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"lemma","pos","cefr_level","coverage_rank","context_sentence","context_sentence_zh","definition_zh"
"lord","Noun","UNKNOWN","4401","He studied the man in the distant corner, the one Tol had referred to sarcastically as ""our lord protector,"" with new interest.","",""
"protecting","Noun","UNKNOWN","4402","Ye're smart enough to see that Pony needs little protecting.""","",""
"vertically","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4403","Elbryan casually put Hawkwing out vertically in front of him, picking off the punch with the hard wood.","",""
"groaning","Noun","UNKNOWN","4404","It went down hard, groaning, trying to shake the dizziness, growling against the searing pain.","",""
"skilled","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4405","Then the ranger began his scan again, seeking the newcomer, this skilled fighter, this assassin.","",""
"hustle","Verb","UNKNOWN","4406","The ranger shrugged it away and hustled to the side of the fat monk.","",""
"herb","Noun","UNKNOWN","4407","This man had been-poisoned, no doubt about it, but the poison was not based in any substance, in any herb or plant or any animal venom.","",""
"swerved","Noun","UNKNOWN","4408","Elbryan watched him go, taking some comfort in the fact that the man swerved for the inn's side door and was apparently going to his room, not back to the common room.","",""
"affair","Noun","UNKNOWN","4409","Elbryan didn't know exactly where he might fit in to such a private affair, but he expected that he and the fat monk - and likely the deadly stranger, as well - had not seen the last of one another.","",""
"forewarn","Verb","UNKNOWN","4410","Now Avelyn was indeed growing fearful; it wasn't like Jill to disappear for so long without forewarning him or without finding some way to contact him.","",""
"defined","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4411","To Avelyn, who had lived all of his life in the more populous and defined central region of Honce-the-Bear, and who had lately.","",""
"uncompromising","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4412","to find you, yes, yes,"" Avelyn finally explained, finding his wits against that uncompromising stare.","",""
"wearily","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4413","I cannot be sure.""
Elbryan sighed wearily.","",""
"dimly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4414","Quintall stood at the back of the dimly lit cave, leaning easily against the wall, flicking flint against steel until a light caught on the torch he had propped there.","",""
"foolishly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4415","And then they were buried beneath the subsequent memories: the death of Thagraine, of the boy who had foolishly gone onto Pimaninicuit, of all the crew of the Windrunner, of Dansally, of Siherton.","",""
"vine","Plural","UNKNOWN","4416","Elbryan took the torch with him as he pushed aside the vines and entered the inner chamber.","",""
"powerfully","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4417","Elbryan jammed one end of Hawkwing into the dirt and swept the staff powerfully across in front of him, left to right, deflecting the blow.","",""
"wraith","Noun","UNKNOWN","4418","He stood on the legs of a wraith facing the dactyl demon.","",""
"magnificence","Singular","UNKNOWN","4419","- in all its horrible beauty, in all its magnificence.","",""
"device","Singular","UNKNOWN","4420","Perhaps the stones served as a warning device to the masters back in St.-Mere-Abelle, a signal that Quintall was dead, that Quintall had failed.","",""
"abuse","Verb","B2","4421","You stole the stones because you rightly judged that they were being abused.""
Avelyn nodded, so glad to hear those words.","",""
"observation","Plural","UNKNOWN","4422","I cannot know, can only guess, and I fear that any guess I make will be tainted by the observations of my current life.","",""
"betterment","Noun","UNKNOWN","4423","Those elven friends created Nightbird, this ranger, hopefully for the betterment of the world and surely for the betterment of me.","",""
"shaken","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4424","His only lament was that Pony seemed truly shaken by her return to this area.","",""
"mournful","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4425","His tune, mournful and hopeful all at once, calmed Avelyn and bolstered his resolve.","",""
"beneficial","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4426","""Beneficial or baneful?""
""Beneficial,"" Avelyn said with all confidence and without hesitation.","",""
"interference","Singular","UNKNOWN","4427","The horse knew things simply, without the interference of reason that was the domain of men, elves, and the higher races.","",""
"jostle","Verb","UNKNOWN","4428","Symphony snorted again and jostled about, but gradually came to accept the woman.","",""
"culmination","Singular","UNKNOWN","4429","For Elbryan, it was the culmination of his youth, where every waking thought had led him to this point with this woman, his soulmate, his Pony.","",""
"insignia","Noun","UNKNOWN","4430","Thankfully, there were no giants or even powries to be seen, but there were at least fifty goblins down there, with several, Elbryan noted, wearing the black-and-gray insignia of the dactyl's army.","",""
"reconcile","Verb","UNKNOWN","4431","The large man's knowledge of goblins simply didn't reconcile with this sight before him.","",""
"wooded","Verb","UNKNOWN","4432","Tall Cric was by far the fastest of the three and he forged ahead, gaining steadily on the goblin as it scrambled down the back side of the hill, then over the wooded floor of the next valley.","",""
"corkscrew","Noun","UNKNOWN","4433","Even more surprising to the three men were the war engines, a dozen at least, great catapults and spear-throwing ballistae, and huge corkscrew devices, obviously for burrowing through fortified walls.","",""
"concoct","Noun","UNKNOWN","4434","One of the giants continued to stammer on about bad luck and other such nonsense, trying hard to concoct some excuse that might keep its skin attached to its body.","",""
"forthcoming","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4435","""Ye did!"" Bradwarden roared, ending any forthcoming lies from the man and his two companions.","",""
"crest","Verb","UNKNOWN","4436","True to her word, Pony was riding hard to the south as the sun crested the eastern horizon.","",""
"thievery","Noun","UNKNOWN","4437","Stealthy thievery seemed the order of the day.","",""
"diving","Noun","UNKNOWN","4438","Hawkwing's bowstring hummed, the arrow flying true, diving into the back of the peeing goblin's head.","",""
"hatchet","Noun","UNKNOWN","4439","The ranger dropped Hawkwing, reached behind him to his pack, and tore free his hatchet.","",""
"ineffective","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4440","Elbryan looked at his weapons, so ineffective against the sturdy powrie.","",""
"pierce","Verb","UNKNOWN","4441","Elbryan's next shot pierced its heart and drove deep into the tree behind it, and the goblin slumped, quite dead, but standing, pegged to the tree.","",""
"peg","Verb","UNKNOWN","4442","Chipmunk popped out the last fastening peg, and, with the strength of a giant, the centaur lifted free the huge beam.","",""
"ghostly","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4443","Elbryan first noticed the ghostly figures moving through the mist as twilight descended.","",""
"strung","Noun","UNKNOWN","4444","He brought Symphony up behind a thick tangle of white birch and strung Hawkwing, ready to fight all the way to the westernmost village if need be.","",""
"bearish","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4445","Elbryan let the boy down to Paulson's waiting grasp, and the ranger was touched by how gently the bearish man handled the youngster.","",""
"compassion","Noun","UNKNOWN","4446","Whatever complaints Cric and Chipmunk might offer, they had remained in the area because of the refugees, out of simple compassion.","",""
"undetected","PastTense","UNKNOWN","4447","He left Symphony in the forest and moved tree to tree, crossing past goblin sentries undetected, at last finding a good vantage point on the edge of the village.","",""
"threateningly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4448","Elbryan didn't flinch nor did he look back threateningly when a mug shattered against the wall beside the exit, a missile obviously aimed at the back of his head.","",""
