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"lemma","pos","cefr_level","coverage_rank","context_sentence","context_sentence_zh","definition_zh"
"sarcasm","Noun","UNKNOWN","3901","""No, ye're not a pretty one, now are ye?"" Pettibwa cooed with smiling sarcasm, stroking Cat's hair.","",""
"devil","Noun","UNKNOWN","3902","She sensed that her hair had been much shorter then, back when she was young and all the world seemed a great adventure, back when the devils were just fireside stories to make, your skin tingle or imagined demons upon whom children could wage war.","",""
"meek","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3903","She offered a meek smile and a nod to Pettibwa, who returned them with a wink.","",""
"atmosphere","Noun","UNKNOWN","3904","But she knew, too, the atmosphere of the Way, and the last thing in the world the young woman wanted was to make things difficult for Graevis and Pettibwa, her saviors.","",""
"savior","Noun","UNKNOWN","3905","But she knew, too, the atmosphere of the Way, and the last thing in the world the young woman wanted was to make things difficult for Graevis and Pettibwa, her saviors.","",""
"barmaid","Noun","UNKNOWN","3906","Suddenly he was off balance, and then he was sitting on the floor, the pretty barmaid gliding out of reach.","",""
"champion","Noun","UNKNOWN","3907","""Even as we speak, your mighty champion and your precious companion are dying.","",""
"precisely","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3908","their goal through honor, Cat knew; was precisely the same as the drunk had attempted through offered gold.","",""
"graciously","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3909","She worked for another hour, and when her smile did not return, Graevis graciously bade her to take an early night.","",""
"toast","Noun","UNKNOWN","3910","Cat looked back appreciatively, and over Pettibwa's large round shoulder, she saw again the handsome well-dressed young man, watching her go, lifting his glass of wine in apparent toast to her.","",""
"solitude","Noun","UNKNOWN","3911","Her rage bubbled away, and she turned from the alley, walking back into the solitude of the darkened rooftop.","",""
"rightful","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3912","She envisioned herself as a light source, a blazing sun, rightful owner of this mortal coil, and she fought back.","",""
"inheritance","Noun","UNKNOWN","3913","Stiff even, and as the young woman had grown wiser to the ways of the world, she came to understand that Grady saw her as a threat to what he considered his rightful inheritance.","",""
"contrast","Noun","UNKNOWN","3914","His proper speech rang in sharp contrast to the street dialect of his parents.","",""
"expensive","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3915","He fancied himself an important man, and frequented the more expensive establishments near the duke's castle, and had even been in the castle on many occasions.","",""
"apron","Noun","UNKNOWN","3916","She shook her head, tossed her apron to the back of a nearby chair, gathered up her cloak, and headed out into the Palmaris night.","",""
"brine","Noun","UNKNOWN","3917","Even now, after nearly four years in Palmaris, when she knew every street, where to go, where to avoid, and when the dark image of the great Masur Delaval and the smell of brine and the wind filled with crisp wetness had become very familiar to her, she could not consider the place her home.","",""
"affectionately","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3918","It had been given to her affectionately, she knew, and with all sympathy for her pitiful predicament, and so she had not argued.","",""
"soot","Noun","UNKNOWN","3919","She remembered wandering into a village, dirty and wounded, covered in soot and blood.","",""
"phenomenon","Noun","UNKNOWN","3920","""The Halo,"" Cat-the-Stray muttered, and she realized that she had not seen the phenomenon since she had come to Palmaris.","",""
"metallic","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3921","She considered going back into the Way and inquiring about this Halo right then, but her concentration was broken by a sharp, metallic sound.","",""
"lovely","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3922","""Ah, me lovely,"" said the drunk from the bar.","",""
"namesake","Noun","UNKNOWN","3923","Quick as her namesake, the young woman leaped across and put her knee heavily into the drunk's chest, knocking him flat to the roof.","",""
"nibble","Verb","UNKNOWN","3924","But the young monk could not pull his mind far from the horrors he had witnessed, the encroaching evil that nibbled at the very heart of all that young Avelyn Desbris had held dear.","",""
"squirming","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3925","He pushed down hard to secure the squirming youngster and swung about, Hawkwing in his free hand, ready to fend off an attack.","",""
"ashamed","PastTense","UNKNOWN","3926","And she was not ashamed, not embarrassed, and no black wings of horrors past swept up about her.","",""
"bosom","Noun","UNKNOWN","3927","She took a deep breath and moved to the gutter, then down, meeting the eyes of no one, falling into the bosom of Pettibwa as soon as she spotted the woman, and whispering for Pettibwa to please take her to her room.","",""
"thrive","Verb","UNKNOWN","3928","Indeed she had thrived; initially, at least, in the military.","",""
"ingrained","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3929","It seemed that as every ceremony became ingrained within him, it lost a bit of its mystery, and thus, its holiness.","",""
"ideal","Noun","UNKNOWN","3930","For in the Ring Stones, the young man found his ideals satisfied.","",""
"considered","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3931","Sea journeys were not considered safe in God's Year 821, the year of the stone showers, and replacements might become necessary.","",""
"ironic","Verb","UNKNOWN","3932","The thought was more than a little unsettling to gentle Avelyn Desbris, and he thought it ironic that Quintall's anger was no more than proof that he, and not the stocky, ferocious man, was the better choice for Pimaninicuit.","",""
"reservation","Plural","UNKNOWN","3933","Even skeptical Master Siherton, whatever reservations he continued to hold about Avelyn as a fellow human being, had to admit that the man was the obvious choice, the God-given choice, for Pimaninicuit.","",""
"lobby","Verb","UNKNOWN","3934","Siherton maintained his tight bond with Quintall and lobbied for the younger man to be included - as Thagraine's replacement and not Avelyn's.","",""
"mediator","Noun","UNKNOWN","3935","By the third year, Master Siherton also became invaluable as a mediator between the two rivals from the class of God's Year 816, coaxing Quintall into easing up on his jealousy of Avelyn.","",""
"playing","Noun","UNKNOWN","3936","The centaur stopped his playing when he spotted his friend, his white smile growing wide within his bushy black beard.","",""
"watery","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3937","But for all the harsh reality, for all the possibilities that he would not survive, Avelyn watched the watery horizon for hint of those square sails most intently of all.","",""
"pinnacle","Noun","UNKNOWN","3938","To his thinking, this was the pinnacle of his existence, the greatest joy that a monk of St.-Mere-Abelle might know, the closest, before death, that he could ever get to his God.","",""
"office","Noun","UNKNOWN","3939","The other three chosen were already in the spacious office when Avelyn and Jojonah arrived.","",""
"mustache","Noun","UNKNOWN","3940","He had a garish scar running from ear to chin that seemed to Avelyn somehow gallant, and, unlike his scruffy companion, he was clean shaven except for a neatly trimmed mustache, rolling out from the sides of his mouth and curling up.","",""
"acutely","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3941","That garment held Avelyn's attention acutely, for he sensed that at least one of those jewels, a small ruby, was more than ornamental.","",""
"ornamental","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3942","That garment held Avelyn's attention acutely, for he sensed that at least one of those jewels, a small ruby, was more than ornamental.","",""
"trimmed","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3943","He was dirty and gray, his hair cropped short and badly trimmed, and his beard untended.","",""
"untended","PastTense","UNKNOWN","3944","He was dirty and gray, his hair cropped short and badly trimmed, and his beard untended.","",""
"seamen","Noun","UNKNOWN","3945","Avelyn had once heard the term ""salty dog"", in reference to seamen, and he thought that appropriate indeed for this one.","",""
"proximity","Noun","UNKNOWN","3946","- and yet, fighting in such proximity had him on the defensive for her sake.","",""
"commanding","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3947","Each day we spend this far north brings the very real chance of complete ruin.""
