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"lemma","pos","cefr_level","coverage_rank","context_sentence","context_sentence_zh","definition_zh"
"disarming","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4301","""I am hunting a dangerous fugitive, one who employs the magic of the stones,"" he explained, turning back to the merchant, a disarming look on his face.","",""
"rousing","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4302","On they charged, Bradwarden singing a rousing song and Chipmunk forcing away his tears, locking them behind a wall of sheer anger.","",""
"naught","Noun","UNKNOWN","4303","But fruits and berries are naught but ticklings.","",""
"droppings","Verb","UNKNOWN","4304","A hoofprint or me droppings?","",""
"bearded","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4305","""Ye'll have a tougher time with that one,"" Bradwarden remarked, lifting his bearded chin toward Tol Yuganick, who was still standing in the small field, looking none too happy.","",""
"sly","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4306","And,"" he paused and offered a sly wink, ""don't ye fear, for I'm not overly fond o' human flesh.""
""You have tasted it then?"" Elbryan reasoned, not taking the bait.","",""
"overly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4307","Brother Avelyn was not overly concerned when he returned to his room to find that Jill was not about.","",""
"differ","Verb","UNKNOWN","4308","In Pireth Tulme, even the winter was one long gray sheet of clouds and cold rain, differing from the summer only in terms of temperature.","",""
"kinship","Noun","UNKNOWN","4309","Jill had taken the image of the mad friar back with her, could hear his words still, and found in them a kinship to that which lay in her own heart.","",""
"activity","Noun","UNKNOWN","4310","She could see the activity on the deck of the sailing ship now, small forms darting this way and that, tacking hard to put the large caravel in between the bay's many sentry stones.","",""
"scoring","Noun","UNKNOWN","4311","Another shot came thundering in, this one scoring a hit on Pireth Tulme's front wall, taking down some stones.","",""
"parapet","Noun","UNKNOWN","4312","Jill dodged easily, then kicked out behind the flying weapon, just nicking the powrie on the back but solidly enough so the overbalanced dwarf fell from the parapet eight feet to the ground below.","",""
"crotch","Noun","UNKNOWN","4313","Gothra stared down at the line of blood running from forehead to crotch, then looked back at the demon.","",""
"sheathed","Noun","UNKNOWN","4314","Jill sheathed her sword instead, pulled her belt off, and leaped out from the wall, beyond the climbing dwarf.","",""
"havoc","Noun","UNKNOWN","4315","If she could get across the deck to the stern catapult or more particularly, to the cauldrons of pitch and the firepit near the catapult, then she might be able to cause more than a little havoc.","",""
"deserting","Noun","UNKNOWN","4316","He could hardly believe that Bradwarden would so leave their friends behind, deserting the pair in so perilous a situation.","",""
"evade","Noun","UNKNOWN","4317","With a howl, it finally let go, scrambling about to evade the jabbing dagger.","",""
"jabbing","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4318","With a howl, it finally let go, scrambling about to evade the jabbing dagger.","",""
"mischief","Noun","UNKNOWN","4319","She turned to the catapult, its arm low and ready to fire, then looked at the vats of burning pitch, wondering what mischief she might cause.","",""
"capstan","Noun","UNKNOWN","4320","She kicked over the pitch barrels, spilling one onto the capstan that held the anchor line and knocking another down the stairs to the lower main deck.","",""
"conspicuous","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4321","She tried to straighten her still-damp clothes, but realized that she would be conspicuous indeed to any, walking as she was without boots, and without the dirtied, calloused feet of a peasant woman.","",""
"stories","Verb","UNKNOWN","4322","The man rambled on and on, telling mostly stories of his dealings with the various monasteries of Honce-the-Bear, even with St.","",""
"precede","Verb","UNKNOWN","4323","Perhaps word of the disaster had preceded her.","",""
"foaming","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4324","She found a tavern, its sign too worn for her even to make out the name, though the image of a foaming mug was clear enough.","",""
"estimate","Noun","UNKNOWN","4325","Estimates of the enemy force ranged from a thousand warriors to a thousand ships full of warriors.","",""
"swig","Noun","UNKNOWN","4326","He reached into a pocket of his robe and produced a small flask, popping the top and sucking a huge swig.","",""
"confide","Verb","UNKNOWN","4327","""I am Brother Avelyn Desbris, formerly of St.-Mere-Abelle,"" he confided, and Jill understood she was probably the first person he had told his true name in a long, long time.","",""
"oppose","Verb","UNKNOWN","4328","In these general rows, as opposed to the occasions when all in the bar teamed up against the monk, Avelyn more than held his ground.","",""
"holler","Gerund","UNKNOWN","4329","The huge bear of a man tossed his attackers with ease, punched and twisted deftly, hollering ""Ho, ho, what!"" every time he felled another.","",""
"raging","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4330","It wasn't until they had exited the tavern, the fight raging still, that Avelyn suddenly stopped and looked at his beautiful companion a most curious expression on his face.","",""
"intimate","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4331","Juraviel's tone intimated something more profound to the ranger, that not only was there a mere place for shelter, but a very special place indeed.","",""
"wheeze","Gerund","UNKNOWN","4332","Are you prepared for such a joining?""
""I hardly think you are in condition - ""
""Not physically, oh no, not that!"" Avelyn quickly corrected, wheezing out a laugh despite his obvious agony.","",""
"user","Noun","UNKNOWN","4333","With practice, and more joinings, she could quickly rival all but the most powerful stone users of St.-Mere-Abelle
- and all because of this simple technique.","",""
"sheepishly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4334","He was sitting upright now, smiling sheepishly, the cloud of pain and death gone from his plump features.","",""
"deserter","Noun","UNKNOWN","4335","All of that was, of course, tempered by her realization that she was, in effect, a deserter.","",""
"complicate","Verb","UNKNOWN","4336","Up here, Jill was Cat-the-Stray again, a younger girl in a world less complicated, with feelings less confusing.","",""
"lazy","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4337","She spent all night watching the stars, the gentle drift of Sheila, the occasional lazy cloud.","",""
"garnet","Noun","UNKNOWN","4338","CHAPTER 29 Of Singular Purpose
They gave him but two stones: a smooth yellow-hued sunstone and a cabochon garnet, a carbuncle, the deepest shade of red.","",""
"mare","Noun","UNKNOWN","4339","He set out from the abbey one dark and dreary morning, riding an ash-gray mare, not swift of hoof but long in heart.","",""
"efficiently","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4340","Paulson stepped inside the range and caught the spear by the shaft and rushed up its length, quickly and efficiently embedding his sword deep in the creature's chest.","",""
"staggering","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4341","The man fell away a couple of staggering steps, grabbed the back of a chair for support, and then fell over anyway, the chair tumbling down about him.","",""
"pitfall","Noun","UNKNOWN","4342","Brother Justice knew the pitfalls, though.","",""
"gwendolyn","Noun","UNKNOWN","4343","Gwendolyn of the Sea since the fight,"" the bartender of the tavern added.","",""
"skirmish","Noun","UNKNOWN","4344","They ran all the morning, fighting often, but only quick skirmishes.","",""
"assortment","Singular","UNKNOWN","4345","He was a bit apprehensive when he got to the gates of the indicated house, a huge structure of imported materials: smooth white marble from the south, dark wooden beams from the Timberlands, and an assortment of garden artwork that could only have come from the galleries of the finest sculptors in Ursal.","",""
"jester","Noun","UNKNOWN","4346","Brother Justice's first thought was that Avelyn had hired on with this obviously wealthy merchant, perhaps to perform some necessary feat with the stones, perhaps merely as a court jester.","",""
"yelp","Noun","UNKNOWN","4347","The dog's legs splayed wide; it gave one yelp, then lay still, its back broken, its lungs collapsing.","",""
"foyer","Noun","UNKNOWN","4348","The man pointed toward a door across the foyer.","",""
"corn","Gerund","UNKNOWN","4349","He had crossed the Moorlands, corning from the west.","",""