"unleash","Verb","UNKNOWN","4449","The stone; as if it were something sentient, had called to the monk on that day when he had presented it to Elbryan and Symphony, and Avelyn, who had floated down the face of a cliff, who had walked on water and unleashed tremendous fireballs, who had held the power of a thunderstorm in his puny, mortal hands, would not discount any possibilities of its God-given power.","",""
"abandoned","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4450","Pony and Elbryan spent a long and quiet moment together, ending it wordlessly with a kiss that passed as a promise from Elbryan to the woman that she would not be abandoned, and as a promise from Pony that she and those who would leave would be ready when the moment of opportunity was upon them.","",""
"reassure","Verb","UNKNOWN","4451","Elbryan kept them down, tried to reassure them all by patting the other two children softly, by showing them his weapons and that he was ready should they be discovered.","",""
"ignorance","Noun","UNKNOWN","4452","The goblins'
ignorance saved the creatures' lives that night, for death was barely an arm's length away; more important, the goblins' ignorance also saved Elbryan's plan.","",""
"fro","Noun","UNKNOWN","4453","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.","",""
"admiring","Noun","UNKNOWN","4454","He put a hand on Elbryan's shoulder and gave the man a sincere, admiring look.","",""
"smother","Verb","UNKNOWN","4455","It slammed into a young tree, snapping branches and stumbling, but held its balance - stupidly, for the ground offered its only chance of smothering the flames - and ran on.","",""
"southwestern","Noun","UNKNOWN","4456","Every so often a cloud would rush overhead, pushed by southwestern breezes, but for the most part the stars shone crisp and clear, and die smell of spring was everywhere, the smell of new life.","",""
"spotted","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4457","Pony looked back and spotted Elbryan sitting on a low branch of a tree on the northern side of the ravine.","",""
"carrying","Noun","UNKNOWN","4458","The powerful centaur was still carrying the sack with the kicking powrie, and somehow managing to put his great bow to use every so often, but he still had enough strength to allow the fat monk up on his back.","",""
"bittersweet","Noun","UNKNOWN","4459","The encampment that night, closer to Dundalis than to Weedy Meadow, was filled with a bittersweet atmosphere.","",""
"dinner","Noun","UNKNOWN","4460","Elbryan had interrogated the captured powrie, getting no information of any value, and then the centaur had claimed the dwarf as his catch - and as his dinner.","",""
"disagreeable","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4461","And they were indeed a ragtag band; the best among them, other than Pony, Bradwarden, and Avelyn, was probably unreliable Paulson or the always irritating, disagreeable Tol Yuganick.","",""
"circlet","Noun","UNKNOWN","4462","He took the circlet back from her and set it about her forehead.","",""
"cleanly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4463","But they had not gotten away cleanly and were forced to separate from the main group.","",""
"depend","Verb","UNKNOWN","4464","""You consider the vision more closely because so many people depend upon you now, because any course you take will draw many others in your wake.","",""
"droplet","Noun","UNKNOWN","4465","Elbryan knew not how long the candles would last, how long it would take their heat to melt the snow domes above them, the droplets falling to extinguish the flames.","",""
"undead","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4466","But then the undead thing was there, right before him, propelled by something other than its legs - was there, barely a foot away, its bony fingers clasped about the ranger's throat!","",""
"sending","Noun","UNKNOWN","4467","The ranger got his staff and his arm up to block, but the creature's backhand sweep was too heavy, sending Elbryan tumbling back the other way.","",""
"rotted","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4468","Now his hit did indeed sting the zombie, the sword tearing a deep gash in the rotted flesh, smacking hard against a rib.","",""
"shear","Gerund","UNKNOWN","4469","Mighty Tempest sheared right through the crystal, and the whole of it blew into dust, shattered a thousand times.","",""
"pommel","Noun","UNKNOWN","4470","He held it up before his admiring gaze, studying the craftsmanship, the gleaming silverel, the magnificent gemstone pommel, the blue, the storm clouds.","",""
"occupied","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4471","It was as they had feared the monsters using the occupied towns as base and supply camps while they sent their dark tendrils further south, first in probes, but soon, so Paulson believed, in great numbers.","",""
"tendril","Noun","UNKNOWN","4472","It was as they had feared the monsters using the occupied towns as base and supply camps while they sent their dark tendrils further south, first in probes, but soon, so Paulson believed, in great numbers.","",""
"probe","Noun","UNKNOWN","4473","It was as they had feared the monsters using the occupied towns as base and supply camps while they sent their dark tendrils further south, first in probes, but soon, so Paulson believed, in great numbers.","",""
"perk","PastTense","UNKNOWN","4474","Elbryan perked up his ears, wondering if the monk had been in contact with Uncle Mather.","",""
"firewood","Noun","UNKNOWN","4475","Elbryan, Bradwarden, and Avelyn came upon a group of a dozen goblins chopping firewood, and summarily destroyed them.","",""
"disposal","Noun","UNKNOWN","4476","Indeed, more than two thirds of the human group had gone further to the east, leaving less than forty warriors at Elbryan's disposal, not counting the secretive elves, whose number even the ranger didn't know.","",""
"violate","Verb","UNKNOWN","4477","When Pony met Elbryan more than an hour later, she had to work hard to hide her feelings of guilt, her feelings that she had somehow violated him.","",""
"playfully","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4478","""Ho, ho, what?"" Pony said to him playfully, drawing a smile from the monk.","",""
"wryly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4479","Elbryan smiled wryly at Bradwarden before the fearsome centaur could take offense.","",""
"galloping","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4480","Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the galloping charge of Bradwarden, the centaur singing at the top of his considerable voice, waving a huge cudgel as easily as if it were a tiny baton.","",""
"endanger","Verb","UNKNOWN","4481","The monk understood the situation up front, understood that Elbryan could not buy him very much more time without endangering many lives.","",""
"blindly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4482","The burning giant continued on with hardly a thought for the dwarf, running blindly, swatting futilely at the flames.","",""
"growling","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4483","The ominous growling increased tenfold, a hundredfold, deafening Avelyn, blocking the sounds of the dactyl's shrieks.","",""
"faintly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4484","Pony awakened shortly thereafter, the dulled dawn just beginning, but still the glow from atop the mountain was faintly visible.","",""
"bedside","Noun","UNKNOWN","4485","""'The design was impressive,"" Elbryan admitted to Belli'mar Juraviel and Tuntun, the elves sitting with the ranger at Avelyn's bedside much later that night.","",""
"cohesive","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4486","That realization struck the big man profoundly; for the first time in many years; he felt like a part of something larger, than himself, a cohesive circle of comrades, of friends.","",""
"whining","Noun","UNKNOWN","4487","The powrie had little love of goblins and found Gothra a pitiful whining creature.","",""
"trio","Noun","UNKNOWN","4488","By the ranger's calculations, the trailing trio would soon be well within the goblin's view.","",""
"readied","Verb","UNKNOWN","4489","He wished that he had Hawkwing readied, that he could lead the way with a stinging arrow.","",""
"inexorably","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4490","Yet another caravan of monsters, laden with engines of war and moving inexorably south, washed those peaceful thoughts from Avelyn's mind.","",""
"amusement","Noun","UNKNOWN","4491","""We will fight you, every mile, every inch!""