The four young monks exchanged glances; Avelyn was sympathetic to the captain's wishes and actually took some comfort in the man's commanding, if cold, demeanor.","",""
"pecking","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3948","The pecking order for the voyage had indeed been determined in just that manner.","",""
"bell","Noun","UNKNOWN","3949","The bells of the abbey pealed repeatedly, drawing curious onlookers from the nearby village of St.-Mere-Abelle.","",""
"peal","Verb","UNKNOWN","3950","The bells of the abbey pealed repeatedly, drawing curious onlookers from the nearby village of St.-Mere-Abelle.","",""
"bouncing","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3951","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.","",""
"noisily","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3952","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.","",""
"crusty","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3953","CHAPTER 13 Running Fast Down a Long, Long Road
Elbryan froze as he heard the crusty snow crunch under his feet.","",""
"jealous","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3954","Avelyn watched that stare, and the return look Quintall offered to the master, and he understood that, while Quintall hated him and was jealous of him, the man would indeed protect him at all costs on the journey to and from the island.","",""
"joyous","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3955","The ceremony went off perfectly solemn yet joyous, ladies crying, men standing tall and handsome.","",""
"extent","Noun","B2","3956","The young man paused then to consider the extent of his progress.","",""
"misstep","Noun","UNKNOWN","3957","Only the previous autumn, he would not even have noticed his last slight misstep.","",""
"clumsy","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3958","Elbryan had learned to walk nearly silently - though he still thought himself clumsy when measured against the graceful elves!","",""
"moot","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3959","The point was moot, anyway, for Elbryan never got close to touching the elusive deer.","",""
"exclaim","Verb","UNKNOWN","3960","""Elu touise!""
Juraviel exclaimed and patted the young man on the back.","",""
"despondently","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3961","""A wound that will not heal,"" the Lady said despondently.","",""
"fumbling","Noun","UNKNOWN","3962","Even the pursuit seemed left behind, the fumbling giants not keeping pace.","",""
"session","Plural","UNKNOWN","3963","Not that Juraviel and the others weren't strong; it constantly amazed Elbryan how much power an elf packed into its tiny frame, power he felt all too often in the sting of a practice sword's strike during his sparring sessions!","",""
"chat","Verb","UNKNOWN","3964","They chatted easily, Juraviel doing most of the talking, explaining this plant and that, talking of ways to bind a wound, then shifting the subject back to where Elbryan had performed well and where he had failed in his quest to slap the deer.","",""
"dice","Noun","UNKNOWN","3965","But perhaps he'd have time for a few drinks and a dice game before.","",""
"lodging","Noun","UNKNOWN","3966","Elbryan moved grudgingly to his lodging, a low, wide house on the bottom boughs of a thick-limbed elm.","",""
"sneakily","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3967","Elbryan smiled sneakily and went into a crouch.","",""
"shave","Verb","UNKNOWN","3968","Even his head was bare, for his superiors had shaved it.","",""
"feint","Noun","UNKNOWN","3969","He started with a cunning feint, boring in, mock spear leading, as if he meant to overrun the diminutive elf, and then pulling to an abrupt stop and swishing his weapon hard to the side.","",""
"counterclockwise","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3970","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.","",""
"clicking","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3971","Elbryan uttered a soft clicking sound, and Symphony responded by lifting his ears and nickering.","",""
"twirling","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3972","He hardly saw the elf's attacks, but he took comfort in the clicking sounds as the twirling pole picked off each one.","",""
"yelling","Noun","UNKNOWN","3973","The elf went into a headlong roll, right between the young man's widespread legs, came up to his feet behind the yelling and turning Elbryan, and reversed his momentum, stabbing both his poles back.","",""
"kidney","Noun","UNKNOWN","3974","He flinched as he straightened and grabbed at his kidney.","",""
"accusingly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3975","""I heard you,"" Elbryan said accusingly.","",""
"worried","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3976","Adjonas turned a worried glance at Quintall.","",""
"beating","Noun","UNKNOWN","3977","This man was tough, admirably so, and Jojonah feared he would die from the beatings before he would relinquish his identity.","",""
"gaily","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3978","The man left early, tipping his floppy beret to Cat as he exited, his light brown eyes sparkling gaily, and the young woman was both relieved and upset that this second meeting had ended so abruptly.","",""
"memories","Verb","UNKNOWN","3979","Only this time, they were just memories and not threatening black demons.","",""
"conniving","Noun","UNKNOWN","3980","""Will ye wait the man at the table near to the window for me?"" the conniving woman asked often, always with some excuse close at hand.","",""
"frustrated","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3981","He was in the tavern the next week, as well, and this time, Pettibwa, seeming a bit frustrated with the young woman, was more straightforward about insisting that the man was Cat's to serve.","",""
"acquaint","Verb","UNKNOWN","3982","""I believe that you are acquainted with my ..."" Grady fished for the right word, and Cat; blushing fiercely, wanted to smack him on the back of the head.","",""
"proportion","Singular","UNKNOWN","3983","Everything about her seemed to fit perfectly - her nose, eyes, and mouth in perfect proportion, her legs and arms long and slender but certainly not skinny.","",""
"gait","Noun","UNKNOWN","3984","Her gait enhanced that perception as well, for she walked with ease and fluidity, always balanced.","",""
"enhance","Verb","UNKNOWN","3985","Her gait enhanced that perception as well, for she walked with ease and fluidity, always balanced.","",""
"impressed","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3986","The centaur, for the very first time, seemed honestly impressed.","",""
"introduction","Singular","UNKNOWN","3987","Bradwarden the ...""
