had ever heard. She dropped the sword - unintentionally, Elbryan knew, for it fell harmlessly to the side - so the young man graciously pulled the pole out straight so Tuntun wouldn't fall off balance to either side.
28 ridgeline upraise Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3827 2 Elbryan's instincts - something about the air, perhaps, the aroma told him this was not the slope leading out of Dundalis up to the ridgeline, the slope where he had met the ... Finally, Father Abbot Markwart halted the conversation with an upraised hand.
29 internal awestruck Adjective Verb UNKNOWN 3828 2 "West," Elbryan decided after studying it for a moment, his instincts, his internal directional sense, sorting things out. From the trees behind Elbryan, Pony and Avelyn watched awestruck.
30 buffet chrysotile Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3829 2 Cold winds and stinging spray buffeted the crew. He held out his left hand and opened it to show Avelyn three stones: malachite, ringed with various shades of green; shining, polished amber; and a silvery piece of chrysotile, the largest of the three resembling a sheet of straight bars, long and narrow lying side by side.
31 unmoving disparate Adjective UNKNOWN 3830 2 Elbryan looked down the slope curiously, just the few feet to the unmoving mist. Avelyn considered the sight from two widely disparate viewpoints.
32 chime nonetheless Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 3831 2 Somehow he knew the speaker was not human, that no human voice could chime so sweetly, so perfectly. Nonetheless, Jojonah began to protest again, but Markwart cut him short.
33 supple gleam Noun UNKNOWN 3832 2 This creature's limbs didn't look skinny, any more than did the supple branches of a bending willow. Father Abbot Markwart appeared wickedly intense, the gleam in his eyes seeming almost maniacal, and certainly frightening.
34 bending thrum Adjective Gerund UNKNOWN 3833 2 This creature's limbs didn't look skinny, any more than did the supple branches of a bending willow. The ruby was thrumming in his hand, its magic intense and straining for release.
35 plainly heartfelt Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 3834 2 The way the words were spoken, however plainly and without any apparent deception allowed Elbryan to relax somewhat. Father Abbot Markwart burst out into the most heartfelt laughter Avelyn had ever heard.
36 deception ridgeline Singular Noun UNKNOWN 3835 2 The way the words were spoken, however plainly and without any apparent deception allowed Elbryan to relax somewhat. Elbryan's instincts - something about the air, perhaps, the aroma told him this was not the slope leading out of Dundalis up to the ridgeline, the slope where he had met the ...
37 shimmer internal Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3836 2 It was as if the being shone of its own accord, an inner light making the flowing hair glow and shimmer. He swung about, some score of yards from the tavern entrance, and launched into a diatribe on the coming dark days, about a world unprepared to face the forces of evil, about a darkness being fed by the internal rot of the land.
38 relative buffet Adjective Verb UNKNOWN 3837 2 Juraviel had a response for that, a remark concerning the relative unpreparedness of Dundalis in the face of such knowledge. At the same moment that the air grew clear about him, strong winds buffeted him - not gusts but a continual blow.
39 equip unmoving Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 3838 2 Thus was Brother Justice equipped to find and destroy Avelyn. Elbryan looked down the slope curiously, just the few feet to the unmoving mist.
40 destroying chime Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3839 2 Am I goblin or fomorian?" Juraviel asked calmly, that melodic voice alone destroying any possible comparisons to the croaking and growling monsters. Somehow he knew the speaker was not human, that no human voice could chime so sweetly, so perfectly.
41 croak supple Gerund Noun UNKNOWN 3840 2 Am I goblin or fomorian?" Juraviel asked calmly, that melodic voice alone destroying any possible comparisons to the croaking and growling monsters. This creature's limbs didn't look skinny, any more than did the supple branches of a bending willow.
42 strode bending Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3841 2 Boldly the monk strode forward, stepped up on the leading wall of obsidian, and forward, too, went his magical shield, stealing the demon's heat. This creature's limbs didn't look skinny, any more than did the supple branches of a bending willow.