Again, the amusement.","",""
"victor","Noun","UNKNOWN","4492","""I am with the victor,"" Quintall assured him.","",""
"inconvenience","Singular","UNKNOWN","4493","""A minor inconvenience and no more,"" Quintall replied.","",""
"slamming","Noun","UNKNOWN","4494","He let the horse serve as missile instead, rushing in right beside the engaged giant, slamming against the creature as it stooped low in its attempt to get at Paulson.","",""
"dissuade","Verb","UNKNOWN","4495","The question was not meant to dissuade any attack, Elbryan knew in looking at his determined companion, but to logically guide the group in the best possible direction.","",""
"riderless","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4496","The ranger noted, too, that Paulson's riderless mount was close behind them, and while he was glad that the horse had escaped, he was not pleased by the sight.","",""
"receding","Noun","UNKNOWN","4497","But those shouts were fast receding, Symphony's great strides outdistancing the pursuit, and sheer luck saw the ranger through the shower of giant-thrown stones.","",""
"spurt","Verb","UNKNOWN","4498","And even worse for the giant than the stabbing, searing pain down low was the wound across its throat, the wound that spurted blood wildly and refused to allow the monster to draw breath.","",""
"overbalance","Verb","UNKNOWN","4499","Reaching, reaching, the giant overbalanced and fell to the ground.","",""
"traitor","Noun","UNKNOWN","4500","At that moment, the ranger had more immediate problems than some mythical monster hundreds of miles away, for if there was indeed a traitor in their midst, then the threat would increase.","",""
"lemma","pos","cefr_level","coverage_rank","global_frequency","context_sentence","context_sentence_zh","definition_zh"
"deft","Noun","UNKNOWN","4401","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.","",""
"ruse","Noun","UNKNOWN","4402","2","Elbryan put his staff up high to block the expected punch, but even though he seemed to fall for the ruse, the ranger was not caught.","",""
"enthusiastically","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4403","2","Avelyn nodded enthusiastically, but the ranger's words only heightened his fear that this was indeed no coincidental attack, that the fighting monks of the Abellican Church were after him.","",""
"lately","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4404","2","Lately, though, Belster had begun changing that.","",""
"sick","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4405","2","He felt sick to his stomach, but he could not disagree, not out here with so many lives at stake.","",""
"lord","Noun","UNKNOWN","4406","2","He studied the man in the distant corner, the one Tol had referred to sarcastically as ""our lord protector,"" with new interest.","",""
"protecting","Noun","UNKNOWN","4407","2","Ye're smart enough to see that Pony needs little protecting.""","",""
"vertically","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4408","2","Elbryan casually put Hawkwing out vertically in front of him, picking off the punch with the hard wood.","",""
"groaning","Noun","UNKNOWN","4409","2","It went down hard, groaning, trying to shake the dizziness, growling against the searing pain.","",""
"skilled","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4410","2","Then the ranger began his scan again, seeking the newcomer, this skilled fighter, this assassin.","",""
"hustle","Verb","UNKNOWN","4411","2","The ranger shrugged it away and hustled to the side of the fat monk.","",""
"herb","Noun","UNKNOWN","4412","2","This man had been-poisoned, no doubt about it, but the poison was not based in any substance, in any herb or plant or any animal venom.","",""
"swerved","Noun","UNKNOWN","4413","2","Elbryan watched him go, taking some comfort in the fact that the man swerved for the inn's side door and was apparently going to his room, not back to the common room.","",""
"affair","Noun","UNKNOWN","4414","2","Elbryan didn't know exactly where he might fit in to such a private affair, but he expected that he and the fat monk - and likely the deadly stranger, as well - had not seen the last of one another.","",""
"forewarn","Verb","UNKNOWN","4415","2","Now Avelyn was indeed growing fearful; it wasn't like Jill to disappear for so long without forewarning him or without finding some way to contact him.","",""
"defined","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4416","2","To Avelyn, who had lived all of his life in the more populous and defined central region of Honce-the-Bear, and who had lately.","",""
"uncompromising","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4417","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.","",""
"wearily","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4418","2","Elbryan sighed wearily.","",""
"dimly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4419","2","Elbryan waited for a long while in the dimly lit cave, the day outside gray and hinting again of snow.","",""
"foolishly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4420","2","And then they were buried beneath the subsequent memories: the death of Thagraine, of the boy who had foolishly gone onto Pimaninicuit, of all the crew of the Windrunner, of Dansally, of Siherton.","",""
"illusion","Noun","UNKNOWN","4421","2","I hold no comforting illusions; that group is in danger as great as my own.","",""
"vine","Plural","UNKNOWN","4422","2","Elbryan took the torch with him as he pushed aside the vines and entered the inner chamber.","",""
"powerfully","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4423","2","Elbryan jammed one end of Hawkwing into the dirt and swept the staff powerfully across in front of him, left to right, deflecting the blow.","",""
"wraith","Noun","UNKNOWN","4424","2","Quintall, Brother Justice, fell to his wraith knees before the dactyl, bowed his head, and spoke.","",""
"magnificence","Singular","UNKNOWN","4425","2","- in all its horrible beauty, in all its magnificence.","",""
"device","Singular","UNKNOWN","4426","2","Perhaps the stones served as a warning device to the masters back in St.-Mere-Abelle, a signal that Quintall was dead, that Quintall had failed.","",""
"abuse","Verb","B2","4427","2","You stole the stones because you rightly judged that they were being abused.""","",""
"observation","Plural","UNKNOWN","4428","2","I cannot know, can only guess, and I fear that any guess I make will be tainted by the observations of my current life.","",""
"betterment","Noun","UNKNOWN","4429","2","Those elven friends created Nightbird, this ranger, hopefully for the betterment of the world and surely for the betterment of me.","",""
"shaken","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4430","2","His only lament was that Pony seemed truly shaken by her return to this area.","",""
"mournful","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4431","2","Bradwarden took up his pipes then, following the meal with a mournful, soulful tune that conjured in Avelyn images of the rolling hills, the wheatfields, and grapevines of Youmaneff.","",""
"beneficial","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4432","2","""Beneficial,"" Avelyn said with all confidence and without hesitation.","",""
"interference","Singular","UNKNOWN","4433","2","The horse knew things simply, without the interference of reason that was the domain of men, elves, and the higher races.","",""
"jostle","Verb","UNKNOWN","4434","2","Symphony snorted again and jostled about, but gradually came to accept the woman.","",""
"culmination","Singular","UNKNOWN","4435","2","For Elbryan, it was the culmination of his youth, where every waking thought had led him to this point with this woman, his soulmate, his Pony.","",""
"insignia","Noun","UNKNOWN","4436","2","Thankfully, there were no giants or even powries to be seen, but there were at least fifty goblins down there, with several, Elbryan noted, wearing the black-and-gray insignia of the dactyl's army.","",""
"reconcile","Verb","UNKNOWN","4437","2","The large man's knowledge of goblins simply didn't reconcile with this sight before him.","",""
"wooded","Verb","UNKNOWN","4438","2","Tall Cric was by far the fastest of the three and he forged ahead, gaining steadily on the goblin as it scrambled down the back side of the hill, then over the wooded floor of the next valley.","",""
"corkscrew","Noun","UNKNOWN","4439","2","Even more surprising to the three men were the war engines, a dozen at least, great catapults and spear-throwing ballistae, and huge corkscrew devices, obviously for burrowing through fortified walls.","",""
"concoct","Noun","UNKNOWN","4440","2","One of the giants continued to stammer on about bad luck and other such nonsense, trying hard to concoct some excuse that might keep its skin attached to its body.","",""