He stopped as Elbryan came out from behind the tree, the ranger rightly sensing that this introduction could go on for some time.","",""
"reflex","Noun","UNKNOWN","3988","She was no novice to battle, this one, with finely honed reflexes.","",""
"sarcastic","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3989","""Am I to swoon, then?"" Cat asked, growing bolder and more sarcastic.","",""
"spirited","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3990","""You are the spirited one,"" Connor remarked.","",""
"kitchen","Noun","UNKNOWN","3991","She worked in the kitchen at St.-Mere-Abelle, a beautiful young lady with long black hair and dark, mysterious eyes.","",""
"toothy","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3992","The older woman clapped her pudgy hands before her, her toothy smile nearly taking in her ears.","",""
"represent","Verb","UNKNOWN","3993","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.","",""
"reserve","Verb","UNKNOWN","3994","In truth, Cat had never been his ""little girl."" That had been reserved for another man, in some place far away, a place that Cat could not remember.","",""
"vaguely","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3995","Strange emotions swirled in Cat as he lightly touched her arm, vaguely familiar feelings but ones she had not felt in several years.","",""
"happiness","Noun","UNKNOWN","3996","And so it was with a true jumble of emotions, a purely teenage churning of confusion, fear and warmth, happiness and the verge of terror, that the young woman, no longer Cat-the-Stray, drifted off to a sleep of the sweetest dreams and the starkest nightmares.","",""
"endure","Verb","UNKNOWN","3997","But the old sea dog couldn't fathom the level of physical training these four men had endured.","",""
"crewman","Noun","UNKNOWN","3998","Ships had been found, so the stories went, intact and seaworthy, but with not a crewman aboard.","",""
"swimming","Noun","UNKNOWN","3999","There were indeed powries on her deck now, some with heavy crossbows; taking potshots at the swimming monks.","",""
"slave","Noun","UNKNOWN","4000","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.","",""
"lemma","pos","cefr_level","coverage_rank","global_frequency","context_sentence","context_sentence_zh","definition_zh"
"worker","Noun","UNKNOWN","3901","2","He was a worker, a true frontiersman.","",""
"ample","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3902","2","They were about the same height, but Tol, with his barrel-like torso and ample belly, was heavier.","",""
"suitor","Noun","UNKNOWN","3903","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.","",""
"unrivaled","Verb","UNKNOWN","3904","2","Pettibwa just had an unrivaled love of life and of other people.","",""
"accent","Noun","UNKNOWN","3905","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.","",""
"sarcasm","Noun","UNKNOWN","3906","2","Connor glared at him, hardly appreciating the sarcasm.","",""
"devil","Noun","UNKNOWN","3907","2","She sensed that her hair had been much shorter then, back when she was young and all the world seemed a great adventure, back when the devils were just fireside stories to make, your skin tingle or imagined demons upon whom children could wage war.","",""
"meek","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3908","2","She offered a meek smile and a nod to Pettibwa, who returned them with a wink.","",""
"atmosphere","Noun","UNKNOWN","3909","2","But she knew, too, the atmosphere of the Way, and the last thing in the world the young woman wanted was to make things difficult for Graevis and Pettibwa, her saviors.","",""
"savior","Noun","UNKNOWN","3910","2","But she knew, too, the atmosphere of the Way, and the last thing in the world the young woman wanted was to make things difficult for Graevis and Pettibwa, her saviors.","",""
"barmaid","Noun","UNKNOWN","3911","2","Suddenly he was off balance, and then he was sitting on the floor, the pretty barmaid gliding out of reach.","",""
"joke","Noun","UNKNOWN","3912","2","Avelyn saw nothing at all humorous in the ridiculous joke, nor did the few crewmen close enough at hand to hear the insults.","",""
"champion","Noun","UNKNOWN","3913","2","One in particular, handsomely dressed and well groomed, with light brown eyes that sparkled with intelligence and a calm demeanor that hinted at good breeding, nodded the young woman's way and smiled slightly, an invitation for Cat to name him as her champion.","",""
"precisely","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3914","2","their goal through honor, Cat knew; was precisely the same as the drunk had attempted through offered gold.","",""
"graciously","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3915","2","She worked for another hour, and when her smile did not return, Graevis graciously bade her to take an early night.","",""
"toast","Noun","UNKNOWN","3916","2","Cat looked back appreciatively, and over Pettibwa's large round shoulder, she saw again the handsome well-dressed young man, watching her go, lifting his glass of wine in apparent toast to her.","",""
"solitude","Noun","UNKNOWN","3917","2","Her rage bubbled away, and she turned from the alley, walking back into the solitude of the darkened rooftop.","",""
"rightful","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3918","2","She envisioned herself as a light source, a blazing sun, rightful owner of this mortal coil, and she fought back.","",""
"inheritance","Noun","UNKNOWN","3919","2","Stiff even, and as the young woman had grown wiser to the ways of the world, she came to understand that Grady saw her as a threat to what he considered his rightful inheritance.","",""
"contrast","Noun","UNKNOWN","3920","2","His proper speech rang in sharp contrast to the street dialect of his parents.","",""
"expensive","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3921","2","He fancied himself an important man, and frequented the more expensive establishments near the duke's castle, and had even been in the castle on many occasions.","",""
"apron","Noun","UNKNOWN","3922","2","Sometime later, Pettibwa came out of the inn, rubbing her hands on her apron, wiping the sweat from her brow, smiling, always smiling, as she went about the business of her life.","",""
"brine","Noun","UNKNOWN","3923","2","Even now, after nearly four years in Palmaris, when she knew every street, where to go, where to avoid, and when the dark image of the great Masur Delaval and the smell of brine and the wind filled with crisp wetness had become very familiar to her, she could not consider the place her home.","",""
"affectionately","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3924","2","It had been given to her affectionately, she knew, and with all sympathy for her pitiful predicament, and so she had not argued.","",""
"soot","Noun","UNKNOWN","3925","2","There lay Avelyn, motionless and soot covered.","",""
"tag","Verb","UNKNOWN","3926","2","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.","",""
"phenomenon","Noun","UNKNOWN","3927","2","Perhaps, but Juraviel knew, too, that such events might accompany a larger and darker phenomenon, that earthquakes that could tear the earth as here, that goblin raids upon villages, like the one that had orphaned Elbryan not five years before, might signal something evil indeed.","",""
"metallic","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3928","2","She considered going back into the Way and inquiring about this Halo right then, but her concentration was broken by a sharp, metallic sound.","",""
"lovely","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3929","2","She went for the walk, and truly had a lovely time, for she found that Connor was as easy to talk to as he was to look, at.","",""
"namesake","Noun","UNKNOWN","3930","2","Quick as her namesake, the young woman leaped across and put her knee heavily into the drunk's chest, knocking him flat to the roof.","",""
"nibble","Verb","UNKNOWN","3931","2","But the young monk could not pull his mind far from the horrors he had witnessed, the encroaching evil that nibbled at the very heart of all that young Avelyn Desbris had held dear.","",""
"squirming","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3932","2","He pushed down hard to secure the squirming youngster and swung about, Hawkwing in his free hand, ready to fend off an attack.","",""
"ashamed","PastTense","UNKNOWN","3933","2","And she was not ashamed, not embarrassed, and no black wings of horrors past swept up about her.","",""
"bosom","Noun","UNKNOWN","3934","2","The woman desperately wanted to seek out Graevis and Pettibwa, to tell them she was all right, to hug them and fall comfortably onto Pettibwa's soft bosom.","",""