43 shallow plainly Adjective Adverb UNKNOWN 3842 2 The creature wasn't following a trail, Elbryan believed, but was making one, walking as easily and openly through the underbrush as a man might wade through a shallow pond. The way the words were spoken, however plainly and without any apparent deception allowed Elbryan to relax somewhat.
44 tidy deception Adjective Singular UNKNOWN 3843 2 There could be only one answer, for no living creature, not even one of the great dragons of the north, could so tear this amount of ground in such an even, tidy manner. The way the words were spoken, however plainly and without any apparent deception allowed Elbryan to relax somewhat.
45 arrogance shimmer Noun UNKNOWN 3844 2 Elbryan realized the arrogance of that notion, an almost sinful pride,. It was as if the being shone of its own accord, an inner light making the flowing hair glow and shimmer.
46 impulse relative Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3845 2 But the dactyl was not a stupid creature and could control its impulses, even those bent upon destruction, which the demon loved above all else. Juraviel had a response for that, a remark concerning the relative unpreparedness of Dundalis in the face of such knowledge.
47 exaggerated equip Adjective Verb UNKNOWN 3846 2 Might be the animals, might be the plants." Bradwarden stopped and offered an exaggerated wink that Elbryan, still a fair distance down the hill, saw clearly. Thus was Brother Justice equipped to find and destroy Avelyn.
48 widening destroying Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3847 2 The sharks would feed on the dead, and the frantic actions of those still alive combined with the widening blood spill would likely bring more in, he knew. Elbryan nodded; he had heard of the fierce powries and their reputation for destroying human ships.
49 unpleasant croak Adjective Gerund UNKNOWN 3848 2 The ranger quickly removed his clothes, the grass feeling scratchy but not unpleasant to his feet. Elbryan knew that, could hear it in the shriek of every bird, in the movements of squirrels, agitated by the presence of such numbers, by the thunder of a giant's step or the rolling war machines, by the croaks of powrie generals, the eager whines of bloodthirsty goblins.
50 likeness strode Noun UNKNOWN 3849 2 Twin rows of massive columns, each carved into the likeness of a giant warrior, lined the room. Before the startled young man could even ask how Belli'mar Juraviel might have come by his name, the creature turned and strode into the mist, disappearing from sight.
51 peril shallow Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3850 2 The journey was too treacherous, and if the crew had been well paid, as promised, they would have had no reason to dare the perils of the South Mirianic again. The creature wasn't following a trail, Elbryan believed, but was making one, walking as easily and openly through the underbrush as a man might wade through a shallow pond.
52 bloodline tidy Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3851 2 But after speaking with the boy, Juraviel was even more convinced that this was indeed the true bloodline of Mather, and an appropriate ranger-in-training. There could be only one answer, for no living creature, not even one of the great dragons of the north, could so tear this amount of ground in such an even, tidy manner.
53 remainder arrogance Noun UNKNOWN 3852 2 He spent the remainder of the afternoon caught up in the sights and smells. Elbryan realized the arrogance of that notion, an almost sinful pride,.
54 going impulse Noun UNKNOWN 3853 2 Elbryan had stopped at the top of the hillock, but he felt as if he were still going up, still ascending to those brilliant, twinkling dots. But the dactyl was not a stupid creature and could control its impulses, even those bent upon destruction, which the demon loved above all else.
55 ascend exaggerated Gerund Adjective UNKNOWN 3854 2 Elbryan had stopped at the top of the hillock, but he felt as if he were still going up, still ascending to those brilliant, twinkling dots. Might be the animals, might be the plants." Bradwarden stopped and offered an exaggerated wink that Elbryan, still a fair distance down the hill, saw clearly.
56 spiritually unpleasant Adverb Adjective UNKNOWN 3855 2 Though he was back on earth, spiritually, the music remained, soft and wonderful, emanating from every shadow, from every tree, from the ground itself. The ranger quickly removed his clothes, the grass feeling scratchy but not unpleasant to his feet.
57 singer likeness Noun UNKNOWN 3856 2 His direction chosen, he started off, determined to find the singer. Twin rows of massive columns, each carved into the likeness of a giant warrior, lined the room.