"forthcoming","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4441","2","""Ye did!"" Bradwarden roared, ending any forthcoming lies from the man and his two companions.","",""
"crest","Verb","UNKNOWN","4442","2","True to her word, Pony was riding hard to the south as the sun crested the eastern horizon.","",""
"thievery","Noun","UNKNOWN","4443","2","Stealthy thievery seemed the order of the day.","",""
"diving","Noun","UNKNOWN","4444","2","Hawkwing's bowstring hummed, the arrow flying true, diving into the back of the peeing goblin's head.","",""
"hatchet","Noun","UNKNOWN","4445","2","The ranger dropped Hawkwing, reached behind him to his pack, and tore free his hatchet.","",""
"ineffective","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4446","2","Elbryan looked at his weapons, so ineffective against the sturdy powrie.","",""
"pierce","Verb","UNKNOWN","4447","2","Elbryan's next shot pierced its heart and drove deep into the tree behind it, and the goblin slumped, quite dead, but standing, pegged to the tree.","",""
"peg","Verb","UNKNOWN","4448","2","Chipmunk popped out the last fastening peg, and, with the strength of a giant, the centaur lifted free the huge beam.","",""
"ghostly","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4449","2","Elbryan first noticed the ghostly figures moving through the mist as twilight descended.","",""
"strung","Noun","UNKNOWN","4450","2","A second puzzle faced the ranger when he noticed a cord, thin but strong, strung to his left, along the wall, going past him and past Quintall.","",""
"bearish","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4451","2","Elbryan let the boy down to Paulson's waiting grasp, and the ranger was touched by how gently the bearish man handled the youngster.","",""
"compassion","Noun","UNKNOWN","4452","2","Whatever complaints Cric and Chipmunk might offer, they had remained in the area because of the refugees, out of simple compassion.","",""
"undetected","PastTense","UNKNOWN","4453","2","He left Symphony in the forest and moved tree to tree, crossing past goblin sentries undetected, at last finding a good vantage point on the edge of the village.","",""
"threateningly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4454","2","Elbryan didn't flinch nor did he look back threateningly when a mug shattered against the wall beside the exit, a missile obviously aimed at the back of his head.","",""
"unleash","Verb","UNKNOWN","4455","2","The stone; as if it were something sentient, had called to the monk on that day when he had presented it to Elbryan and Symphony, and Avelyn, who had floated down the face of a cliff, who had walked on water and unleashed tremendous fireballs, who had held the power of a thunderstorm in his puny, mortal hands, would not discount any possibilities of its God-given power.","",""
"abandoned","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4456","2","Pony and Elbryan spent a long and quiet moment together, ending it wordlessly with a kiss that passed as a promise from Elbryan to the woman that she would not be abandoned, and as a promise from Pony that she and those who would leave would be ready when the moment of opportunity was upon them.","",""
"reassure","Verb","UNKNOWN","4457","2","Elbryan kept them down, tried to reassure them all by patting the other two children softly, by showing them his weapons and that he was ready should they be discovered.","",""
"ignorance","Noun","UNKNOWN","4458","2","ignorance saved the creatures' lives that night, for death was barely an arm's length away; more important, the goblins' ignorance also saved Elbryan's plan.","",""
"fro","Noun","UNKNOWN","4459","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.","",""
"admiring","Noun","UNKNOWN","4460","2","He put a hand on Elbryan's shoulder and gave the man a sincere, admiring look.","",""
"smother","Verb","UNKNOWN","4461","2","It slammed into a young tree, snapping branches and stumbling, but held its balance - stupidly, for the ground offered its only chance of smothering the flames - and ran on.","",""
"southwestern","Noun","UNKNOWN","4462","2","Every so often a cloud would rush overhead, pushed by southwestern breezes, but for the most part the stars shone crisp and clear, and die smell of spring was everywhere, the smell of new life.","",""
"spotted","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4463","2","Pony looked back and spotted Elbryan sitting on a low branch of a tree on the northern side of the ravine.","",""
"carrying","Noun","UNKNOWN","4464","2","The powerful centaur was still carrying the sack with the kicking powrie, and somehow managing to put his great bow to use every so often, but he still had enough strength to allow the fat monk up on his back.","",""
"bittersweet","Noun","UNKNOWN","4465","2","The encampment that night, closer to Dundalis than to Weedy Meadow, was filled with a bittersweet atmosphere.","",""
"dinner","Noun","UNKNOWN","4466","2","Elbryan had interrogated the captured powrie, getting no information of any value, and then the centaur had claimed the dwarf as his catch - and as his dinner.","",""
"disagreeable","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4467","2","And they were indeed a ragtag band; the best among them, other than Pony, Bradwarden, and Avelyn, was probably unreliable Paulson or the always irritating, disagreeable Tol Yuganick.","",""
"circlet","Noun","UNKNOWN","4468","2","He took the circlet back from her and set it about her forehead.","",""
"cleanly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4469","2","But they had not gotten away cleanly and were forced to separate from the main group.","",""
"depend","Verb","UNKNOWN","4470","2","To the small group whose very lives depended on absolute secrecy, there could have been no more unsettling possibility than that of a traitor in their midst.","",""
"droplet","Noun","UNKNOWN","4471","2","Elbryan knew not how long the candles would last, how long it would take their heat to melt the snow domes above them, the droplets falling to extinguish the flames.","",""
"undead","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4472","2","But then the undead thing was there, right before him, propelled by something other than its legs - was there, barely a foot away, its bony fingers clasped about the ranger's throat!","",""
"sending","Noun","UNKNOWN","4473","2","The ranger got his staff and his arm up to block, but the creature's backhand sweep was too heavy, sending Elbryan tumbling back the other way.","",""
"rotted","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4474","2","Now his hit did indeed sting the zombie, the sword tearing a deep gash in the rotted flesh, smacking hard against a rib.","",""
"shear","Gerund","UNKNOWN","4475","2","Mighty Tempest sheared right through the crystal, and the whole of it blew into dust, shattered a thousand times.","",""
"pommel","Noun","UNKNOWN","4476","2","He held it up before his admiring gaze, studying the craftsmanship, the gleaming silverel, the magnificent gemstone pommel, the blue, the storm clouds.","",""
"tendril","Noun","UNKNOWN","4477","2","It was as they had feared the monsters using the occupied towns as base and supply camps while they sent their dark tendrils further south, first in probes, but soon, so Paulson believed, in great numbers.","",""
"probe","Noun","UNKNOWN","4478","2","It was as they had feared the monsters using the occupied towns as base and supply camps while they sent their dark tendrils further south, first in probes, but soon, so Paulson believed, in great numbers.","",""
"perk","PastTense","UNKNOWN","4479","2","Elbryan perked his ears up considerably at that bit of news.","",""
"firewood","Noun","UNKNOWN","4480","2","Elbryan, Bradwarden, and Avelyn came upon a group of a dozen goblins chopping firewood, and summarily destroyed them.","",""
"disposal","Noun","UNKNOWN","4481","2","Indeed, more than two thirds of the human group had gone further to the east, leaving less than forty warriors at Elbryan's disposal, not counting the secretive elves, whose number even the ranger didn't know.","",""
"violate","Verb","UNKNOWN","4482","2","When Pony met Elbryan more than an hour later, she had to work hard to hide her feelings of guilt, her feelings that she had somehow violated him.","",""
"playfully","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4483","2","""Ho, ho, what?"" Pony said to him playfully, drawing a smile from the monk.","",""
"wryly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4484","2","Elbryan smiled wryly at Bradwarden before the fearsome centaur could take offense.","",""