"thrive","Verb","UNKNOWN","3935","2","Brothers Avelyn, Quintall, Pellimar, and Thagraine learned to survive, even thrive, on no more than four hours of sleep.","",""
"ingrained","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3936","2","It seemed that as every ceremony became ingrained within him, it lost a bit of its mystery, and thus, its holiness.","",""
"ideal","Noun","UNKNOWN","3937","2","For in the Ring Stones, the young man found his ideals satisfied.","",""
"considered","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3938","2","Even the children of the Alpinadoran frontier - and most of the still - wild kingdom was considered frontier!","",""
"ironic","Verb","UNKNOWN","3939","2","The thought was more than a little unsettling to gentle Avelyn Desbris, and he thought it ironic that Quintall's anger was no more than proof that he, and not the stocky, ferocious man, was the better choice for Pimaninicuit.","",""
"reservation","Plural","UNKNOWN","3940","2","Even skeptical Master Siherton, whatever reservations he continued to hold about Avelyn as a fellow human being, had to admit that the man was the obvious choice, the God-given choice, for Pimaninicuit.","",""
"lobby","Verb","UNKNOWN","3941","2","Connor, sitting back on one of the plush chairs in the lobby, turned an absent gaze his companion's way.","",""
"mediator","Noun","UNKNOWN","3942","2","By the third year, Master Siherton also became invaluable as a mediator between the two rivals from the class of God's Year 816, coaxing Quintall into easing up on his jealousy of Avelyn.","",""
"playing","Noun","UNKNOWN","3943","2","The centaur stopped his playing when he spotted his friend, his white smile growing wide within his bushy black beard.","",""
"watery","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3944","2","But for all the harsh reality, for all the possibilities that he would not survive, Avelyn watched the watery horizon for hint of those square sails most intently of all.","",""
"pinnacle","Noun","UNKNOWN","3945","2","To his thinking, this was the pinnacle of his existence, the greatest joy that a monk of St.-Mere-Abelle might know, the closest, before death, that he could ever get to his God.","",""
"office","Noun","UNKNOWN","3946","2","The other three chosen were already in the spacious office when Avelyn and Jojonah arrived.","",""
"mustache","Noun","UNKNOWN","3947","2","By all appearances, the man was impressive - tall and straight, mustache and goatee neatly trimmed, his red-trimmed blue overcoat tailored straight and proper, black leather baldric crossing right shoulder to left hip and sporting an impressive sword, a family heirloom.","",""
"acutely","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3948","2","That garment held Avelyn's attention acutely, for he sensed that at least one of those jewels, a small ruby, was more than ornamental.","",""
"ornamental","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3949","2","That garment held Avelyn's attention acutely, for he sensed that at least one of those jewels, a small ruby, was more than ornamental.","",""
"trimmed","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3950","2","He was dirty and gray, his hair cropped short and badly trimmed, and his beard untended.","",""
"untended","PastTense","UNKNOWN","3951","2","Except for that hardened face with its wild, untended beard, this man could have passed as a brother of Tol Yuganick, Elbryan noted distastefully.","",""
"seamen","Noun","UNKNOWN","3952","2","He had heard the term before, and he knew Quintall and the others used it for the common seamen, but he had no idea what it meant.","",""
"proximity","Noun","UNKNOWN","3953","2","- and yet, fighting in such proximity had him on the defensive for her sake.","",""
"commanding","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3954","2","The four young monks exchanged glances; Avelyn was sympathetic to the captain's wishes and actually took some comfort in the man's commanding, if cold, demeanor.","",""
"pecking","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3955","2","The pecking order for the voyage had indeed been determined in just that manner.","",""
"bell","Noun","UNKNOWN","3956","2","The bells of the abbey pealed repeatedly, drawing curious onlookers from the nearby village of St.-Mere-Abelle.","",""
"peal","Verb","UNKNOWN","3957","2","The bells of the abbey pealed repeatedly, drawing curious onlookers from the nearby village of St.-Mere-Abelle.","",""
"bouncing","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3958","2","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.","",""
"noisily","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3959","2","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.","",""
"crusty","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3960","2","Elbryan froze as he heard the crusty snow crunch under his feet.","",""
"jealous","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3961","2","Avelyn watched that stare, and the return look Quintall offered to the master, and he understood that, while Quintall hated him and was jealous of him, the man would indeed protect him at all costs on the journey to and from the island.","",""
"joyous","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3962","2","The ceremony went off perfectly solemn yet joyous, ladies crying, men standing tall and handsome.","",""
"extent","Noun","B2","3963","2","The young man paused then to consider the extent of his progress.","",""
"misstep","Noun","UNKNOWN","3964","2","Only the previous autumn, he would not even have noticed his last slight misstep.","",""
"clumsy","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3965","2","Elbryan had learned to walk nearly silently - though he still thought himself clumsy when measured against the graceful elves!","",""
"moot","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3966","2","The point was moot, anyway, for Elbryan never got close to touching the elusive deer.","",""
"despondently","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3967","2","""I lost control,"" Elbryan said despondently.","",""
"fumbling","Noun","UNKNOWN","3968","2","Even the pursuit seemed left behind, the fumbling giants not keeping pace.","",""
"session","Plural","UNKNOWN","3969","2","Not that Juraviel and the others weren't strong; it constantly amazed Elbryan how much power an elf packed into its tiny frame, power he felt all too often in the sting of a practice sword's strike during his sparring sessions!","",""
"chat","Verb","UNKNOWN","3970","2","Such were Juraviel's methods, his enchanting and engrossing conversation techniques, that Elbryan hardly realized this to be perhaps the most important part of his training, these daily chats, anecdotal and enjoyable.","",""
"dice","Noun","UNKNOWN","3971","2","But perhaps he'd have time for a few drinks and a dice game before.","",""
"lodging","Noun","UNKNOWN","3972","2","Elbryan moved grudgingly to his lodging, a low, wide house on the bottom boughs of a thick-limbed elm.","",""
"sneakily","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3973","2","Elbryan smiled sneakily and went into a crouch.","",""
"shave","Verb","UNKNOWN","3974","2","Even his head was bare, for his superiors had shaved it.","",""
"feint","Noun","UNKNOWN","3975","2","He was too fast for most humans, dizzying them with winding, sweeping feints before the lightning strike killed them.","",""
"counterclockwise","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3976","2","As soon as he started around, then, Elbryan turned his right foot out and went around counterclockwise, pulling in his hip to avoid a swipe of that axe.","",""
"clicking","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3977","2","Elbryan uttered a soft clicking sound, and Symphony responded by lifting his ears and nickering.","",""
"twirling","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3978","2","He hardly saw the elf's attacks, but he took comfort in the clicking sounds as the twirling pole picked off each one.","",""
"yelling","Noun","UNKNOWN","3979","2","The elf went into a headlong roll, right between the young man's widespread legs, came up to his feet behind the yelling and turning Elbryan, and reversed his momentum, stabbing both his poles back.","",""
"kidney","Noun","UNKNOWN","3980","2","Elbryan was already into his responding turn but not far enough; and the elf's blades poked him hard in the kidneys.","",""
"accusingly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3981","2","""The dactyl grows strong,"" she said, not accusingly.","",""
"worried","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3982","2","Adjonas turned a worried glance at Quintall.","",""