"yellowish","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4350","In an instant, a yellowish glow surrounded the monk, and the waves of intrusion were halted.","",""
"jamb","Noun","UNKNOWN","4351","He kicked again and again, repeatedly slamming the lock, until finally, the wood of the jamb gave way, the door flying wide to reveal a portly man, richly dressed, standing behind a large oaken desk, a loaded crossbow in hand.","",""
"fugitive","Noun","UNKNOWN","4352","Likely, the man was in no way connected to Avelyn, but still the fugitive monk remained concerned.","",""
"familiarity","Noun","UNKNOWN","4353","""How fares old Markwart?"" he asked, his tone one of familiarity.","",""
"garner","Verb","UNKNOWN","4354","Obviously he had dealt with Markwart - where else would he have garnered so powerful a stone?","",""
"accomplish","Verb","UNKNOWN","4355","Many things could be accomplished with such a stone.","",""
"integrity","Noun","UNKNOWN","4356","Juicy lamb and thick cuts of venison buried in brown sauces and mushrooms, oranges that exploded in a shower of juice as soon as the integrity of their peels was breached, and large, round, yellow melons that the monk had never before seen but that were sweeter than anything he had ever tasted.","",""
"sheerest","Noun","UNKNOWN","4357","He recalled Dosey's fearful expression when he hinted that he would make the journey, a mixture, it seemed, of the sheerest horror and the highest titillation.","",""
"infinite","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4358","It seemed as if an hour went by, but then as if only a second had passed; what appeared as an infinite plain was crossed by a single step.","",""
"collide","Verb","UNKNOWN","4359","So many times he thought he would collide with jags of stone only to watch them rush under him at the last possible second.","",""
"ant","Noun","UNKNOWN","4360","Below him, massed like ants, were the campsites of armies.","",""
"monstrosity","Noun","UNKNOWN","4361","But that spectacle couldn't hold Brother Justice's attention for any length of time, not with this huge monstrosity leering at him from on high.","",""
"redemption","Singular","UNKNOWN","4362","The man had passed the point of redemption and had perhaps awakened a dangerous curiosity in the demon.","",""
"feeble","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4363","The monk drove the feeble merchant to his knees and held fast long after the struggling stopped, long after the merchant's arms fell slack at his sides.","",""
"belonging","Noun","UNKNOWN","4364","""I am at peace, a greater sense of belonging than I have ever known,"" the ranger said at length after more than half an hour sitting in his wooden chair in the darkness, staring at the barely perceptible mirror.","",""
"philosophical","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4365","That was the way it always happened, the needs of the day dispatching the spirit soon before the dawn, turning Elbryan's thoughts from philosophical to pragmatic.","",""
"platform","Noun","UNKNOWN","4366","Mounted sidelong on a platform, the thing would have passed for a fair-sized ballista!","",""
"grant","Verb","UNKNOWN","4367","Normally in a test of archery, each contestant would be granted a specified number of shots, with the best total score serving as the measure.","",""
"victorious","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4368","Elbryan clenched a fist, thinking himself victorious as he marked the flight.","",""
"roam","Verb","UNKNOWN","4369","His eyes betrayed his idea, roaming to the centaur's strong back.","",""
"giving","Noun","UNKNOWN","4370","A chair shattered against his back, but while Belster O'Comely groaned at the hit, the monk only laughed all the louder, giving his habitual cry, ""Ho, ho, what!""
Elbryan leaned on his staff, thinking this quite a show.","",""
"arse","Noun","UNKNOWN","4371","""And I could put an arrow up your arse from a hundred paces,"" Elbryan retorted.","",""
"killer","Noun","UNKNOWN","4372","""Ye've got yerself one dragon-killer of a bow, me friend,"" Bradwarden offered.","",""
"naturally","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4373","Jill was naturally strong, but surely not as strong as he had been.","",""
"converge","Verb","UNKNOWN","4374","The hundreds of purplish rings converged in the middle of the room.","",""
"homage","Noun","UNKNOWN","4375","Elbryan went right to the heart of the grove, paying homage to whoever was buried there, then came back to the edge, wanting to feel the breeze in his face.","",""
"downwind","Verb","UNKNOWN","4376","It was taking his measure, Elbryan knew, though he was not downwind and too far for most horses even to notice him.","",""
"steed","Noun","UNKNOWN","4377","He knew the magnificent steed would not return that day, and so he walked away, not in the direction in which the horse had run but back toward Dundalis.","",""
"silly","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4378","""If we missed them, I'll beat ye silly,"" the large man huffed at Chipmunk, who wisely shifted to the side, out of arm's reach.","",""
"swear","Verb","UNKNOWN","4379","The wind rushed past his ears, the landscape flying along beneath, such a thrill of the run, such a smoothness of stride, that Elbryan would have sworn he was flying across a cushion of air.","",""
"aimlessly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4380","Brother Justice had not gained on his intended prey -
had, in fact, lost ground, wandering aimlessly about the large city.","",""
"deter","Verb","UNKNOWN","4381","The brave woman was not easily deterred.","",""
"nip","PastTense","UNKNOWN","4382","The demon's arms shot forward, fingers extended, and black tendrils of crackling electricity spouted from them, biting against the wall and running the length of the straight passage, nipping and snapping at Elbryan and Avelyn, at Pony and Bradwarden as they followed their friends around the bend.","",""
"shrink","Verb","UNKNOWN","4383","The name
""Elbryan"" nipped at the edges of her mind, but with it came an overwhelming sense of grief and loss: that black wall of pain that caused her to shrink away, that had made her put the glowing ember in Connor Bildeborough's face.","",""
"bet","Verb","UNKNOWN","4384","""We would climb up to the top rail and bet on how long we could walk it.""
""My friends,"" Jill said, without really thinking about her answer.","",""
"suffocate","Gerund","UNKNOWN","4385","Though she was outside, she felt as if she were suffocating, closed within a space that was too tight.","",""
"downstairs","Noun","UNKNOWN","4386","He was downstairs soon enough, drinking and talking amid a huge crowd, for many of the area trappers had come in to lay in provisions in preparation of the coming winter.","",""
"arguing","Noun","UNKNOWN","4387","They were a tough bunch indeed, reclusive and opinionated, men and a few women who lived by their weapons and their cunning, and Avelyn was soon enough arguing with one rake that a town whose history was as dark as that of Dundalis should be better prepared to face the danger.","",""
"hateful","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4388","The folk of Elkenbrook had never known such a huge gathering of goblins, could not conceive of the notion that the hateful, selfish creatures could ever band together in such numbers.","",""
"astride","Noun","UNKNOWN","4389","Out from the gaps in the line came the next surprise, a goblin cavalry, the diminutive creatures astride shaggy ponies.","",""
"disciplined","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4390","And working in concert,"" he added, sweeping his arm across the panorama of the encampment, indicating the disciplined manner in which the creatures were organizing their camp.","",""
"toll","Noun","UNKNOWN","4391","The folk recognized the dramatic movement as a signal and braced for the charge, determined to take their toll, whatever the final outcome.","",""
"massacre","Noun","UNKNOWN","4392","So fast and complete was the massacre that Avelyn never used his magic.","",""
"masse","Noun","UNKNOWN","4393","And beyond the masses loomed a single dark silhouette, a conical mountain tipped by a steady stream of dark smoke.","",""
"misshapen","Noun","UNKNOWN","4394","Jill's eyes opened wide, the memory suddenly too vivid, the recollection of that ugly, misshapen dead thing assaulting her, telling her mind to run away.","",""
"unwanted","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4395","Might the mad friar's increasing reputation have brought unwanted recognition from the strict order?","",""
"deft","Noun","UNKNOWN","4396","A deft twist by the woman turned the sword out of harm's way, allowing Brother Justice merely a glancing hit that forced Jill back a step.","",""
"ruse","Noun","UNKNOWN","4397","She understood then that his mental attack had been but a ruse, a distraction from which he could recover much faster than she.","",""
"enthusiastically","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4398","of that marauding black bear?""