58 oak peril Noun UNKNOWN 3857 2 Juraviel found him at dawn, curled in a hollow at the base of a wide oak. The journey was too treacherous, and if the crew had been well paid, as promised, they would have had no reason to dare the perils of the South Mirianic again.
59 unanswered bloodline Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3858 2 They are to me the shining symbol of all the unanswered questions of human existence, of our place in this vast sky, of our purpose, of death itself. But after speaking with the boy, Juraviel was even more convinced that this was indeed the true bloodline of Mather, and an appropriate ranger-in-training.
60 temporary remainder Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3859 2 I had ascended from this temporary existence, from a place of constant change to a place of eternity. He spent the remainder of the afternoon caught up in the sights and smells.
61 breech going Noun UNKNOWN 3860 2 CHAPTER 10 Made of Tougher Stuff Elbryan rolled his breeches up over his knees - not that the worn and ragged pants would stay that way for long! Elbryan had stopped at the top of the hillock, but he felt as if he were still going up, still ascending to those brilliant, twinkling dots.
62 singsong ascend Noun Gerund UNKNOWN 3861 2 From somewhere in the thick brush behind him, he heard a call, "Be quick about it!" The words were not spoken in the common tongue of Honce-the-Bear but in the singsong, melodious language of the elves, a language Elbryan was already beginning to comprehend. Elbryan had stopped at the top of the hillock, but he felt as if he were still going up, still ascending to those brilliant, twinkling dots.
63 reckon singer Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3862 2 By his reckoning, the winter solstice had passed, and he knew Dundalis, or what was left of the village, was likely under several feel of snow. The song was strong, though not loud, with many voices joining in, but Elbryan never caught a glimpse of any of the singers, saw no elf nor any other creature the rest of that night.
64 gusting oak Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3863 2 He remembered well the hardships, and the excitement, of Dundalis in the winter, the gusting wind throwing icy particles against the side of the cabin, the piles of blowing snow, sometimes so deep that he and his father had to break through a drift just to get outside! Juraviel found him at dawn, curled in a hollow at the base of a wide oak.
65 reed unanswered Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3864 2 Parting one patch of reeds, the boy found his first stone of the day, bobbing low in the water. They are to me the shining symbol of all the unanswered questions of human existence, of our place in this vast sky, of our purpose, of death itself.
66 flavored temporary Adjective UNKNOWN 3865 2 When he squeezed them, extracting the now-flavored liquid, the elves would inevitably complain about how little he had collected. I had ascended from this temporary existence, from a place of constant change to a place of eternity.
67 ironically breech Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 3866 2 The monk had found peace within himself, ironically, in the midst of a war, a battle that Avelyn knew justified the actions that had weighed so heavily on him these last years. Elbryan rolled his breeches up over his knees - not that the worn and ragged pants would stay that way for long!
68 sticky reckon Adjective Verb UNKNOWN 3867 2 those silken elven strands, which, Elbryan found out soon enough, could be made as sticky and clingy as a spiderweb. By his reckoning, the winter solstice had passed, and he knew Dundalis, or what was left of the village, was likely under several feel of snow.
69 loaded gusting Adjective UNKNOWN 3868 2 He got his reward for his morning's toils when he returned to the bog to collect the tenth loaded basket. The weather was rough over the next few days - mercifully so, in Avelyn's estimation, because he and his companions were kept very busy, attending rigging, a dangerous yet thrilling exercise in the gusting winds, and crawling in the dark belowdecks, checking for leaks in the hull.
70 impossible reed Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3869 2 Here, high stones lined both sides of the trail, making passage off the path nearly impossible unless Elbryan took a circuitous route quite deep into the underbrush. Parting one patch of reeds, the boy found his first stone of the day, bobbing low in the water.
71 circuitous flavored Adjective UNKNOWN 3870 2 Here, high stones lined both sides of the trail, making passage off the path nearly impossible unless Elbryan took a circuitous route quite deep into the underbrush. When he squeezed them, extracting the now-flavored liquid, the elves would inevitably complain about how little he had collected.
72 trellis ironically Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 3871 2 - and had cleverly covered it with a layer of dirt and fallen leaves, supported by a trellis of woven sticks. The monk had found peace within himself, ironically, in the midst of a war, a battle that Avelyn knew justified the actions that had weighed so heavily on him these last years.