"gaily","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3983","2","The man left early, tipping his floppy beret to Cat as he exited, his light brown eyes sparkling gaily, and the young woman was both relieved and upset that this second meeting had ended so abruptly.","",""
"memories","Verb","UNKNOWN","3984","2","Cat-the-Stray shook her head violently, as if trying to launch the disturbing half memories right out of her ear.","",""
"conniving","Noun","UNKNOWN","3985","2","Grady silently applauded his conniving little sister, though his perception of her actions almost scared him; he had never thought her capable of such a beautifully treacherous play.","",""
"frustrated","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3986","2","To frustrated Jill's thinking, Gofflaw could use a throw or two across a room.","",""
"acquaint","Verb","UNKNOWN","3987","2","Belli'mar Juraviel, easily the friendliest of the elven band, and the one most acquainted with humans, had even refused to be seen among the encampments, explaining that his presence would probably only frighten those too foolish to know friend from foe.","",""
"proportion","Singular","UNKNOWN","3988","2","Everything about her seemed to fit perfectly - her nose, eyes, and mouth in perfect proportion, her legs and arms long and slender but certainly not skinny.","",""
"gait","Noun","UNKNOWN","3989","2","Her gait enhanced that perception as well, for she walked with ease and fluidity, always balanced.","",""
"enhance","Verb","UNKNOWN","3990","2","Her gait enhanced that perception as well, for she walked with ease and fluidity, always balanced.","",""
"impressed","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3991","2","The centaur, for the very first time, seemed honestly impressed.","",""
"introduction","Singular","UNKNOWN","3992","2","He stopped as Elbryan came out from behind the tree, the ranger rightly sensing that this introduction could go on for some time.","",""
"reflex","Noun","UNKNOWN","3993","2","She was no novice to battle, this one, with finely honed reflexes.","",""
"sarcastic","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3994","2","""Am I to swoon, then?"" Cat asked, growing bolder and more sarcastic.","",""
"spirited","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3995","2","The man got his answer as grim-faced Pony, sitting tall atop Symphony, came out of the trees across the way, flanked on each side by a score of angry villagers and their spirited mounts.","",""
"kitchen","Noun","UNKNOWN","3996","2","She worked in the kitchen at St.-Mere-Abelle, a beautiful young lady with long black hair and dark, mysterious eyes.","",""
"toothy","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3997","2","The older woman clapped her pudgy hands before her, her toothy smile nearly taking in her ears.","",""
"enthusiasm","Noun","UNKNOWN","3998","2","So Grady's enthusiasm for this alliance held little weight with Cat, but Pettibwa's exuberance was a bit harder to dismiss.","",""
"represent","Verb","UNKNOWN","3999","2","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.","",""
"reserve","Verb","UNKNOWN","4000","2","The monk did get in close enough to one wounded goblin to finish it with a flurry of deadly punches, but he kept his magical energy in reserve.","",""
1 lemma pos cefr_level coverage_rank global_frequency context_sentence context_sentence_zh definition_zh
2 sarcasm worker Noun UNKNOWN 3901 2 "No, ye're not a pretty one, now are ye?" Pettibwa cooed with smiling sarcasm, stroking Cat's hair. He was a worker, a true frontiersman.
3 devil ample Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3902 2 She sensed that her hair had been much shorter then, back when she was young and all the world seemed a great adventure, back when the devils were just fireside stories to make, your skin tingle or imagined demons upon whom children could wage war. They were about the same height, but Tol, with his barrel-like torso and ample belly, was heavier.
4 meek suitor Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3903 2 She offered a meek smile and a nod to Pettibwa, who returned them with a wink. And it was all done in such good fun that neither Graevis nor any suitor of her unsuspecting dance partner ever seemed to care.
5 atmosphere unrivaled Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3904 2 But she knew, too, the atmosphere of the Way, and the last thing in the world the young woman wanted was to make things difficult for Graevis and Pettibwa, her saviors. Pettibwa just had an unrivaled love of life and of other people.
6 savior accent Noun UNKNOWN 3905 2 But she knew, too, the atmosphere of the Way, and the last thing in the world the young woman wanted was to make things difficult for Graevis and Pettibwa, her saviors. 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.
7 barmaid sarcasm Noun UNKNOWN 3906 2 Suddenly he was off balance, and then he was sitting on the floor, the pretty barmaid gliding out of reach. Connor glared at him, hardly appreciating the sarcasm.
8 champion devil Noun UNKNOWN 3907 2 "Even as we speak, your mighty champion and your precious companion are dying. She sensed that her hair had been much shorter then, back when she was young and all the world seemed a great adventure, back when the devils were just fireside stories to make, your skin tingle or imagined demons upon whom children could wage war.
9 precisely meek Adverb Adjective UNKNOWN 3908 2 their goal through honor, Cat knew; was precisely the same as the drunk had attempted through offered gold. She offered a meek smile and a nod to Pettibwa, who returned them with a wink.
10 graciously atmosphere Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 3909 2 She worked for another hour, and when her smile did not return, Graevis graciously bade her to take an early night. But she knew, too, the atmosphere of the Way, and the last thing in the world the young woman wanted was to make things difficult for Graevis and Pettibwa, her saviors.
11 toast savior Noun UNKNOWN 3910 2 Cat looked back appreciatively, and over Pettibwa's large round shoulder, she saw again the handsome well-dressed young man, watching her go, lifting his glass of wine in apparent toast to her. But she knew, too, the atmosphere of the Way, and the last thing in the world the young woman wanted was to make things difficult for Graevis and Pettibwa, her saviors.
12 solitude barmaid Noun UNKNOWN 3911 2 Her rage bubbled away, and she turned from the alley, walking back into the solitude of the darkened rooftop. Suddenly he was off balance, and then he was sitting on the floor, the pretty barmaid gliding out of reach.
13 rightful joke Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3912 2 She envisioned herself as a light source, a blazing sun, rightful owner of this mortal coil, and she fought back. Avelyn saw nothing at all humorous in the ridiculous joke, nor did the few crewmen close enough at hand to hear the insults.
14 inheritance champion Noun UNKNOWN 3913 2 Stiff even, and as the young woman had grown wiser to the ways of the world, she came to understand that Grady saw her as a threat to what he considered his rightful inheritance. One in particular, handsomely dressed and well groomed, with light brown eyes that sparkled with intelligence and a calm demeanor that hinted at good breeding, nodded the young woman's way and smiled slightly, an invitation for Cat to name him as her champion.
15 contrast precisely Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 3914 2 His proper speech rang in sharp contrast to the street dialect of his parents. their goal through honor, Cat knew; was precisely the same as the drunk had attempted through offered gold.
16 expensive graciously Adjective Adverb UNKNOWN 3915 2 He fancied himself an important man, and frequented the more expensive establishments near the duke's castle, and had even been in the castle on many occasions. She worked for another hour, and when her smile did not return, Graevis graciously bade her to take an early night.
17 apron toast Noun UNKNOWN 3916 2 She shook her head, tossed her apron to the back of a nearby chair, gathered up her cloak, and headed out into the Palmaris night. Cat looked back appreciatively, and over Pettibwa's large round shoulder, she saw again the handsome well-dressed young man, watching her go, lifting his glass of wine in apparent toast to her.
18 brine solitude Noun UNKNOWN 3917 2 Even now, after nearly four years in Palmaris, when she knew every street, where to go, where to avoid, and when the dark image of the great Masur Delaval and the smell of brine and the wind filled with crisp wetness had become very familiar to her, she could not consider the place her home. Her rage bubbled away, and she turned from the alley, walking back into the solitude of the darkened rooftop.