asked Belster O'Comely, moving down to that end of the bar, wiping it rather enthusiastically to force two of the men away.","",""
"lately","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4399","Lately, though, Belster had begun changing that.","",""
"sick","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4400","""The bear was sick and dying anyway,"" Tol Yuganick blustered on.","",""
"lemma","pos","cefr_level","coverage_rank","global_frequency","context_sentence","context_sentence_zh","definition_zh"
"seeking","Noun","UNKNOWN","4301","2","He used all his training, all his tools, focusing his senses one at a time in each direction, on every plant and every animal, seeking some hint of the source.","",""
"conceal","Verb","UNKNOWN","4302","2","There were no signs to be found - Brother Justice had made certain of that - and oblivious Avelyn passed by within thirty feet of the concealed entrance to the cave that now served as Jill's prison.","",""
"piper","Noun","UNKNOWN","4303","2","""Bradwarden the Piper,"" the man answered proudly.","",""
"rightly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4304","2","He stopped as Elbryan came out from behind the tree, the ranger rightly sensing that this introduction could go on for some time.","",""
"dumbfoundedly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4305","2","The demon stared dumbfoundedly at the dusty cloud, at Avelyn, as if to ask what the man had done, and again, Avelyn had no answers.","",""
"ears","Verb","UNKNOWN","4306","2","""Two more ears!"" Cric laughed, but Paulson wasn't thinking along those lines just then.","",""
"disarming","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4307","2","""Ah, me little human laddie,"" Bradwarden said with that disarming smile, though it surely seemed condescending coming from so far on high, ""Ye'd not be wanting me to give up me secrets, now would ye?","",""
"rousing","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4308","2","On they charged, Bradwarden singing a rousing song and Chipmunk forcing away his tears, locking them behind a wall of sheer anger.","",""
"naught","Noun","UNKNOWN","4309","2","But fruits and berries are naught but ticklings.","",""
"droppings","Verb","UNKNOWN","4310","2","A hoofprint or me droppings?","",""
"bearded","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4311","2","Bradwarden laughed riotously, then hoisted a huge skin and poured an amber-colored liquid - Elbryan recognized it as boggle - into his mouth, a considerable amount splashing over his bearded face.","",""
"sly","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4312","2","And,"" he paused and offered a sly wink, ""don't ye fear, for I'm not overly fond o' human flesh.""","",""
"overly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4313","2","Brother Avelyn was not overly concerned when he returned to his room to find that Jill was not about.","",""
"differ","Verb","UNKNOWN","4314","2","In Pireth Tulme, even the winter was one long gray sheet of clouds and cold rain, differing from the summer only in terms of temperature.","",""
"kinship","Noun","UNKNOWN","4315","2","Pony went to him, loving him all the more, feeling a true kinship with the man, feeling a great deal of pity, as well.","",""
"activity","Noun","UNKNOWN","4316","2","She could see the activity on the deck of the sailing ship now, small forms darting this way and that, tacking hard to put the large caravel in between the bay's many sentry stones.","",""
"scoring","Noun","UNKNOWN","4317","2","Another shot came thundering in, this one scoring a hit on Pireth Tulme's front wall, taking down some stones.","",""
"parapet","Noun","UNKNOWN","4318","2","Jill dodged easily, then kicked out behind the flying weapon, just nicking the powrie on the back but solidly enough so the overbalanced dwarf fell from the parapet eight feet to the ground below.","",""
"crotch","Noun","UNKNOWN","4319","2","Gothra stared down at the line of blood running from forehead to crotch, then looked back at the demon.","",""
"sheathed","Noun","UNKNOWN","4320","2","Jill sheathed her sword instead, pulled her belt off, and leaped out from the wall, beyond the climbing dwarf.","",""
"havoc","Noun","UNKNOWN","4321","2","If she could get across the deck to the stern catapult or more particularly, to the cauldrons of pitch and the firepit near the catapult, then she might be able to cause more than a little havoc.","",""
"deserting","Noun","UNKNOWN","4322","2","Soon Jill's hands were flapping inconsequentially at the powrie's barrel-like torso, her strength fast deserting her.","",""
"jabbing","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4323","2","With a howl, it finally let go, scrambling about to evade the jabbing dagger.","",""
"mischief","Noun","UNKNOWN","4324","2","She turned to the catapult, its arm low and ready to fire, then looked at the vats of burning pitch, wondering what mischief she might cause.","",""
"capstan","Noun","UNKNOWN","4325","2","She kicked over the pitch barrels, spilling one onto the capstan that held the anchor line and knocking another down the stairs to the lower main deck.","",""
"conspicuous","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4326","2","She tried to straighten her still-damp clothes, but realized that she would be conspicuous indeed to any, walking as she was without boots, and without the dirtied, calloused feet of a peasant woman.","",""
"stories","Verb","UNKNOWN","4327","2","The man rambled on and on, telling mostly stories of his dealings with the various monasteries of Honce-the-Bear, even with St.","",""
"precede","Verb","UNKNOWN","4328","2","Perhaps word of the disaster had preceded her.","",""
"foaming","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4329","2","One of the goblins brought out a bulging waterskin, and as soon as the creature poured some of the foaming liquid into a mug, Elbryan knew that it held some potent drink indeed.","",""
"estimate","Noun","UNKNOWN","4330","2","Estimates of the enemy force ranged from a thousand warriors to a thousand ships full of warriors.","",""
"swig","Noun","UNKNOWN","4331","2","He reached into a pocket of his robe and produced a small flask, popping the top and sucking a huge swig.","",""
"confide","Verb","UNKNOWN","4332","2","He told Jill much - more than he would have ever believed he could confide - holding back only the specifics of the Ring Stones, the secret island, the method and fatal result of his escape, and the fact that he carried with him a stolen cache of powerful magic.","",""
"oppose","Verb","UNKNOWN","4333","2","In these general rows, as opposed to the occasions when all in the bar teamed up against the monk, Avelyn more than held his ground.","",""
"holler","Gerund","UNKNOWN","4334","2","The huge bear of a man tossed his attackers with ease, punched and twisted deftly, hollering ""Ho, ho, what!"" every time he felled another.","",""
"raging","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4335","2","It wasn't until they had exited the tavern, the fight raging still, that Avelyn suddenly stopped and looked at his beautiful companion a most curious expression on his face.","",""
"intimate","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4336","2","Juraviel's tone intimated something more profound to the ranger, that not only was there a mere place for shelter, but a very special place indeed.","",""
"wheeze","Gerund","UNKNOWN","4337","2","The giant was indeed closing for the kill, lifting its deadly weapon, when an arrow thudded hard into its back, turning its evil laughter into a sudden wheeze.","",""
"user","Noun","UNKNOWN","4338","2","With practice, and more joinings, she could quickly rival all but the most powerful stone users of St.-Mere-Abelle","",""
"sheepishly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4339","2","He was sitting upright now, smiling sheepishly, the cloud of pain and death gone from his plump features.","",""
"deserter","Noun","UNKNOWN","4340","2","All of that was, of course, tempered by her realization that she was, in effect, a deserter.","",""
"complicate","Verb","UNKNOWN","4341","2","Up here, Jill was Cat-the-Stray again, a younger girl in a world less complicated, with feelings less confusing.","",""