"galloping","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4485","2","Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the galloping charge of Bradwarden, the centaur singing at the top of his considerable voice, waving a huge cudgel as easily as if it were a tiny baton.","",""
"endanger","Verb","UNKNOWN","4486","2","The monk understood the situation up front, understood that Elbryan could not buy him very much more time without endangering many lives.","",""
"blindly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4487","2","The burning giant continued on with hardly a thought for the dwarf, running blindly, swatting futilely at the flames.","",""
"growling","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4488","2","The ominous growling increased tenfold, a hundredfold, deafening Avelyn, blocking the sounds of the dactyl's shrieks.","",""
"faintly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4489","2","Pony awakened shortly thereafter, the dulled dawn just beginning, but still the glow from atop the mountain was faintly visible.","",""
"bedside","Noun","UNKNOWN","4490","2","Pony, who hadn't been involved in the previous discussion at Avelyn's bedside, seemed not to understand.","",""
"prophecy","Noun","UNKNOWN","4491","2","Pony looked at Avelyn, thinking of his prophecies of doom all those weeks together on the road, thinking of the weakness of the world the monk constantly berated and of the name he gave to it.","",""
"cohesive","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4492","2","That realization struck the big man profoundly; for the first time in many years; he felt like a part of something larger, than himself, a cohesive circle of comrades, of friends.","",""
"whining","Noun","UNKNOWN","4493","2","The powrie had little love of goblins and found Gothra a pitiful whining creature.","",""
"trio","Noun","UNKNOWN","4494","2","By the ranger's calculations, the trailing trio would soon be well within the goblin's view.","",""
"readied","Verb","UNKNOWN","4495","2","He wished that he had Hawkwing readied, that he could lead the way with a stinging arrow.","",""
"inexorably","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4496","2","Yet another caravan of monsters, laden with engines of war and moving inexorably south, washed those peaceful thoughts from Avelyn's mind.","",""
"amusement","Noun","UNKNOWN","4497","2","Avelyn sensed the spirit's amusement.","",""
"victor","Noun","UNKNOWN","4498","2","break of dawn, south along the wild trails, the weary and grieving victors, the new protectors of the holy stones.","",""
"inconvenience","Singular","UNKNOWN","4499","2","The dactyl howled, more in rage than pain, for' Elbryan's arrows were but a minor inconvenience to the mighty creature.","",""
"slamming","Noun","UNKNOWN","4500","2","The monster's other arm shot out hard, slamming the wall in front of Elbryan, preventing him from running past.","",""
1 lemma pos cefr_level coverage_rank global_frequency context_sentence context_sentence_zh definition_zh
2 lord deft Noun UNKNOWN 4401 2 He studied the man in the distant corner, the one Tol had referred to sarcastically as "our lord protector," with new interest. 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.
3 protecting ruse Noun UNKNOWN 4402 2 Ye're smart enough to see that Pony needs little protecting." Elbryan put his staff up high to block the expected punch, but even though he seemed to fall for the ruse, the ranger was not caught.
4 vertically enthusiastically Adverb UNKNOWN 4403 2 Elbryan casually put Hawkwing out vertically in front of him, picking off the punch with the hard wood. Avelyn nodded enthusiastically, but the ranger's words only heightened his fear that this was indeed no coincidental attack, that the fighting monks of the Abellican Church were after him.
5 groaning lately Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 4404 2 It went down hard, groaning, trying to shake the dizziness, growling against the searing pain. Lately, though, Belster had begun changing that.
6 skilled sick Adjective UNKNOWN 4405 2 Then the ranger began his scan again, seeking the newcomer, this skilled fighter, this assassin. He felt sick to his stomach, but he could not disagree, not out here with so many lives at stake.
7 hustle lord Verb Noun UNKNOWN 4406 2 The ranger shrugged it away and hustled to the side of the fat monk. He studied the man in the distant corner, the one Tol had referred to sarcastically as "our lord protector," with new interest.
8 herb protecting Noun UNKNOWN 4407 2 This man had been-poisoned, no doubt about it, but the poison was not based in any substance, in any herb or plant or any animal venom. Ye're smart enough to see that Pony needs little protecting."
9 swerved vertically Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 4408 2 Elbryan watched him go, taking some comfort in the fact that the man swerved for the inn's side door and was apparently going to his room, not back to the common room. Elbryan casually put Hawkwing out vertically in front of him, picking off the punch with the hard wood.
10 affair groaning Noun UNKNOWN 4409 2 Elbryan didn't know exactly where he might fit in to such a private affair, but he expected that he and the fat monk - and likely the deadly stranger, as well - had not seen the last of one another. It went down hard, groaning, trying to shake the dizziness, growling against the searing pain.
11 forewarn skilled Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 4410 2 Now Avelyn was indeed growing fearful; it wasn't like Jill to disappear for so long without forewarning him or without finding some way to contact him. Then the ranger began his scan again, seeking the newcomer, this skilled fighter, this assassin.
12 defined hustle Adjective Verb UNKNOWN 4411 2 To Avelyn, who had lived all of his life in the more populous and defined central region of Honce-the-Bear, and who had lately. The ranger shrugged it away and hustled to the side of the fat monk.
13 uncompromising herb Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 4412 2 to find you, yes, yes," Avelyn finally explained, finding his wits against that uncompromising stare. This man had been-poisoned, no doubt about it, but the poison was not based in any substance, in any herb or plant or any animal venom.
14 wearily swerved Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 4413 2 I cannot be sure." Elbryan sighed wearily. Elbryan watched him go, taking some comfort in the fact that the man swerved for the inn's side door and was apparently going to his room, not back to the common room.
15 dimly affair Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 4414 2 Quintall stood at the back of the dimly lit cave, leaning easily against the wall, flicking flint against steel until a light caught on the torch he had propped there. Elbryan didn't know exactly where he might fit in to such a private affair, but he expected that he and the fat monk - and likely the deadly stranger, as well - had not seen the last of one another.
16 foolishly forewarn Adverb Verb UNKNOWN 4415 2 And then they were buried beneath the subsequent memories: the death of Thagraine, of the boy who had foolishly gone onto Pimaninicuit, of all the crew of the Windrunner, of Dansally, of Siherton. Now Avelyn was indeed growing fearful; it wasn't like Jill to disappear for so long without forewarning him or without finding some way to contact him.
17 vine defined Plural Adjective UNKNOWN 4416 2 Elbryan took the torch with him as he pushed aside the vines and entered the inner chamber. To Avelyn, who had lived all of his life in the more populous and defined central region of Honce-the-Bear, and who had lately.
18 powerfully uncompromising Adverb Adjective UNKNOWN 4417 2 Elbryan jammed one end of Hawkwing into the dirt and swept the staff powerfully across in front of him, left to right, deflecting the blow. 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.
19 wraith wearily Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 4418 2 He stood on the legs of a wraith facing the dactyl demon. Elbryan sighed wearily.
20 magnificence dimly Singular Adverb UNKNOWN 4419 2 - in all its horrible beauty, in all its magnificence. Elbryan waited for a long while in the dimly lit cave, the day outside gray and hinting again of snow.
21 device foolishly Singular Adverb UNKNOWN 4420 2 Perhaps the stones served as a warning device to the masters back in St.-Mere-Abelle, a signal that Quintall was dead, that Quintall had failed. And then they were buried beneath the subsequent memories: the death of Thagraine, of the boy who had foolishly gone onto Pimaninicuit, of all the crew of the Windrunner, of Dansally, of Siherton.