19 affectionately rightful Adverb Adjective UNKNOWN 3918 2 It had been given to her affectionately, she knew, and with all sympathy for her pitiful predicament, and so she had not argued. She envisioned herself as a light source, a blazing sun, rightful owner of this mortal coil, and she fought back.
20 soot inheritance Noun UNKNOWN 3919 2 She remembered wandering into a village, dirty and wounded, covered in soot and blood. Stiff even, and as the young woman had grown wiser to the ways of the world, she came to understand that Grady saw her as a threat to what he considered his rightful inheritance.
21 phenomenon contrast Noun UNKNOWN 3920 2 "The Halo," Cat-the-Stray muttered, and she realized that she had not seen the phenomenon since she had come to Palmaris. His proper speech rang in sharp contrast to the street dialect of his parents.
22 metallic expensive Adjective UNKNOWN 3921 2 She considered going back into the Way and inquiring about this Halo right then, but her concentration was broken by a sharp, metallic sound. He fancied himself an important man, and frequented the more expensive establishments near the duke's castle, and had even been in the castle on many occasions.
23 lovely apron Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3922 2 "Ah, me lovely," said the drunk from the bar. Sometime later, Pettibwa came out of the inn, rubbing her hands on her apron, wiping the sweat from her brow, smiling, always smiling, as she went about the business of her life.
24 namesake brine Noun UNKNOWN 3923 2 Quick as her namesake, the young woman leaped across and put her knee heavily into the drunk's chest, knocking him flat to the roof. Even now, after nearly four years in Palmaris, when she knew every street, where to go, where to avoid, and when the dark image of the great Masur Delaval and the smell of brine and the wind filled with crisp wetness had become very familiar to her, she could not consider the place her home.
25 nibble affectionately Verb Adverb UNKNOWN 3924 2 But the young monk could not pull his mind far from the horrors he had witnessed, the encroaching evil that nibbled at the very heart of all that young Avelyn Desbris had held dear. It had been given to her affectionately, she knew, and with all sympathy for her pitiful predicament, and so she had not argued.
26 squirming soot Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3925 2 He pushed down hard to secure the squirming youngster and swung about, Hawkwing in his free hand, ready to fend off an attack. There lay Avelyn, motionless and soot covered.
27 ashamed tag PastTense Verb UNKNOWN 3926 2 And she was not ashamed, not embarrassed, and no black wings of horrors past swept up about her. 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.
28 bosom phenomenon Noun UNKNOWN 3927 2 She took a deep breath and moved to the gutter, then down, meeting the eyes of no one, falling into the bosom of Pettibwa as soon as she spotted the woman, and whispering for Pettibwa to please take her to her room. Perhaps, but Juraviel knew, too, that such events might accompany a larger and darker phenomenon, that earthquakes that could tear the earth as here, that goblin raids upon villages, like the one that had orphaned Elbryan not five years before, might signal something evil indeed.
29 thrive metallic Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 3928 2 Indeed she had thrived; initially, at least, in the military. She considered going back into the Way and inquiring about this Halo right then, but her concentration was broken by a sharp, metallic sound.
30 ingrained lovely Adjective UNKNOWN 3929 2 It seemed that as every ceremony became ingrained within him, it lost a bit of its mystery, and thus, its holiness. She went for the walk, and truly had a lovely time, for she found that Connor was as easy to talk to as he was to look, at.
31 ideal namesake Noun UNKNOWN 3930 2 For in the Ring Stones, the young man found his ideals satisfied. Quick as her namesake, the young woman leaped across and put her knee heavily into the drunk's chest, knocking him flat to the roof.
32 considered nibble Adjective Verb UNKNOWN 3931 2 Sea journeys were not considered safe in God's Year 821, the year of the stone showers, and replacements might become necessary. But the young monk could not pull his mind far from the horrors he had witnessed, the encroaching evil that nibbled at the very heart of all that young Avelyn Desbris had held dear.
33 ironic squirming Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 3932 2 The thought was more than a little unsettling to gentle Avelyn Desbris, and he thought it ironic that Quintall's anger was no more than proof that he, and not the stocky, ferocious man, was the better choice for Pimaninicuit. He pushed down hard to secure the squirming youngster and swung about, Hawkwing in his free hand, ready to fend off an attack.
34 reservation ashamed Plural PastTense UNKNOWN 3933 2 Even skeptical Master Siherton, whatever reservations he continued to hold about Avelyn as a fellow human being, had to admit that the man was the obvious choice, the God-given choice, for Pimaninicuit. And she was not ashamed, not embarrassed, and no black wings of horrors past swept up about her.
35 lobby bosom Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3934 2 Siherton maintained his tight bond with Quintall and lobbied for the younger man to be included - as Thagraine's replacement and not Avelyn's. The woman desperately wanted to seek out Graevis and Pettibwa, to tell them she was all right, to hug them and fall comfortably onto Pettibwa's soft bosom.
36 mediator thrive Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3935 2 By the third year, Master Siherton also became invaluable as a mediator between the two rivals from the class of God's Year 816, coaxing Quintall into easing up on his jealousy of Avelyn. Brothers Avelyn, Quintall, Pellimar, and Thagraine learned to survive, even thrive, on no more than four hours of sleep.
37 playing ingrained Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3936 2 The centaur stopped his playing when he spotted his friend, his white smile growing wide within his bushy black beard. It seemed that as every ceremony became ingrained within him, it lost a bit of its mystery, and thus, its holiness.
38 watery ideal Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3937 2 But for all the harsh reality, for all the possibilities that he would not survive, Avelyn watched the watery horizon for hint of those square sails most intently of all. For in the Ring Stones, the young man found his ideals satisfied.
39 pinnacle considered Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3938 2 To his thinking, this was the pinnacle of his existence, the greatest joy that a monk of St.-Mere-Abelle might know, the closest, before death, that he could ever get to his God. Even the children of the Alpinadoran frontier - and most of the still - wild kingdom was considered frontier!
40 office ironic Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3939 2 The other three chosen were already in the spacious office when Avelyn and Jojonah arrived. The thought was more than a little unsettling to gentle Avelyn Desbris, and he thought it ironic that Quintall's anger was no more than proof that he, and not the stocky, ferocious man, was the better choice for Pimaninicuit.
41 mustache reservation Noun Plural UNKNOWN 3940 2 He had a garish scar running from ear to chin that seemed to Avelyn somehow gallant, and, unlike his scruffy companion, he was clean shaven except for a neatly trimmed mustache, rolling out from the sides of his mouth and curling up. Even skeptical Master Siherton, whatever reservations he continued to hold about Avelyn as a fellow human being, had to admit that the man was the obvious choice, the God-given choice, for Pimaninicuit.
42 acutely lobby Adverb Verb UNKNOWN 3941 2 That garment held Avelyn's attention acutely, for he sensed that at least one of those jewels, a small ruby, was more than ornamental. Connor, sitting back on one of the plush chairs in the lobby, turned an absent gaze his companion's way.