"lazy","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4342","2","The sky brightened to a dull gray shortly before the dawn, another lazy snowstorm dropping scattered flakes that floated to and fro during their descent.","",""
"garnet","Noun","UNKNOWN","4343","2","They gave him but two stones: a smooth yellow-hued sunstone and a cabochon garnet, a carbuncle, the deepest shade of red.","",""
"mare","Noun","UNKNOWN","4344","2","Pony came riding in then on a roan mare, one of several wild horses that would allow themselves to be ridden.","",""
"efficiently","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4345","2","Paulson stepped inside the range and caught the spear by the shaft and rushed up its length, quickly and efficiently embedding his sword deep in the creature's chest.","",""
"staggering","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4346","2","The man fell away a couple of staggering steps, grabbed the back of a chair for support, and then fell over anyway, the chair tumbling down about him.","",""
"pitfall","Noun","UNKNOWN","4347","2","Brother Justice knew the pitfalls, though.","",""
"gwendolyn","Noun","UNKNOWN","4348","2","Gwendolyn of the Sea since the fight,"" the bartender of the tavern added.","",""
"skirmish","Noun","UNKNOWN","4349","2","They ran all the morning, fighting often, but only quick skirmishes.","",""
"assortment","Singular","UNKNOWN","4350","2","If the demon sets its army to block us, then so we shall be blocked, and not my sword, nor Avelyn's magic, not Bradwarden's strength, nor your own assortment of weapons, will possibly get us through so many swarming monsters.","",""
"jester","Noun","UNKNOWN","4351","2","Brother Justice's first thought was that Avelyn had hired on with this obviously wealthy merchant, perhaps to perform some necessary feat with the stones, perhaps merely as a court jester.","",""
"yelp","Noun","UNKNOWN","4352","2","The dog's legs splayed wide; it gave one yelp, then lay still, its back broken, its lungs collapsing.","",""
"foyer","Noun","UNKNOWN","4353","2","The man pointed toward a door across the foyer.","",""
"corn","Gerund","UNKNOWN","4354","2","He had crossed the Moorlands, corning from the west.","",""
"yellowish","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4355","2","In an instant, a yellowish glow surrounded the monk, and the waves of intrusion were halted.","",""
"jamb","Noun","UNKNOWN","4356","2","He kicked again and again, repeatedly slamming the lock, until finally, the wood of the jamb gave way, the door flying wide to reveal a portly man, richly dressed, standing behind a large oaken desk, a loaded crossbow in hand.","",""
"fugitive","Noun","UNKNOWN","4357","2","Likely, the man was in no way connected to Avelyn, but still the fugitive monk remained concerned.","",""
"familiarity","Noun","UNKNOWN","4358","2","That air alone brought to the young woman familiarity, a crispness that she had not known in the city of Palmaris nor in Pireth Tulme, where the dull and damp fog seemed eternal.","",""
"garner","Verb","UNKNOWN","4359","2","Obviously he had dealt with Markwart - where else would he have garnered so powerful a stone?","",""
"accomplish","Verb","UNKNOWN","4360","2","Many things could be accomplished with such a stone.","",""
"integrity","Noun","UNKNOWN","4361","2","Juicy lamb and thick cuts of venison buried in brown sauces and mushrooms, oranges that exploded in a shower of juice as soon as the integrity of their peels was breached, and large, round, yellow melons that the monk had never before seen but that were sweeter than anything he had ever tasted.","",""
"sheerest","Noun","UNKNOWN","4362","2","The elf sensed the presence of the demon dactyl as surely as the dactyl sensed him, felt the awfulness, the sheerest of evil, the coldest of deathly chill.","",""
"infinite","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4363","2","It seemed as if an hour went by, but then as if only a second had passed; what appeared as an infinite plain was crossed by a single step.","",""
"collide","Verb","UNKNOWN","4364","2","So many times he thought he would collide with jags of stone only to watch them rush under him at the last possible second.","",""
"ant","Noun","UNKNOWN","4365","2","Below him, massed like ants, were the campsites of armies.","",""
"monstrosity","Noun","UNKNOWN","4366","2","But that spectacle couldn't hold Brother Justice's attention for any length of time, not with this huge monstrosity leering at him from on high.","",""
"redemption","Singular","UNKNOWN","4367","2","The man had passed the point of redemption and had perhaps awakened a dangerous curiosity in the demon.","",""
"feeble","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4368","2","The monk drove the feeble merchant to his knees and held fast long after the struggling stopped, long after the merchant's arms fell slack at his sides.","",""
"belonging","Noun","UNKNOWN","4369","2","They gathered together their arrows and their belongings and set off at once, the centaur leading Elbryan deep into the forest, past the pine and the caribou moss, down a deep valley, then up its other side.","",""
"philosophical","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4370","2","That was the way it always happened, the needs of the day dispatching the spirit soon before the dawn, turning Elbryan's thoughts from philosophical to pragmatic.","",""
"platform","Noun","UNKNOWN","4371","2","Mounted sidelong on a platform, the thing would have passed for a fair-sized ballista!","",""
"grant","Verb","UNKNOWN","4372","2","Normally in a test of archery, each contestant would be granted a specified number of shots, with the best total score serving as the measure.","",""
"victorious","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4373","2","Elbryan clenched a fist, thinking himself victorious as he marked the flight.","",""
"roam","Verb","UNKNOWN","4374","2","His eyes betrayed his idea, roaming to the centaur's strong back.","",""
"giving","Noun","UNKNOWN","4375","2","A chair shattered against his back, but while Belster O'Comely groaned at the hit, the monk only laughed all the louder, giving his habitual cry, ""Ho, ho, what!""","",""
"arse","Noun","UNKNOWN","4376","2","Ye should be more to looking past yer arse, though yer target's past yer nose.""","",""
"killer","Noun","UNKNOWN","4377","2","She was sorry that Avelyn had been forced to act as thief and killer, sorry that this gentle man - and despite the barroom brawls, Pony knew Avelyn to be a gentle man - had been put into such an uncompromising position.","",""
"naturally","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4378","2","Jill was naturally strong, but surely not as strong as he had been.","",""
"converge","Verb","UNKNOWN","4379","2","Elbryan glanced both ways, then, figuring that the paths converged just the other side of the boulder, went right.","",""
"homage","Noun","UNKNOWN","4380","2","Elbryan went right to the heart of the grove, paying homage to whoever was buried there, then came back to the edge, wanting to feel the breeze in his face.","",""
"downwind","Verb","UNKNOWN","4381","2","It was taking his measure, Elbryan knew, though he was not downwind and too far for most horses even to notice him.","",""
"steed","Noun","UNKNOWN","4382","2","Or, when either of them was too close for such weapons, they merely spurred their powerful steeds on, running down the helpless powries or goblins that ventured into their path.","",""
"silly","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4383","2","""If we missed them, I'll beat ye silly,"" the large man huffed at Chipmunk, who wisely shifted to the side, out of arm's reach.","",""
"swear","Verb","UNKNOWN","4384","2","The wind rushed past his ears, the landscape flying along beneath, such a thrill of the run, such a smoothness of stride, that Elbryan would have sworn he was flying across a cushion of air.","",""
"aimlessly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4385","2","had, in fact, lost ground, wandering aimlessly about the large city.","",""
"deter","Verb","UNKNOWN","4386","2","The brave woman was not easily deterred.","",""