22 abuse illusion Verb Noun B2 UNKNOWN 4421 2 You stole the stones because you rightly judged that they were being abused." Avelyn nodded, so glad to hear those words. I hold no comforting illusions; that group is in danger as great as my own.
23 observation vine Plural UNKNOWN 4422 2 I cannot know, can only guess, and I fear that any guess I make will be tainted by the observations of my current life. Elbryan took the torch with him as he pushed aside the vines and entered the inner chamber.
24 betterment powerfully Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 4423 2 Those elven friends created Nightbird, this ranger, hopefully for the betterment of the world and surely for the betterment of me. Elbryan jammed one end of Hawkwing into the dirt and swept the staff powerfully across in front of him, left to right, deflecting the blow.
25 shaken wraith Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 4424 2 His only lament was that Pony seemed truly shaken by her return to this area. Quintall, Brother Justice, fell to his wraith knees before the dactyl, bowed his head, and spoke.
26 mournful magnificence Adjective Singular UNKNOWN 4425 2 His tune, mournful and hopeful all at once, calmed Avelyn and bolstered his resolve. - in all its horrible beauty, in all its magnificence.
27 beneficial device Adjective Singular UNKNOWN 4426 2 "Beneficial or baneful?" "Beneficial," Avelyn said with all confidence and without hesitation. Perhaps the stones served as a warning device to the masters back in St.-Mere-Abelle, a signal that Quintall was dead, that Quintall had failed.
28 interference abuse Singular Verb UNKNOWN B2 4427 2 The horse knew things simply, without the interference of reason that was the domain of men, elves, and the higher races. You stole the stones because you rightly judged that they were being abused."
29 jostle observation Verb Plural UNKNOWN 4428 2 Symphony snorted again and jostled about, but gradually came to accept the woman. I cannot know, can only guess, and I fear that any guess I make will be tainted by the observations of my current life.
30 culmination betterment Singular Noun UNKNOWN 4429 2 For Elbryan, it was the culmination of his youth, where every waking thought had led him to this point with this woman, his soulmate, his Pony. Those elven friends created Nightbird, this ranger, hopefully for the betterment of the world and surely for the betterment of me.
31 insignia shaken Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 4430 2 Thankfully, there were no giants or even powries to be seen, but there were at least fifty goblins down there, with several, Elbryan noted, wearing the black-and-gray insignia of the dactyl's army. His only lament was that Pony seemed truly shaken by her return to this area.
32 reconcile mournful Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 4431 2 The large man's knowledge of goblins simply didn't reconcile with this sight before him. Bradwarden took up his pipes then, following the meal with a mournful, soulful tune that conjured in Avelyn images of the rolling hills, the wheatfields, and grapevines of Youmaneff.
33 wooded beneficial Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 4432 2 Tall Cric was by far the fastest of the three and he forged ahead, gaining steadily on the goblin as it scrambled down the back side of the hill, then over the wooded floor of the next valley. "Beneficial," Avelyn said with all confidence and without hesitation.
34 corkscrew interference Noun Singular UNKNOWN 4433 2 Even more surprising to the three men were the war engines, a dozen at least, great catapults and spear-throwing ballistae, and huge corkscrew devices, obviously for burrowing through fortified walls. The horse knew things simply, without the interference of reason that was the domain of men, elves, and the higher races.
35 concoct jostle Noun Verb UNKNOWN 4434 2 One of the giants continued to stammer on about bad luck and other such nonsense, trying hard to concoct some excuse that might keep its skin attached to its body. Symphony snorted again and jostled about, but gradually came to accept the woman.
36 forthcoming culmination Adjective Singular UNKNOWN 4435 2 "Ye did!" Bradwarden roared, ending any forthcoming lies from the man and his two companions. For Elbryan, it was the culmination of his youth, where every waking thought had led him to this point with this woman, his soulmate, his Pony.
37 crest insignia Verb Noun UNKNOWN 4436 2 True to her word, Pony was riding hard to the south as the sun crested the eastern horizon. Thankfully, there were no giants or even powries to be seen, but there were at least fifty goblins down there, with several, Elbryan noted, wearing the black-and-gray insignia of the dactyl's army.
38 thievery reconcile Noun Verb UNKNOWN 4437 2 Stealthy thievery seemed the order of the day. The large man's knowledge of goblins simply didn't reconcile with this sight before him.
39 diving wooded Noun Verb UNKNOWN 4438 2 Hawkwing's bowstring hummed, the arrow flying true, diving into the back of the peeing goblin's head. Tall Cric was by far the fastest of the three and he forged ahead, gaining steadily on the goblin as it scrambled down the back side of the hill, then over the wooded floor of the next valley.
40 hatchet corkscrew Noun UNKNOWN 4439 2 The ranger dropped Hawkwing, reached behind him to his pack, and tore free his hatchet. Even more surprising to the three men were the war engines, a dozen at least, great catapults and spear-throwing ballistae, and huge corkscrew devices, obviously for burrowing through fortified walls.
41 ineffective concoct Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 4440 2 Elbryan looked at his weapons, so ineffective against the sturdy powrie. One of the giants continued to stammer on about bad luck and other such nonsense, trying hard to concoct some excuse that might keep its skin attached to its body.
42 pierce forthcoming Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 4441 2 Elbryan's next shot pierced its heart and drove deep into the tree behind it, and the goblin slumped, quite dead, but standing, pegged to the tree. "Ye did!" Bradwarden roared, ending any forthcoming lies from the man and his two companions.
43 peg crest Verb UNKNOWN 4442 2 Chipmunk popped out the last fastening peg, and, with the strength of a giant, the centaur lifted free the huge beam. True to her word, Pony was riding hard to the south as the sun crested the eastern horizon.
44 ghostly thievery Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 4443 2 Elbryan first noticed the ghostly figures moving through the mist as twilight descended. Stealthy thievery seemed the order of the day.
45 strung diving Noun UNKNOWN 4444 2 He brought Symphony up behind a thick tangle of white birch and strung Hawkwing, ready to fight all the way to the westernmost village if need be. Hawkwing's bowstring hummed, the arrow flying true, diving into the back of the peeing goblin's head.
46 bearish hatchet Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 4445 2 Elbryan let the boy down to Paulson's waiting grasp, and the ranger was touched by how gently the bearish man handled the youngster. The ranger dropped Hawkwing, reached behind him to his pack, and tore free his hatchet.
47 compassion ineffective Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 4446 2 Whatever complaints Cric and Chipmunk might offer, they had remained in the area because of the refugees, out of simple compassion. Elbryan looked at his weapons, so ineffective against the sturdy powrie.
48 undetected pierce PastTense Verb UNKNOWN 4447 2 He left Symphony in the forest and moved tree to tree, crossing past goblin sentries undetected, at last finding a good vantage point on the edge of the village. Elbryan's next shot pierced its heart and drove deep into the tree behind it, and the goblin slumped, quite dead, but standing, pegged to the tree.
49 threateningly peg Adverb Verb UNKNOWN 4448 2 Elbryan didn't flinch nor did he look back threateningly when a mug shattered against the wall beside the exit, a missile obviously aimed at the back of his head. Chipmunk popped out the last fastening peg, and, with the strength of a giant, the centaur lifted free the huge beam.
50 unleash ghostly Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 4449 2 The stone; as if it were something sentient, had called to the monk on that day when he had presented it to Elbryan and Symphony, and Avelyn, who had floated down the face of a cliff, who had walked on water and unleashed tremendous fireballs, who had held the power of a thunderstorm in his puny, mortal hands, would not discount any possibilities of its God-given power. Elbryan first noticed the ghostly figures moving through the mist as twilight descended.