73 woven sticky Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3872 2 Into the spike, the beast sent its vision, the telltale tracings of human-woven magic. those silken elven strands, which, Elbryan found out soon enough, could be made as sticky and clingy as a spiderweb.
74 phony loaded Adjective UNKNOWN 3873 2 He would have leaped clear of the phony, only to drop heavily into the real one. He got his reward for his morning's toils when he returned to the bog to collect the tenth loaded basket.
75 dimension impossible Plural Adjective UNKNOWN 3874 2 Now it was Elbryan's turn to laugh, as he discerned the dimensions of the true trap, then easily leaped it, leaving the last few feet of the path, the last expanse to the food, open to him. Here, high stones lined both sides of the trail, making passage off the path nearly impossible unless Elbryan took a circuitous route quite deep into the underbrush.
76 fletchings circuitous Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3875 2 A long arrow protruded from its back, an arrow with fletchings familiar to the woman. Here, high stones lined both sides of the trail, making passage off the path nearly impossible unless Elbryan took a circuitous route quite deep into the underbrush.
77 clothe trellis Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3876 2 Not a sound came from about the beast as, clothing and all, the dactyl devoured the torn skin of Gothra. - and had cleverly covered it with a layer of dirt and fallen leaves, supported by a trellis of woven sticks.
78 cowards woven Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 3877 2 Are you cowards, then? Into the spike, the beast sent its vision, the telltale tracings of human-woven magic.
79 mess phony Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3878 2 It struck the bowl of stew, overturning it and making a mess of the meal. He would have leaped clear of the phony, only to drop heavily into the real one.
80 miserably dimension Adverb Plural UNKNOWN 3879 2 Surely Tuntun would have to come to him, if for no other reason than to tell him how miserably he had failed in protecting the three towns! Now it was Elbryan's turn to laugh, as he discerned the dimensions of the true trap, then easily leaped it, leaving the last few feet of the path, the last expanse to the food, open to him.
81 veritable fletchings Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3880 2 He wheeled, but Tuntun turned with him, staying behind him and punching out a veritable drum roll on his upper back. A long arrow protruded from its back, an arrow with fletchings familiar to the woman.
82 indignantly clothe Adverb Verb UNKNOWN 3881 2 "He fights like a human," Tuntun answered indignantly. Not a sound came from about the beast as, clothing and all, the dactyl devoured the torn skin of Gothra.
83 porous cowards Adjective Adverb UNKNOWN 3882 2 His spirit walked free of his body, passed through the porous wood of the door and past the pair of oblivious guards. Are you cowards, then?
84 bard mess Noun UNKNOWN 3883 2 Their contacts in the wide human world were discrete and few, but the elves did enough trading so that they could bring desired items, curiosity pieces mostly, and a sampling of songs of the few human bards who could bring them pleasure, into their valley. It struck the bowl of stew, overturning it and making a mess of the meal.
85 defiance miserably Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 3884 2 The monk snarled in defiance and kicked at the heavy door. Surely Tuntun would have to come to him, if for no other reason than to tell him how miserably he had failed in protecting the three towns!
86 finality veritable Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3885 2 "It was God's will," Markwart said with finality. He wheeled, but Tuntun turned with him, staying behind him and punching out a veritable drum roll on his upper back.
87 angling indignantly Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 3886 2 Juraviel took full advantage, put Elbryan off balance and kept on twisting, angling the boy over the trough. "He fights like a human," Tuntun answered indignantly.
88 illogic porous Adjective UNKNOWN 3887 2 If you fail in this, if you do not prove yourself worthy of elven friendship, you cannot be let out into the world with the knowledge you have attained of our home and of our ways." Even as Elbryan started to protest, horrified at the thought of becoming a prisoner, Juraviel finished grimly, "Nor can you stay." Elbryan's thoughts shifted to the illogic of it all. His spirit walked free of his body, passed through the porous wood of the door and past the pair of oblivious guards.