"nip","PastTense","UNKNOWN","4387","2","The demon's arms shot forward, fingers extended, and black tendrils of crackling electricity spouted from them, biting against the wall and running the length of the straight passage, nipping and snapping at Elbryan and Avelyn, at Pony and Bradwarden as they followed their friends around the bend.","",""
"shrink","Verb","UNKNOWN","4388","2","It is the life that fate has thrust upon us, and I am proud indeed that few, so very few, have shrunk before their sudden, unasked for responsibilities.","",""
"bet","Verb","UNKNOWN","4389","2","""We would climb up to the top rail and bet on how long we could walk it.""","",""
"suffocate","Gerund","UNKNOWN","4390","2","Though she was outside, she felt as if she were suffocating, closed within a space that was too tight.","",""
"downstairs","Noun","UNKNOWN","4391","2","When he got downstairs, though, Avelyn saw no sign of Jill; indeed, Belster O'Comely informed him that he had not seen the woman all night.","",""
"arguing","Noun","UNKNOWN","4392","2","In mere hours, Bestesbulzibar covered the hundreds of miles to the base at Dundalis, where it found a rattled Gothra of the goblins and Maiyer Dek of the fomorian giants arguing fiercely.","",""
"hateful","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4393","2","The folk of Elkenbrook had never known such a huge gathering of goblins, could not conceive of the notion that the hateful, selfish creatures could ever band together in such numbers.","",""
"astride","Noun","UNKNOWN","4394","2","Out from the gaps in the line came the next surprise, a goblin cavalry, the diminutive creatures astride shaggy ponies.","",""
"disciplined","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4395","2","And working in concert,"" he added, sweeping his arm across the panorama of the encampment, indicating the disciplined manner in which the creatures were organizing their camp.","",""
"toll","Noun","UNKNOWN","4396","2","The folk recognized the dramatic movement as a signal and braced for the charge, determined to take their toll, whatever the final outcome.","",""
"massacre","Noun","UNKNOWN","4397","2","So fast and complete was the massacre that Avelyn never used his magic.","",""
"masse","Noun","UNKNOWN","4398","2","And beyond the masses loomed a single dark silhouette, a conical mountain tipped by a steady stream of dark smoke.","",""
"misshapen","Noun","UNKNOWN","4399","2","On the ground beside the body lay the ruined broach, its hematite core melted and misshapen, an elongated black egg.","",""
"unwanted","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4400","2","Might the mad friar's increasing reputation have brought unwanted recognition from the strict order?","",""
1 lemma pos cefr_level coverage_rank global_frequency context_sentence context_sentence_zh definition_zh
2 disarming seeking Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 4301 2 "I am hunting a dangerous fugitive, one who employs the magic of the stones," he explained, turning back to the merchant, a disarming look on his face. He used all his training, all his tools, focusing his senses one at a time in each direction, on every plant and every animal, seeking some hint of the source.
3 rousing conceal Adjective Verb UNKNOWN 4302 2 On they charged, Bradwarden singing a rousing song and Chipmunk forcing away his tears, locking them behind a wall of sheer anger. There were no signs to be found - Brother Justice had made certain of that - and oblivious Avelyn passed by within thirty feet of the concealed entrance to the cave that now served as Jill's prison.
4 naught piper Noun UNKNOWN 4303 2 But fruits and berries are naught but ticklings. "Bradwarden the Piper," the man answered proudly.
5 droppings rightly Verb Adverb UNKNOWN 4304 2 A hoofprint or me droppings? He stopped as Elbryan came out from behind the tree, the ranger rightly sensing that this introduction could go on for some time.
6 bearded dumbfoundedly Adjective Adverb UNKNOWN 4305 2 "Ye'll have a tougher time with that one," Bradwarden remarked, lifting his bearded chin toward Tol Yuganick, who was still standing in the small field, looking none too happy. The demon stared dumbfoundedly at the dusty cloud, at Avelyn, as if to ask what the man had done, and again, Avelyn had no answers.
7 sly ears Adjective Verb UNKNOWN 4306 2 And," he paused and offered a sly wink, "don't ye fear, for I'm not overly fond o' human flesh." "You have tasted it then?" Elbryan reasoned, not taking the bait. "Two more ears!" Cric laughed, but Paulson wasn't thinking along those lines just then.
8 overly disarming Adverb Adjective UNKNOWN 4307 2 Brother Avelyn was not overly concerned when he returned to his room to find that Jill was not about. "Ah, me little human laddie," Bradwarden said with that disarming smile, though it surely seemed condescending coming from so far on high, "Ye'd not be wanting me to give up me secrets, now would ye?
9 differ rousing Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 4308 2 In Pireth Tulme, even the winter was one long gray sheet of clouds and cold rain, differing from the summer only in terms of temperature. On they charged, Bradwarden singing a rousing song and Chipmunk forcing away his tears, locking them behind a wall of sheer anger.
10 kinship naught Noun UNKNOWN 4309 2 Jill had taken the image of the mad friar back with her, could hear his words still, and found in them a kinship to that which lay in her own heart. But fruits and berries are naught but ticklings.
11 activity droppings Noun Verb UNKNOWN 4310 2 She could see the activity on the deck of the sailing ship now, small forms darting this way and that, tacking hard to put the large caravel in between the bay's many sentry stones. A hoofprint or me droppings?
12 scoring bearded Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 4311 2 Another shot came thundering in, this one scoring a hit on Pireth Tulme's front wall, taking down some stones. Bradwarden laughed riotously, then hoisted a huge skin and poured an amber-colored liquid - Elbryan recognized it as boggle - into his mouth, a considerable amount splashing over his bearded face.
13 parapet sly Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 4312 2 Jill dodged easily, then kicked out behind the flying weapon, just nicking the powrie on the back but solidly enough so the overbalanced dwarf fell from the parapet eight feet to the ground below. And," he paused and offered a sly wink, "don't ye fear, for I'm not overly fond o' human flesh."
14 crotch overly Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 4313 2 Gothra stared down at the line of blood running from forehead to crotch, then looked back at the demon. Brother Avelyn was not overly concerned when he returned to his room to find that Jill was not about.
15 sheathed differ Noun Verb UNKNOWN 4314 2 Jill sheathed her sword instead, pulled her belt off, and leaped out from the wall, beyond the climbing dwarf. In Pireth Tulme, even the winter was one long gray sheet of clouds and cold rain, differing from the summer only in terms of temperature.
16 havoc kinship Noun UNKNOWN 4315 2 If she could get across the deck to the stern catapult or more particularly, to the cauldrons of pitch and the firepit near the catapult, then she might be able to cause more than a little havoc. Pony went to him, loving him all the more, feeling a true kinship with the man, feeling a great deal of pity, as well.
17 deserting activity Noun UNKNOWN 4316 2 He could hardly believe that Bradwarden would so leave their friends behind, deserting the pair in so perilous a situation. She could see the activity on the deck of the sailing ship now, small forms darting this way and that, tacking hard to put the large caravel in between the bay's many sentry stones.
18 evade scoring Noun UNKNOWN 4317 2 With a howl, it finally let go, scrambling about to evade the jabbing dagger. Another shot came thundering in, this one scoring a hit on Pireth Tulme's front wall, taking down some stones.
19 jabbing parapet Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 4318 2 With a howl, it finally let go, scrambling about to evade the jabbing dagger. Jill dodged easily, then kicked out behind the flying weapon, just nicking the powrie on the back but solidly enough so the overbalanced dwarf fell from the parapet eight feet to the ground below.