51 abandoned strung Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 4450 2 Pony and Elbryan spent a long and quiet moment together, ending it wordlessly with a kiss that passed as a promise from Elbryan to the woman that she would not be abandoned, and as a promise from Pony that she and those who would leave would be ready when the moment of opportunity was upon them. A second puzzle faced the ranger when he noticed a cord, thin but strong, strung to his left, along the wall, going past him and past Quintall.
52 reassure bearish Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 4451 2 Elbryan kept them down, tried to reassure them all by patting the other two children softly, by showing them his weapons and that he was ready should they be discovered. Elbryan let the boy down to Paulson's waiting grasp, and the ranger was touched by how gently the bearish man handled the youngster.
53 ignorance compassion Noun UNKNOWN 4452 2 The goblins' ignorance saved the creatures' lives that night, for death was barely an arm's length away; more important, the goblins' ignorance also saved Elbryan's plan. Whatever complaints Cric and Chipmunk might offer, they had remained in the area because of the refugees, out of simple compassion.
54 fro undetected Noun PastTense UNKNOWN 4453 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. He left Symphony in the forest and moved tree to tree, crossing past goblin sentries undetected, at last finding a good vantage point on the edge of the village.
55 admiring threateningly Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 4454 2 He put a hand on Elbryan's shoulder and gave the man a sincere, admiring look. Elbryan didn't flinch nor did he look back threateningly when a mug shattered against the wall beside the exit, a missile obviously aimed at the back of his head.
56 smother unleash Verb UNKNOWN 4455 2 It slammed into a young tree, snapping branches and stumbling, but held its balance - stupidly, for the ground offered its only chance of smothering the flames - and ran on. The stone; as if it were something sentient, had called to the monk on that day when he had presented it to Elbryan and Symphony, and Avelyn, who had floated down the face of a cliff, who had walked on water and unleashed tremendous fireballs, who had held the power of a thunderstorm in his puny, mortal hands, would not discount any possibilities of its God-given power.
57 southwestern abandoned Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 4456 2 Every so often a cloud would rush overhead, pushed by southwestern breezes, but for the most part the stars shone crisp and clear, and die smell of spring was everywhere, the smell of new life. Pony and Elbryan spent a long and quiet moment together, ending it wordlessly with a kiss that passed as a promise from Elbryan to the woman that she would not be abandoned, and as a promise from Pony that she and those who would leave would be ready when the moment of opportunity was upon them.
58 spotted reassure Adjective Verb UNKNOWN 4457 2 Pony looked back and spotted Elbryan sitting on a low branch of a tree on the northern side of the ravine. Elbryan kept them down, tried to reassure them all by patting the other two children softly, by showing them his weapons and that he was ready should they be discovered.
59 carrying ignorance Noun UNKNOWN 4458 2 The powerful centaur was still carrying the sack with the kicking powrie, and somehow managing to put his great bow to use every so often, but he still had enough strength to allow the fat monk up on his back. ignorance saved the creatures' lives that night, for death was barely an arm's length away; more important, the goblins' ignorance also saved Elbryan's plan.
60 bittersweet fro Noun UNKNOWN 4459 2 The encampment that night, closer to Dundalis than to Weedy Meadow, was filled with a bittersweet atmosphere. 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.
61 dinner admiring Noun UNKNOWN 4460 2 Elbryan had interrogated the captured powrie, getting no information of any value, and then the centaur had claimed the dwarf as his catch - and as his dinner. He put a hand on Elbryan's shoulder and gave the man a sincere, admiring look.
62 disagreeable smother Adjective Verb UNKNOWN 4461 2 And they were indeed a ragtag band; the best among them, other than Pony, Bradwarden, and Avelyn, was probably unreliable Paulson or the always irritating, disagreeable Tol Yuganick. It slammed into a young tree, snapping branches and stumbling, but held its balance - stupidly, for the ground offered its only chance of smothering the flames - and ran on.
63 circlet southwestern Noun UNKNOWN 4462 2 He took the circlet back from her and set it about her forehead. Every so often a cloud would rush overhead, pushed by southwestern breezes, but for the most part the stars shone crisp and clear, and die smell of spring was everywhere, the smell of new life.
64 cleanly spotted Adverb Adjective UNKNOWN 4463 2 But they had not gotten away cleanly and were forced to separate from the main group. Pony looked back and spotted Elbryan sitting on a low branch of a tree on the northern side of the ravine.
65 depend carrying Verb Noun UNKNOWN 4464 2 "You consider the vision more closely because so many people depend upon you now, because any course you take will draw many others in your wake. The powerful centaur was still carrying the sack with the kicking powrie, and somehow managing to put his great bow to use every so often, but he still had enough strength to allow the fat monk up on his back.
66 droplet bittersweet Noun UNKNOWN 4465 2 Elbryan knew not how long the candles would last, how long it would take their heat to melt the snow domes above them, the droplets falling to extinguish the flames. The encampment that night, closer to Dundalis than to Weedy Meadow, was filled with a bittersweet atmosphere.
67 undead dinner Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 4466 2 But then the undead thing was there, right before him, propelled by something other than its legs - was there, barely a foot away, its bony fingers clasped about the ranger's throat! Elbryan had interrogated the captured powrie, getting no information of any value, and then the centaur had claimed the dwarf as his catch - and as his dinner.
68 sending disagreeable Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 4467 2 The ranger got his staff and his arm up to block, but the creature's backhand sweep was too heavy, sending Elbryan tumbling back the other way. And they were indeed a ragtag band; the best among them, other than Pony, Bradwarden, and Avelyn, was probably unreliable Paulson or the always irritating, disagreeable Tol Yuganick.
69 rotted circlet Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 4468 2 Now his hit did indeed sting the zombie, the sword tearing a deep gash in the rotted flesh, smacking hard against a rib. He took the circlet back from her and set it about her forehead.
70 shear cleanly Gerund Adverb UNKNOWN 4469 2 Mighty Tempest sheared right through the crystal, and the whole of it blew into dust, shattered a thousand times. But they had not gotten away cleanly and were forced to separate from the main group.
71 pommel depend Noun Verb UNKNOWN 4470 2 He held it up before his admiring gaze, studying the craftsmanship, the gleaming silverel, the magnificent gemstone pommel, the blue, the storm clouds. To the small group whose very lives depended on absolute secrecy, there could have been no more unsettling possibility than that of a traitor in their midst.
72 occupied droplet Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 4471 2 It was as they had feared the monsters using the occupied towns as base and supply camps while they sent their dark tendrils further south, first in probes, but soon, so Paulson believed, in great numbers. Elbryan knew not how long the candles would last, how long it would take their heat to melt the snow domes above them, the droplets falling to extinguish the flames.
73 tendril undead Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 4472 2 It was as they had feared the monsters using the occupied towns as base and supply camps while they sent their dark tendrils further south, first in probes, but soon, so Paulson believed, in great numbers. But then the undead thing was there, right before him, propelled by something other than its legs - was there, barely a foot away, its bony fingers clasped about the ranger's throat!
74 probe sending Noun UNKNOWN 4473 2 It was as they had feared the monsters using the occupied towns as base and supply camps while they sent their dark tendrils further south, first in probes, but soon, so Paulson believed, in great numbers. The ranger got his staff and his arm up to block, but the creature's backhand sweep was too heavy, sending Elbryan tumbling back the other way.