43 ornamental mediator Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3942 2 That garment held Avelyn's attention acutely, for he sensed that at least one of those jewels, a small ruby, was more than ornamental. By the third year, Master Siherton also became invaluable as a mediator between the two rivals from the class of God's Year 816, coaxing Quintall into easing up on his jealousy of Avelyn.
44 trimmed playing Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3943 2 He was dirty and gray, his hair cropped short and badly trimmed, and his beard untended. The centaur stopped his playing when he spotted his friend, his white smile growing wide within his bushy black beard.
45 untended watery PastTense Adjective UNKNOWN 3944 2 He was dirty and gray, his hair cropped short and badly trimmed, and his beard untended. But for all the harsh reality, for all the possibilities that he would not survive, Avelyn watched the watery horizon for hint of those square sails most intently of all.
46 seamen pinnacle Noun UNKNOWN 3945 2 Avelyn had once heard the term "salty dog", in reference to seamen, and he thought that appropriate indeed for this one. To his thinking, this was the pinnacle of his existence, the greatest joy that a monk of St.-Mere-Abelle might know, the closest, before death, that he could ever get to his God.
47 proximity office Noun UNKNOWN 3946 2 - and yet, fighting in such proximity had him on the defensive for her sake. The other three chosen were already in the spacious office when Avelyn and Jojonah arrived.
48 commanding mustache Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3947 2 Each day we spend this far north brings the very real chance of complete ruin." The four young monks exchanged glances; Avelyn was sympathetic to the captain's wishes and actually took some comfort in the man's commanding, if cold, demeanor. By all appearances, the man was impressive - tall and straight, mustache and goatee neatly trimmed, his red-trimmed blue overcoat tailored straight and proper, black leather baldric crossing right shoulder to left hip and sporting an impressive sword, a family heirloom.
49 pecking acutely Adjective Adverb UNKNOWN 3948 2 The pecking order for the voyage had indeed been determined in just that manner. That garment held Avelyn's attention acutely, for he sensed that at least one of those jewels, a small ruby, was more than ornamental.
50 bell ornamental Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3949 2 The bells of the abbey pealed repeatedly, drawing curious onlookers from the nearby village of St.-Mere-Abelle. That garment held Avelyn's attention acutely, for he sensed that at least one of those jewels, a small ruby, was more than ornamental.
51 peal trimmed Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 3950 2 The bells of the abbey pealed repeatedly, drawing curious onlookers from the nearby village of St.-Mere-Abelle. He was dirty and gray, his hair cropped short and badly trimmed, and his beard untended.
52 bouncing untended Adjective PastTense UNKNOWN 3951 2 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. Except for that hardened face with its wild, untended beard, this man could have passed as a brother of Tol Yuganick, Elbryan noted distastefully.
53 noisily seamen Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 3952 2 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. He had heard the term before, and he knew Quintall and the others used it for the common seamen, but he had no idea what it meant.
54 crusty proximity Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3953 2 CHAPTER 13 Running Fast Down a Long, Long Road Elbryan froze as he heard the crusty snow crunch under his feet. - and yet, fighting in such proximity had him on the defensive for her sake.
55 jealous commanding Adjective UNKNOWN 3954 2 Avelyn watched that stare, and the return look Quintall offered to the master, and he understood that, while Quintall hated him and was jealous of him, the man would indeed protect him at all costs on the journey to and from the island. The four young monks exchanged glances; Avelyn was sympathetic to the captain's wishes and actually took some comfort in the man's commanding, if cold, demeanor.
56 joyous pecking Adjective UNKNOWN 3955 2 The ceremony went off perfectly solemn yet joyous, ladies crying, men standing tall and handsome. The pecking order for the voyage had indeed been determined in just that manner.
57 extent bell Noun B2 UNKNOWN 3956 2 The young man paused then to consider the extent of his progress. The bells of the abbey pealed repeatedly, drawing curious onlookers from the nearby village of St.-Mere-Abelle.
58 misstep peal Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3957 2 Only the previous autumn, he would not even have noticed his last slight misstep. The bells of the abbey pealed repeatedly, drawing curious onlookers from the nearby village of St.-Mere-Abelle.
59 clumsy bouncing Adjective UNKNOWN 3958 2 Elbryan had learned to walk nearly silently - though he still thought himself clumsy when measured against the graceful elves! 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.
60 moot noisily Adjective Adverb UNKNOWN 3959 2 The point was moot, anyway, for Elbryan never got close to touching the elusive deer. 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.
61 exclaim crusty Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 3960 2 "Elu touise!" Juraviel exclaimed and patted the young man on the back. Elbryan froze as he heard the crusty snow crunch under his feet.
62 despondently jealous Adverb Adjective UNKNOWN 3961 2 "A wound that will not heal," the Lady said despondently. Avelyn watched that stare, and the return look Quintall offered to the master, and he understood that, while Quintall hated him and was jealous of him, the man would indeed protect him at all costs on the journey to and from the island.
63 fumbling joyous Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3962 2 Even the pursuit seemed left behind, the fumbling giants not keeping pace. The ceremony went off perfectly solemn yet joyous, ladies crying, men standing tall and handsome.
64 session extent Plural Noun UNKNOWN B2 3963 2 Not that Juraviel and the others weren't strong; it constantly amazed Elbryan how much power an elf packed into its tiny frame, power he felt all too often in the sting of a practice sword's strike during his sparring sessions! The young man paused then to consider the extent of his progress.
65 chat misstep Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3964 2 They chatted easily, Juraviel doing most of the talking, explaining this plant and that, talking of ways to bind a wound, then shifting the subject back to where Elbryan had performed well and where he had failed in his quest to slap the deer. Only the previous autumn, he would not even have noticed his last slight misstep.
66 dice clumsy Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3965 2 But perhaps he'd have time for a few drinks and a dice game before. Elbryan had learned to walk nearly silently - though he still thought himself clumsy when measured against the graceful elves!
67 lodging moot Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3966 2 Elbryan moved grudgingly to his lodging, a low, wide house on the bottom boughs of a thick-limbed elm. The point was moot, anyway, for Elbryan never got close to touching the elusive deer.
68 sneakily despondently Adverb UNKNOWN 3967 2 Elbryan smiled sneakily and went into a crouch. "I lost control," Elbryan said despondently.
69 shave fumbling Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3968 2 Even his head was bare, for his superiors had shaved it. Even the pursuit seemed left behind, the fumbling giants not keeping pace.
70 feint session Noun Plural UNKNOWN 3969 2 He started with a cunning feint, boring in, mock spear leading, as if he meant to overrun the diminutive elf, and then pulling to an abrupt stop and swishing his weapon hard to the side. Not that Juraviel and the others weren't strong; it constantly amazed Elbryan how much power an elf packed into its tiny frame, power he felt all too often in the sting of a practice sword's strike during his sparring sessions!
71 counterclockwise chat Adjective Verb UNKNOWN 3970 2 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. Such were Juraviel's methods, his enchanting and engrossing conversation techniques, that Elbryan hardly realized this to be perhaps the most important part of his training, these daily chats, anecdotal and enjoyable.