20 mischief crotch Noun UNKNOWN 4319 2 She turned to the catapult, its arm low and ready to fire, then looked at the vats of burning pitch, wondering what mischief she might cause. Gothra stared down at the line of blood running from forehead to crotch, then looked back at the demon.
21 capstan sheathed Noun UNKNOWN 4320 2 She kicked over the pitch barrels, spilling one onto the capstan that held the anchor line and knocking another down the stairs to the lower main deck. Jill sheathed her sword instead, pulled her belt off, and leaped out from the wall, beyond the climbing dwarf.
22 conspicuous havoc Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 4321 2 She tried to straighten her still-damp clothes, but realized that she would be conspicuous indeed to any, walking as she was without boots, and without the dirtied, calloused feet of a peasant woman. If she could get across the deck to the stern catapult or more particularly, to the cauldrons of pitch and the firepit near the catapult, then she might be able to cause more than a little havoc.
23 stories deserting Verb Noun UNKNOWN 4322 2 The man rambled on and on, telling mostly stories of his dealings with the various monasteries of Honce-the-Bear, even with St. Soon Jill's hands were flapping inconsequentially at the powrie's barrel-like torso, her strength fast deserting her.
24 precede jabbing Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 4323 2 Perhaps word of the disaster had preceded her. With a howl, it finally let go, scrambling about to evade the jabbing dagger.
25 foaming mischief Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 4324 2 She found a tavern, its sign too worn for her even to make out the name, though the image of a foaming mug was clear enough. She turned to the catapult, its arm low and ready to fire, then looked at the vats of burning pitch, wondering what mischief she might cause.
26 estimate capstan Noun UNKNOWN 4325 2 Estimates of the enemy force ranged from a thousand warriors to a thousand ships full of warriors. She kicked over the pitch barrels, spilling one onto the capstan that held the anchor line and knocking another down the stairs to the lower main deck.
27 swig conspicuous Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 4326 2 He reached into a pocket of his robe and produced a small flask, popping the top and sucking a huge swig. She tried to straighten her still-damp clothes, but realized that she would be conspicuous indeed to any, walking as she was without boots, and without the dirtied, calloused feet of a peasant woman.
28 confide stories Verb UNKNOWN 4327 2 "I am Brother Avelyn Desbris, formerly of St.-Mere-Abelle," he confided, and Jill understood she was probably the first person he had told his true name in a long, long time. The man rambled on and on, telling mostly stories of his dealings with the various monasteries of Honce-the-Bear, even with St.
29 oppose precede Verb UNKNOWN 4328 2 In these general rows, as opposed to the occasions when all in the bar teamed up against the monk, Avelyn more than held his ground. Perhaps word of the disaster had preceded her.
30 holler foaming Gerund Adjective UNKNOWN 4329 2 The huge bear of a man tossed his attackers with ease, punched and twisted deftly, hollering "Ho, ho, what!" every time he felled another. One of the goblins brought out a bulging waterskin, and as soon as the creature poured some of the foaming liquid into a mug, Elbryan knew that it held some potent drink indeed.
31 raging estimate Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 4330 2 It wasn't until they had exited the tavern, the fight raging still, that Avelyn suddenly stopped and looked at his beautiful companion a most curious expression on his face. Estimates of the enemy force ranged from a thousand warriors to a thousand ships full of warriors.
32 intimate swig Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 4331 2 Juraviel's tone intimated something more profound to the ranger, that not only was there a mere place for shelter, but a very special place indeed. He reached into a pocket of his robe and produced a small flask, popping the top and sucking a huge swig.
33 wheeze confide Gerund Verb UNKNOWN 4332 2 Are you prepared for such a joining?" "I hardly think you are in condition - " "Not physically, oh no, not that!" Avelyn quickly corrected, wheezing out a laugh despite his obvious agony. He told Jill much - more than he would have ever believed he could confide - holding back only the specifics of the Ring Stones, the secret island, the method and fatal result of his escape, and the fact that he carried with him a stolen cache of powerful magic.
34 user oppose Noun Verb UNKNOWN 4333 2 With practice, and more joinings, she could quickly rival all but the most powerful stone users of St.-Mere-Abelle - and all because of this simple technique. In these general rows, as opposed to the occasions when all in the bar teamed up against the monk, Avelyn more than held his ground.
35 sheepishly holler Adverb Gerund UNKNOWN 4334 2 He was sitting upright now, smiling sheepishly, the cloud of pain and death gone from his plump features. The huge bear of a man tossed his attackers with ease, punched and twisted deftly, hollering "Ho, ho, what!" every time he felled another.
36 deserter raging Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 4335 2 All of that was, of course, tempered by her realization that she was, in effect, a deserter. It wasn't until they had exited the tavern, the fight raging still, that Avelyn suddenly stopped and looked at his beautiful companion a most curious expression on his face.
37 complicate intimate Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 4336 2 Up here, Jill was Cat-the-Stray again, a younger girl in a world less complicated, with feelings less confusing. Juraviel's tone intimated something more profound to the ranger, that not only was there a mere place for shelter, but a very special place indeed.
38 lazy wheeze Adjective Gerund UNKNOWN 4337 2 She spent all night watching the stars, the gentle drift of Sheila, the occasional lazy cloud. The giant was indeed closing for the kill, lifting its deadly weapon, when an arrow thudded hard into its back, turning its evil laughter into a sudden wheeze.
39 garnet user Noun UNKNOWN 4338 2 CHAPTER 29 Of Singular Purpose They gave him but two stones: a smooth yellow-hued sunstone and a cabochon garnet, a carbuncle, the deepest shade of red. With practice, and more joinings, she could quickly rival all but the most powerful stone users of St.-Mere-Abelle
40 mare sheepishly Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 4339 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. He was sitting upright now, smiling sheepishly, the cloud of pain and death gone from his plump features.
41 efficiently deserter Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 4340 2 Paulson stepped inside the range and caught the spear by the shaft and rushed up its length, quickly and efficiently embedding his sword deep in the creature's chest. All of that was, of course, tempered by her realization that she was, in effect, a deserter.
42 staggering complicate Adjective Verb UNKNOWN 4341 2 The man fell away a couple of staggering steps, grabbed the back of a chair for support, and then fell over anyway, the chair tumbling down about him. Up here, Jill was Cat-the-Stray again, a younger girl in a world less complicated, with feelings less confusing.
43 pitfall lazy Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 4342 2 Brother Justice knew the pitfalls, though. The sky brightened to a dull gray shortly before the dawn, another lazy snowstorm dropping scattered flakes that floated to and fro during their descent.
44 gwendolyn garnet Noun UNKNOWN 4343 2 Gwendolyn of the Sea since the fight," the bartender of the tavern added. They gave him but two stones: a smooth yellow-hued sunstone and a cabochon garnet, a carbuncle, the deepest shade of red.
45 skirmish mare Noun UNKNOWN 4344 2 They ran all the morning, fighting often, but only quick skirmishes. Pony came riding in then on a roan mare, one of several wild horses that would allow themselves to be ridden.
46 assortment efficiently Singular Adverb UNKNOWN 4345 2 He was a bit apprehensive when he got to the gates of the indicated house, a huge structure of imported materials: smooth white marble from the south, dark wooden beams from the Timberlands, and an assortment of garden artwork that could only have come from the galleries of the finest sculptors in Ursal. Paulson stepped inside the range and caught the spear by the shaft and rushed up its length, quickly and efficiently embedding his sword deep in the creature's chest.