75 perk rotted PastTense Adjective UNKNOWN 4474 2 Elbryan perked up his ears, wondering if the monk had been in contact with Uncle Mather. Now his hit did indeed sting the zombie, the sword tearing a deep gash in the rotted flesh, smacking hard against a rib.
76 firewood shear Noun Gerund UNKNOWN 4475 2 Elbryan, Bradwarden, and Avelyn came upon a group of a dozen goblins chopping firewood, and summarily destroyed them. Mighty Tempest sheared right through the crystal, and the whole of it blew into dust, shattered a thousand times.
77 disposal pommel Noun UNKNOWN 4476 2 Indeed, more than two thirds of the human group had gone further to the east, leaving less than forty warriors at Elbryan's disposal, not counting the secretive elves, whose number even the ranger didn't know. He held it up before his admiring gaze, studying the craftsmanship, the gleaming silverel, the magnificent gemstone pommel, the blue, the storm clouds.
78 violate tendril Verb Noun UNKNOWN 4477 2 When Pony met Elbryan more than an hour later, she had to work hard to hide her feelings of guilt, her feelings that she had somehow violated him. It was as they had feared the monsters using the occupied towns as base and supply camps while they sent their dark tendrils further south, first in probes, but soon, so Paulson believed, in great numbers.
79 playfully probe Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 4478 2 "Ho, ho, what?" Pony said to him playfully, drawing a smile from the monk. It was as they had feared the monsters using the occupied towns as base and supply camps while they sent their dark tendrils further south, first in probes, but soon, so Paulson believed, in great numbers.
80 wryly perk Adverb PastTense UNKNOWN 4479 2 Elbryan smiled wryly at Bradwarden before the fearsome centaur could take offense. Elbryan perked his ears up considerably at that bit of news.
81 galloping firewood Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 4480 2 Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the galloping charge of Bradwarden, the centaur singing at the top of his considerable voice, waving a huge cudgel as easily as if it were a tiny baton. Elbryan, Bradwarden, and Avelyn came upon a group of a dozen goblins chopping firewood, and summarily destroyed them.
82 endanger disposal Verb Noun UNKNOWN 4481 2 The monk understood the situation up front, understood that Elbryan could not buy him very much more time without endangering many lives. Indeed, more than two thirds of the human group had gone further to the east, leaving less than forty warriors at Elbryan's disposal, not counting the secretive elves, whose number even the ranger didn't know.
83 blindly violate Adverb Verb UNKNOWN 4482 2 The burning giant continued on with hardly a thought for the dwarf, running blindly, swatting futilely at the flames. When Pony met Elbryan more than an hour later, she had to work hard to hide her feelings of guilt, her feelings that she had somehow violated him.
84 growling playfully Adjective Adverb UNKNOWN 4483 2 The ominous growling increased tenfold, a hundredfold, deafening Avelyn, blocking the sounds of the dactyl's shrieks. "Ho, ho, what?" Pony said to him playfully, drawing a smile from the monk.
85 faintly wryly Adverb UNKNOWN 4484 2 Pony awakened shortly thereafter, the dulled dawn just beginning, but still the glow from atop the mountain was faintly visible. Elbryan smiled wryly at Bradwarden before the fearsome centaur could take offense.
86 bedside galloping Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 4485 2 "'The design was impressive," Elbryan admitted to Belli'mar Juraviel and Tuntun, the elves sitting with the ranger at Avelyn's bedside much later that night. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the galloping charge of Bradwarden, the centaur singing at the top of his considerable voice, waving a huge cudgel as easily as if it were a tiny baton.
87 cohesive endanger Adjective Verb UNKNOWN 4486 2 That realization struck the big man profoundly; for the first time in many years; he felt like a part of something larger, than himself, a cohesive circle of comrades, of friends. The monk understood the situation up front, understood that Elbryan could not buy him very much more time without endangering many lives.
88 whining blindly Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 4487 2 The powrie had little love of goblins and found Gothra a pitiful whining creature. The burning giant continued on with hardly a thought for the dwarf, running blindly, swatting futilely at the flames.
89 trio growling Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 4488 2 By the ranger's calculations, the trailing trio would soon be well within the goblin's view. The ominous growling increased tenfold, a hundredfold, deafening Avelyn, blocking the sounds of the dactyl's shrieks.
90 readied faintly Verb Adverb UNKNOWN 4489 2 He wished that he had Hawkwing readied, that he could lead the way with a stinging arrow. Pony awakened shortly thereafter, the dulled dawn just beginning, but still the glow from atop the mountain was faintly visible.
91 inexorably bedside Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 4490 2 Yet another caravan of monsters, laden with engines of war and moving inexorably south, washed those peaceful thoughts from Avelyn's mind. Pony, who hadn't been involved in the previous discussion at Avelyn's bedside, seemed not to understand.
92 amusement prophecy Noun UNKNOWN 4491 2 "We will fight you, every mile, every inch!" Again, the amusement. Pony looked at Avelyn, thinking of his prophecies of doom all those weeks together on the road, thinking of the weakness of the world the monk constantly berated and of the name he gave to it.
93 victor cohesive Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 4492 2 "I am with the victor," Quintall assured him. That realization struck the big man profoundly; for the first time in many years; he felt like a part of something larger, than himself, a cohesive circle of comrades, of friends.
94 inconvenience whining Singular Noun UNKNOWN 4493 2 "A minor inconvenience and no more," Quintall replied. The powrie had little love of goblins and found Gothra a pitiful whining creature.
95 slamming trio Noun UNKNOWN 4494 2 He let the horse serve as missile instead, rushing in right beside the engaged giant, slamming against the creature as it stooped low in its attempt to get at Paulson. By the ranger's calculations, the trailing trio would soon be well within the goblin's view.
96 dissuade readied Verb UNKNOWN 4495 2 The question was not meant to dissuade any attack, Elbryan knew in looking at his determined companion, but to logically guide the group in the best possible direction. He wished that he had Hawkwing readied, that he could lead the way with a stinging arrow.
97 riderless inexorably Adjective Adverb UNKNOWN 4496 2 The ranger noted, too, that Paulson's riderless mount was close behind them, and while he was glad that the horse had escaped, he was not pleased by the sight. Yet another caravan of monsters, laden with engines of war and moving inexorably south, washed those peaceful thoughts from Avelyn's mind.
98 receding amusement Noun UNKNOWN 4497 2 But those shouts were fast receding, Symphony's great strides outdistancing the pursuit, and sheer luck saw the ranger through the shower of giant-thrown stones. Avelyn sensed the spirit's amusement.
99 spurt victor Verb Noun UNKNOWN 4498 2 And even worse for the giant than the stabbing, searing pain down low was the wound across its throat, the wound that spurted blood wildly and refused to allow the monster to draw breath. break of dawn, south along the wild trails, the weary and grieving victors, the new protectors of the holy stones.
100 overbalance inconvenience Verb Singular UNKNOWN 4499 2 Reaching, reaching, the giant overbalanced and fell to the ground. The dactyl howled, more in rage than pain, for' Elbryan's arrows were but a minor inconvenience to the mighty creature.
101 traitor slamming Noun UNKNOWN 4500 2 At that moment, the ranger had more immediate problems than some mythical monster hundreds of miles away, for if there was indeed a traitor in their midst, then the threat would increase. The monster's other arm shot out hard, slamming the wall in front of Elbryan, preventing him from running past.