72 clicking dice Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3971 2 Elbryan uttered a soft clicking sound, and Symphony responded by lifting his ears and nickering. But perhaps he'd have time for a few drinks and a dice game before.
73 twirling lodging Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3972 2 He hardly saw the elf's attacks, but he took comfort in the clicking sounds as the twirling pole picked off each one. Elbryan moved grudgingly to his lodging, a low, wide house on the bottom boughs of a thick-limbed elm.
74 yelling sneakily Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 3973 2 The elf went into a headlong roll, right between the young man's widespread legs, came up to his feet behind the yelling and turning Elbryan, and reversed his momentum, stabbing both his poles back. Elbryan smiled sneakily and went into a crouch.
75 kidney shave Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3974 2 He flinched as he straightened and grabbed at his kidney. Even his head was bare, for his superiors had shaved it.
76 accusingly feint Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 3975 2 "I heard you," Elbryan said accusingly. He was too fast for most humans, dizzying them with winding, sweeping feints before the lightning strike killed them.
77 worried counterclockwise Adjective UNKNOWN 3976 2 Adjonas turned a worried glance at Quintall. As soon as he started around, then, Elbryan turned his right foot out and went around counterclockwise, pulling in his hip to avoid a swipe of that axe.
78 beating clicking Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3977 2 This man was tough, admirably so, and Jojonah feared he would die from the beatings before he would relinquish his identity. Elbryan uttered a soft clicking sound, and Symphony responded by lifting his ears and nickering.
79 gaily twirling Adverb Adjective UNKNOWN 3978 2 The man left early, tipping his floppy beret to Cat as he exited, his light brown eyes sparkling gaily, and the young woman was both relieved and upset that this second meeting had ended so abruptly. He hardly saw the elf's attacks, but he took comfort in the clicking sounds as the twirling pole picked off each one.
80 memories yelling Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3979 2 Only this time, they were just memories and not threatening black demons. The elf went into a headlong roll, right between the young man's widespread legs, came up to his feet behind the yelling and turning Elbryan, and reversed his momentum, stabbing both his poles back.
81 conniving kidney Noun UNKNOWN 3980 2 "Will ye wait the man at the table near to the window for me?" the conniving woman asked often, always with some excuse close at hand. Elbryan was already into his responding turn but not far enough; and the elf's blades poked him hard in the kidneys.
82 frustrated accusingly Adjective Adverb UNKNOWN 3981 2 He was in the tavern the next week, as well, and this time, Pettibwa, seeming a bit frustrated with the young woman, was more straightforward about insisting that the man was Cat's to serve. "The dactyl grows strong," she said, not accusingly.
83 acquaint worried Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 3982 2 "I believe that you are acquainted with my ..." Grady fished for the right word, and Cat; blushing fiercely, wanted to smack him on the back of the head. Adjonas turned a worried glance at Quintall.
84 proportion gaily Singular Adverb UNKNOWN 3983 2 Everything about her seemed to fit perfectly - her nose, eyes, and mouth in perfect proportion, her legs and arms long and slender but certainly not skinny. The man left early, tipping his floppy beret to Cat as he exited, his light brown eyes sparkling gaily, and the young woman was both relieved and upset that this second meeting had ended so abruptly.
85 gait memories Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3984 2 Her gait enhanced that perception as well, for she walked with ease and fluidity, always balanced. Cat-the-Stray shook her head violently, as if trying to launch the disturbing half memories right out of her ear.
86 enhance conniving Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3985 2 Her gait enhanced that perception as well, for she walked with ease and fluidity, always balanced. Grady silently applauded his conniving little sister, though his perception of her actions almost scared him; he had never thought her capable of such a beautifully treacherous play.
87 impressed frustrated Adjective UNKNOWN 3986 2 The centaur, for the very first time, seemed honestly impressed. To frustrated Jill's thinking, Gofflaw could use a throw or two across a room.
88 introduction acquaint Singular Verb UNKNOWN 3987 2 Bradwarden the ..." He stopped as Elbryan came out from behind the tree, the ranger rightly sensing that this introduction could go on for some time. Belli'mar Juraviel, easily the friendliest of the elven band, and the one most acquainted with humans, had even refused to be seen among the encampments, explaining that his presence would probably only frighten those too foolish to know friend from foe.
89 reflex proportion Noun Singular UNKNOWN 3988 2 She was no novice to battle, this one, with finely honed reflexes. Everything about her seemed to fit perfectly - her nose, eyes, and mouth in perfect proportion, her legs and arms long and slender but certainly not skinny.
90 sarcastic gait Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3989 2 "Am I to swoon, then?" Cat asked, growing bolder and more sarcastic. Her gait enhanced that perception as well, for she walked with ease and fluidity, always balanced.
91 spirited enhance Adjective Verb UNKNOWN 3990 2 "You are the spirited one," Connor remarked. Her gait enhanced that perception as well, for she walked with ease and fluidity, always balanced.
92 kitchen impressed Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3991 2 She worked in the kitchen at St.-Mere-Abelle, a beautiful young lady with long black hair and dark, mysterious eyes. The centaur, for the very first time, seemed honestly impressed.
93 toothy introduction Adjective Singular UNKNOWN 3992 2 The older woman clapped her pudgy hands before her, her toothy smile nearly taking in her ears. He stopped as Elbryan came out from behind the tree, the ranger rightly sensing that this introduction could go on for some time.
94 represent reflex Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3993 2 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. She was no novice to battle, this one, with finely honed reflexes.
95 reserve sarcastic Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 3994 2 In truth, Cat had never been his "little girl." That had been reserved for another man, in some place far away, a place that Cat could not remember. "Am I to swoon, then?" Cat asked, growing bolder and more sarcastic.
96 vaguely spirited Adverb Adjective UNKNOWN 3995 2 Strange emotions swirled in Cat as he lightly touched her arm, vaguely familiar feelings but ones she had not felt in several years. The man got his answer as grim-faced Pony, sitting tall atop Symphony, came out of the trees across the way, flanked on each side by a score of angry villagers and their spirited mounts.
97 happiness kitchen Noun UNKNOWN 3996 2 And so it was with a true jumble of emotions, a purely teenage churning of confusion, fear and warmth, happiness and the verge of terror, that the young woman, no longer Cat-the-Stray, drifted off to a sleep of the sweetest dreams and the starkest nightmares. She worked in the kitchen at St.-Mere-Abelle, a beautiful young lady with long black hair and dark, mysterious eyes.
98 endure toothy Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 3997 2 But the old sea dog couldn't fathom the level of physical training these four men had endured. The older woman clapped her pudgy hands before her, her toothy smile nearly taking in her ears.
99 crewman enthusiasm Noun UNKNOWN 3998 2 Ships had been found, so the stories went, intact and seaworthy, but with not a crewman aboard. So Grady's enthusiasm for this alliance held little weight with Cat, but Pettibwa's exuberance was a bit harder to dismiss.
100 swimming represent Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3999 2 There were indeed powries on her deck now, some with heavy crossbows; taking potshots at the swimming monks. 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.
101 slave reserve Noun Verb UNKNOWN 4000 2 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. The monk did get in close enough to one wounded goblin to finish it with a flurry of deadly punches, but he kept his magical energy in reserve.