47 jester staggering Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 4346 2 Brother Justice's first thought was that Avelyn had hired on with this obviously wealthy merchant, perhaps to perform some necessary feat with the stones, perhaps merely as a court jester. The man fell away a couple of staggering steps, grabbed the back of a chair for support, and then fell over anyway, the chair tumbling down about him.
48 yelp pitfall Noun UNKNOWN 4347 2 The dog's legs splayed wide; it gave one yelp, then lay still, its back broken, its lungs collapsing. Brother Justice knew the pitfalls, though.
49 foyer gwendolyn Noun UNKNOWN 4348 2 The man pointed toward a door across the foyer. Gwendolyn of the Sea since the fight," the bartender of the tavern added.
50 corn skirmish Gerund Noun UNKNOWN 4349 2 He had crossed the Moorlands, corning from the west. They ran all the morning, fighting often, but only quick skirmishes.
51 yellowish assortment Adjective Singular UNKNOWN 4350 2 In an instant, a yellowish glow surrounded the monk, and the waves of intrusion were halted. If the demon sets its army to block us, then so we shall be blocked, and not my sword, nor Avelyn's magic, not Bradwarden's strength, nor your own assortment of weapons, will possibly get us through so many swarming monsters.
52 jamb jester Noun UNKNOWN 4351 2 He kicked again and again, repeatedly slamming the lock, until finally, the wood of the jamb gave way, the door flying wide to reveal a portly man, richly dressed, standing behind a large oaken desk, a loaded crossbow in hand. Brother Justice's first thought was that Avelyn had hired on with this obviously wealthy merchant, perhaps to perform some necessary feat with the stones, perhaps merely as a court jester.
53 fugitive yelp Noun UNKNOWN 4352 2 Likely, the man was in no way connected to Avelyn, but still the fugitive monk remained concerned. The dog's legs splayed wide; it gave one yelp, then lay still, its back broken, its lungs collapsing.
54 familiarity foyer Noun UNKNOWN 4353 2 "How fares old Markwart?" he asked, his tone one of familiarity. The man pointed toward a door across the foyer.
55 garner corn Verb Gerund UNKNOWN 4354 2 Obviously he had dealt with Markwart - where else would he have garnered so powerful a stone? He had crossed the Moorlands, corning from the west.
56 accomplish yellowish Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 4355 2 Many things could be accomplished with such a stone. In an instant, a yellowish glow surrounded the monk, and the waves of intrusion were halted.
57 integrity jamb Noun UNKNOWN 4356 2 Juicy lamb and thick cuts of venison buried in brown sauces and mushrooms, oranges that exploded in a shower of juice as soon as the integrity of their peels was breached, and large, round, yellow melons that the monk had never before seen but that were sweeter than anything he had ever tasted. He kicked again and again, repeatedly slamming the lock, until finally, the wood of the jamb gave way, the door flying wide to reveal a portly man, richly dressed, standing behind a large oaken desk, a loaded crossbow in hand.
58 sheerest fugitive Noun UNKNOWN 4357 2 He recalled Dosey's fearful expression when he hinted that he would make the journey, a mixture, it seemed, of the sheerest horror and the highest titillation. Likely, the man was in no way connected to Avelyn, but still the fugitive monk remained concerned.
59 infinite familiarity Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 4358 2 It seemed as if an hour went by, but then as if only a second had passed; what appeared as an infinite plain was crossed by a single step. That air alone brought to the young woman familiarity, a crispness that she had not known in the city of Palmaris nor in Pireth Tulme, where the dull and damp fog seemed eternal.
60 collide garner Verb UNKNOWN 4359 2 So many times he thought he would collide with jags of stone only to watch them rush under him at the last possible second. Obviously he had dealt with Markwart - where else would he have garnered so powerful a stone?
61 ant accomplish Noun Verb UNKNOWN 4360 2 Below him, massed like ants, were the campsites of armies. Many things could be accomplished with such a stone.
62 monstrosity integrity Noun UNKNOWN 4361 2 But that spectacle couldn't hold Brother Justice's attention for any length of time, not with this huge monstrosity leering at him from on high. Juicy lamb and thick cuts of venison buried in brown sauces and mushrooms, oranges that exploded in a shower of juice as soon as the integrity of their peels was breached, and large, round, yellow melons that the monk had never before seen but that were sweeter than anything he had ever tasted.
63 redemption sheerest Singular Noun UNKNOWN 4362 2 The man had passed the point of redemption and had perhaps awakened a dangerous curiosity in the demon. The elf sensed the presence of the demon dactyl as surely as the dactyl sensed him, felt the awfulness, the sheerest of evil, the coldest of deathly chill.
64 feeble infinite Adjective UNKNOWN 4363 2 The monk drove the feeble merchant to his knees and held fast long after the struggling stopped, long after the merchant's arms fell slack at his sides. It seemed as if an hour went by, but then as if only a second had passed; what appeared as an infinite plain was crossed by a single step.
65 belonging collide Noun Verb UNKNOWN 4364 2 "I am at peace, a greater sense of belonging than I have ever known," the ranger said at length after more than half an hour sitting in his wooden chair in the darkness, staring at the barely perceptible mirror. So many times he thought he would collide with jags of stone only to watch them rush under him at the last possible second.
66 philosophical ant Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 4365 2 That was the way it always happened, the needs of the day dispatching the spirit soon before the dawn, turning Elbryan's thoughts from philosophical to pragmatic. Below him, massed like ants, were the campsites of armies.
67 platform monstrosity Noun UNKNOWN 4366 2 Mounted sidelong on a platform, the thing would have passed for a fair-sized ballista! But that spectacle couldn't hold Brother Justice's attention for any length of time, not with this huge monstrosity leering at him from on high.
68 grant redemption Verb Singular UNKNOWN 4367 2 Normally in a test of archery, each contestant would be granted a specified number of shots, with the best total score serving as the measure. The man had passed the point of redemption and had perhaps awakened a dangerous curiosity in the demon.
69 victorious feeble Adjective UNKNOWN 4368 2 Elbryan clenched a fist, thinking himself victorious as he marked the flight. The monk drove the feeble merchant to his knees and held fast long after the struggling stopped, long after the merchant's arms fell slack at his sides.
70 roam belonging Verb Noun UNKNOWN 4369 2 His eyes betrayed his idea, roaming to the centaur's strong back. They gathered together their arrows and their belongings and set off at once, the centaur leading Elbryan deep into the forest, past the pine and the caribou moss, down a deep valley, then up its other side.
71 giving philosophical Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 4370 2 A chair shattered against his back, but while Belster O'Comely groaned at the hit, the monk only laughed all the louder, giving his habitual cry, "Ho, ho, what!" Elbryan leaned on his staff, thinking this quite a show. That was the way it always happened, the needs of the day dispatching the spirit soon before the dawn, turning Elbryan's thoughts from philosophical to pragmatic.
72 arse platform Noun UNKNOWN 4371 2 "And I could put an arrow up your arse from a hundred paces," Elbryan retorted. Mounted sidelong on a platform, the thing would have passed for a fair-sized ballista!
73 killer grant Noun Verb UNKNOWN 4372 2 "Ye've got yerself one dragon-killer of a bow, me friend," Bradwarden offered. Normally in a test of archery, each contestant would be granted a specified number of shots, with the best total score serving as the measure.
74 naturally victorious Adverb Adjective UNKNOWN 4373 2 Jill was naturally strong, but surely not as strong as he had been. Elbryan clenched a fist, thinking himself victorious as he marked the flight.
75 converge roam Verb UNKNOWN 4374 2 The hundreds of purplish rings converged in the middle of the room. His eyes betrayed his idea, roaming to the centaur's strong back.