89 inhuman bard Noun UNKNOWN 3888 2 Jojonah closed his eyes and remembered all the times Siherton had warned him about Avelyn's almost inhuman dedication. Elbryan scrambled to get to the spot, saw the monk land heavily atop one rocky outcropping and then tumble right over it, a fifteen-foot plummet to bard stone.
90 substitute defiance Gerund Noun UNKNOWN 3889 2 Yet measured against the speed and agility of the elves, the fluidity of their movements, substituting perfect balance for lack of weight and strength, Elbryan truly felt a novice. The monk snarled in defiance and kicked at the heavy door.
91 astounding finality Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3890 2 Juraviel, lighter and smaller, had put him down with astounding ease, a simple movement for which Elbryan had no counter. of holding it over the trough, hurled it into the brush nearby, an act of defiance and of finality.
92 gangly angling Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 3891 2 As the weeks became months, and they became a year, and then two, Elbryan was hardly recognizable as the short gangly boy that Jilseponie had once beat up. Juraviel took full advantage, put Elbryan off balance and kept on twisting, angling the boy over the trough.
93 proprietor illogic Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3892 2 CHAPTER 11 Cat-the-Stray "Corner table, Cat," called Graevis Chilichunk, the barkeep and proprietor of Fellowship Way, reputedly the finest inn in all the great city of Palmaris. Elbryan's thoughts shifted to the illogic of it all.
94 reputedly inhuman Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 3893 2 CHAPTER 11 Cat-the-Stray "Corner table, Cat," called Graevis Chilichunk, the barkeep and proprietor of Fellowship Way, reputedly the finest inn in all the great city of Palmaris. Jojonah closed his eyes and remembered all the times Siherton had warned him about Avelyn's almost inhuman dedication.
95 commonly substitute Adverb Gerund UNKNOWN 3894 2 Fellowship Way, or the Way, as it was commonly called, was not a large establishment, boasting only a dozen small, private rooms and a single common bedroom in the upstairs guest quarters, and a tavern that could hold no more than a hundred, and that with most folks standing. Yet measured against the speed and agility of the elves, the fluidity of their movements, substituting perfect balance for lack of weight and strength, Elbryan truly felt a novice.
96 customer astounding Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3895 2 In the Way, a single piece of silver would get you a hot meal, and a mere smile, whether you were a paying customer or not, would coax from Graevis or from most of the other usual patrons or workers a marvelous tale. Juraviel, lighter and smaller, had put him down with astounding ease, a simple movement for which Elbryan had no counter.
97 worker gangly Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 3896 2 He was a worker, a true frontiersman. As the weeks became months, and they became a year, and then two, Elbryan was hardly recognizable as the short gangly boy that Jilseponie had once beat up.
98 ample proprietor Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3897 2 They were about the same height, but Tol, with his barrel-like torso and ample belly, was heavier. of the tavern's proprietor, a jolly-looking man, and without a word - I suppose that was the moment the folk of the village began to suspect that l was a bit unusual - headed back the way I had come.
99 suitor reputedly Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 3898 2 And it was all done in such good fun that neither Graevis nor any suitor of her unsuspecting dance partner ever seemed to care. Palmaris was second in size in all the Kingdom of Honce-the-Bear only to Ursal, the throne seat, further upriver, though neither were reputedly as populous as the great, crowded cities of the southern kingdom of Behren.
100 unrivaled commonly Verb Adverb UNKNOWN 3899 2 Pettibwa just had an unrivaled love of life and of other people. The attack was fairly strongthough he would have expected more from powerful Brother Avelyn - but the sunstone was among the most potent of all the stones of St.-Mere-Abelle, its defenses even more complete than the chrysoberyl more commonly used, and its power was more tightly focused than any other, a simple shield against magic.
101 accent customer Noun UNKNOWN 3900 2 Elbryan couldn't make out every word; the goblins were using the language spoken by the common folk of Corona, but the creatures' accents were so thick, their slang so heavy, that the ranger could only get a general impression of their conversation. In the Way, a single piece of silver would get you a hot meal, and a mere smile, whether you were a paying customer or not, would coax from Graevis or from most of the other usual patrons or workers a marvelous tale.