76 homage giving Noun UNKNOWN 4375 2 Elbryan went right to the heart of the grove, paying homage to whoever was buried there, then came back to the edge, wanting to feel the breeze in his face. A chair shattered against his back, but while Belster O'Comely groaned at the hit, the monk only laughed all the louder, giving his habitual cry, "Ho, ho, what!"
77 downwind arse Verb Noun UNKNOWN 4376 2 It was taking his measure, Elbryan knew, though he was not downwind and too far for most horses even to notice him. Ye should be more to looking past yer arse, though yer target's past yer nose."
78 steed killer Noun UNKNOWN 4377 2 He knew the magnificent steed would not return that day, and so he walked away, not in the direction in which the horse had run but back toward Dundalis. She was sorry that Avelyn had been forced to act as thief and killer, sorry that this gentle man - and despite the barroom brawls, Pony knew Avelyn to be a gentle man - had been put into such an uncompromising position.
79 silly naturally Adjective Adverb UNKNOWN 4378 2 "If we missed them, I'll beat ye silly," the large man huffed at Chipmunk, who wisely shifted to the side, out of arm's reach. Jill was naturally strong, but surely not as strong as he had been.
80 swear converge Verb UNKNOWN 4379 2 The wind rushed past his ears, the landscape flying along beneath, such a thrill of the run, such a smoothness of stride, that Elbryan would have sworn he was flying across a cushion of air. Elbryan glanced both ways, then, figuring that the paths converged just the other side of the boulder, went right.
81 aimlessly homage Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 4380 2 Brother Justice had not gained on his intended prey - had, in fact, lost ground, wandering aimlessly about the large city. Elbryan went right to the heart of the grove, paying homage to whoever was buried there, then came back to the edge, wanting to feel the breeze in his face.
82 deter downwind Verb UNKNOWN 4381 2 The brave woman was not easily deterred. It was taking his measure, Elbryan knew, though he was not downwind and too far for most horses even to notice him.
83 nip steed PastTense Noun UNKNOWN 4382 2 The demon's arms shot forward, fingers extended, and black tendrils of crackling electricity spouted from them, biting against the wall and running the length of the straight passage, nipping and snapping at Elbryan and Avelyn, at Pony and Bradwarden as they followed their friends around the bend. Or, when either of them was too close for such weapons, they merely spurred their powerful steeds on, running down the helpless powries or goblins that ventured into their path.
84 shrink silly Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 4383 2 The name "Elbryan" nipped at the edges of her mind, but with it came an overwhelming sense of grief and loss: that black wall of pain that caused her to shrink away, that had made her put the glowing ember in Connor Bildeborough's face. "If we missed them, I'll beat ye silly," the large man huffed at Chipmunk, who wisely shifted to the side, out of arm's reach.
85 bet swear Verb UNKNOWN 4384 2 "We would climb up to the top rail and bet on how long we could walk it." "My friends," Jill said, without really thinking about her answer. The wind rushed past his ears, the landscape flying along beneath, such a thrill of the run, such a smoothness of stride, that Elbryan would have sworn he was flying across a cushion of air.
86 suffocate aimlessly Gerund Adverb UNKNOWN 4385 2 Though she was outside, she felt as if she were suffocating, closed within a space that was too tight. had, in fact, lost ground, wandering aimlessly about the large city.
87 downstairs deter Noun Verb UNKNOWN 4386 2 He was downstairs soon enough, drinking and talking amid a huge crowd, for many of the area trappers had come in to lay in provisions in preparation of the coming winter. The brave woman was not easily deterred.
88 arguing nip Noun PastTense UNKNOWN 4387 2 They were a tough bunch indeed, reclusive and opinionated, men and a few women who lived by their weapons and their cunning, and Avelyn was soon enough arguing with one rake that a town whose history was as dark as that of Dundalis should be better prepared to face the danger. The demon's arms shot forward, fingers extended, and black tendrils of crackling electricity spouted from them, biting against the wall and running the length of the straight passage, nipping and snapping at Elbryan and Avelyn, at Pony and Bradwarden as they followed their friends around the bend.
89 hateful shrink Adjective Verb UNKNOWN 4388 2 The folk of Elkenbrook had never known such a huge gathering of goblins, could not conceive of the notion that the hateful, selfish creatures could ever band together in such numbers. It is the life that fate has thrust upon us, and I am proud indeed that few, so very few, have shrunk before their sudden, unasked for responsibilities.
90 astride bet Noun Verb UNKNOWN 4389 2 Out from the gaps in the line came the next surprise, a goblin cavalry, the diminutive creatures astride shaggy ponies. "We would climb up to the top rail and bet on how long we could walk it."
91 disciplined suffocate Adjective Gerund UNKNOWN 4390 2 And working in concert," he added, sweeping his arm across the panorama of the encampment, indicating the disciplined manner in which the creatures were organizing their camp. Though she was outside, she felt as if she were suffocating, closed within a space that was too tight.
92 toll downstairs Noun UNKNOWN 4391 2 The folk recognized the dramatic movement as a signal and braced for the charge, determined to take their toll, whatever the final outcome. When he got downstairs, though, Avelyn saw no sign of Jill; indeed, Belster O'Comely informed him that he had not seen the woman all night.
93 massacre arguing Noun UNKNOWN 4392 2 So fast and complete was the massacre that Avelyn never used his magic. In mere hours, Bestesbulzibar covered the hundreds of miles to the base at Dundalis, where it found a rattled Gothra of the goblins and Maiyer Dek of the fomorian giants arguing fiercely.
94 masse hateful Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 4393 2 And beyond the masses loomed a single dark silhouette, a conical mountain tipped by a steady stream of dark smoke. The folk of Elkenbrook had never known such a huge gathering of goblins, could not conceive of the notion that the hateful, selfish creatures could ever band together in such numbers.
95 misshapen astride Noun UNKNOWN 4394 2 Jill's eyes opened wide, the memory suddenly too vivid, the recollection of that ugly, misshapen dead thing assaulting her, telling her mind to run away. Out from the gaps in the line came the next surprise, a goblin cavalry, the diminutive creatures astride shaggy ponies.
96 unwanted disciplined Adjective UNKNOWN 4395 2 Might the mad friar's increasing reputation have brought unwanted recognition from the strict order? And working in concert," he added, sweeping his arm across the panorama of the encampment, indicating the disciplined manner in which the creatures were organizing their camp.
97 deft toll Noun UNKNOWN 4396 2 A deft twist by the woman turned the sword out of harm's way, allowing Brother Justice merely a glancing hit that forced Jill back a step. The folk recognized the dramatic movement as a signal and braced for the charge, determined to take their toll, whatever the final outcome.
98 ruse massacre Noun UNKNOWN 4397 2 She understood then that his mental attack had been but a ruse, a distraction from which he could recover much faster than she. So fast and complete was the massacre that Avelyn never used his magic.
99 enthusiastically masse Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 4398 2 of that marauding black bear?" asked Belster O'Comely, moving down to that end of the bar, wiping it rather enthusiastically to force two of the men away. And beyond the masses loomed a single dark silhouette, a conical mountain tipped by a steady stream of dark smoke.
100 lately misshapen Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 4399 2 Lately, though, Belster had begun changing that. On the ground beside the body lay the ruined broach, its hematite core melted and misshapen, an elongated black egg.
101 sick unwanted Adjective UNKNOWN 4400 2 "The bear was sick and dying anyway," Tol Yuganick blustered on. Might the mad friar's increasing reputation have brought unwanted recognition from the strict order?