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"lemma","pos","cefr_level","coverage_rank","context_sentence","context_sentence_zh","definition_zh"
"bunch","Noun","UNKNOWN","3001","The folk of Dundalis were, a hardy bunch, not shying from the occasional fight.","",""
"spray","Verb","UNKNOWN","3002","Cold winds and stinging spray buffeted the crew.","",""
"shouting","Noun","UNKNOWN","3003","More than once, Avelyn heard Bunkus Smealy and Adjonas in a shouting match, and every time.","",""
"slopes","Noun","UNKNOWN","3004","Gray became green as they closed, lush vegetation thick on the slopes.","",""
"decree","Noun","UNKNOWN","3005","Pettibwa had neatly burst apart at Abbot Dobrinion's decree, at the notion that
"southeastern","Noun","UNKNOWN","3001","No land came in sight for three days, the Windjammer making a direct run to the southeastern point of the Gulf of Corona, the northern tip of the region known as the Mantis Arm.","",""
"solemn","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3002","The ceremony went off perfectly solemn yet joyous, ladies crying, men standing tall and handsome.","",""
"toil","Noun","UNKNOWN","3003","He got his reward for his morning's toils when he returned to the bog to collect the tenth loaded basket.","",""
"underground","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3004","When the showers arrived, he and his fellow Preparer would be hidden underground, sheltered from the pelting meteors.","",""
"market","Verb","UNKNOWN","3005","Seven hundred monks lived here and another two hundred servants, many of them never leaving the place except to go on short visits, usually to market in the village of St.-Mere-Abelle, some three miles inland.","",""
"grueling","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3006","CHAPTER 8 The Preparer
her Jilly would be taken from her.","",""
"mutiny","Noun","UNKNOWN","3006","Quintall realized that shooting the desperate man in front of the crew would likely cause a mutiny.","",""
"oils","Noun","UNKNOWN","3007","Twice a week during the carving, he would coat the stem with special oils to add to its resilience.","",""
"salve","Noun","UNKNOWN","3008","""The red band is soaked in permanent salves,"" Juraviel explained.","",""
"compensation","Singular","UNKNOWN","3009","""Extra compensation for the lost man,"" Adjonas remarked.","",""
"tiger","Noun","UNKNOWN","3010","Quintall's roar, truly the roar of a tiger, sent the crew scrambling.","",""
"dispatch","Verb","UNKNOWN","3011","The cool and callous, way Quintall had dispatched the man, had murdered a human being, shook gentle Avelyn to his very bones.","",""
"plead","Verb","UNKNOWN","3012","""No,"" the man pleaded, his voice barely a whisper for the lump in his throat.","",""
"silhouette","Plural","UNKNOWN","3013","He couldn't see the arrow, of course, just the sudden jerk of the dark silhouette, followed-by a backward drop to the ground.","",""
"ignite","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3014","Another ball of flaming pitch soared out from the monastery, skipping in along the starboard rail of the vessel, igniting the mainsail into one tremendous flame.","",""
"flame","Noun","UNKNOWN","3015","Another ball of flaming pitch soared out from the monastery, skipping in along the starboard rail of the vessel, igniting the mainsail into one tremendous flame.","",""
"sizzle","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3016","But then came the worst thing of all - a hissing, sizzling noise.","",""
"accident","Noun","UNKNOWN","3017","This was no accident but a purposeful attack on the bear.","",""
"succumb","Verb","UNKNOWN","3018","""Brother Pellimar succumbed this morning to his grievous wounds,"" the Father Abbot informed Avelyn.","",""
"mend","Verb","UNKNOWN","3019","Pellimar would carry scars forever, but surely he had mended.","",""
"coil","Noun","UNKNOWN","3020","He was heading back for his physical coil when he realized that time was against him.","",""
"hover","Verb","UNKNOWN","3021","His spirit hovered there in the hall.","",""
"magnetite","Verb","UNKNOWN","3022","It hit with a tremendous, thump, jerking the behemoth from the ground, and then, to Avelyn's amazement, for he had never really used magnetite before, the second giant in line shuddered violently as well.","",""
"extraordinary","Adjective","B2","3023","It was vespers, so few were about to observe the master and the guard, bearing his extraordinary burden, as they made their way to the abbey roof overlooking All Saints Bay.","",""
"circumvent","Verb","UNKNOWN","3024","With the amber, he crossed wide lakes that his pursuers would have to circumvent.","",""
"daylight","Noun","UNKNOWN","3025","Using a chrysoberyl, a cat's-eye, he could see clearly in the dark and move along at daylight pace without the telltale glow of a light.","",""
"inflection","Plural","UNKNOWN","3026","Jojonah leaned over the rail, listening to every inflection, every whisper.","",""
"key","Noun","UNKNOWN","3027","The ranger heard them long before he caught sight of them, laughing and singing terribly off-key, though the voices were surely human, as he had suspected.","",""
"gratitude","Noun","UNKNOWN","3028","And to go with my thanks and the gratitude of all who survived the invasion.""
The schedule was grueling, designed to find weakness and break those who were not fit for the daily rigors of the Order of St.-Mere-Abelle.","",""
"testing","Noun","UNKNOWN","3007","Eight years of formal study, eight years of grueling testing, had brought Avelyn to this point, one of twenty-five remaining of the two thousand twelve-year-olds who had begun the process, each desperately vying to gain admittance in this class of God's Year 816.","",""
"eyelid","Noun","UNKNOWN","3008","But weariness overtook him, caught him where he sat, and brought his eyelids low.","",""
"mortality","Noun","UNKNOWN","3009","Under that sky that posed to me so many questions, I dismissed mortality, for I had become one with something that was eternal.","",""
"denial","Noun","UNKNOWN","3010","Images assaulted them, mingling with imagined scenes even more horrifying, and amid all of it welled utter denial, the hope against obvious reality that this simply could not be happening.","",""
"momentary","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3011","The giant plunged the spear down low instead, right into the boulder, and Elbryan was too surprised to seize the momentary opening and charge ahead.","",""
"sweetness","Noun","UNKNOWN","3012","The sweetness was there, but somehow just out of Jill's reach.","",""
"parting","Noun","UNKNOWN","3013","In the morning came the second painful parting.","",""
"windblown","Noun","UNKNOWN","3014","They twisted and gouged, floating about and through the bare windblown rocks of the Barbacan.","",""
"intriguing","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3015","She was closer to seventeen than sixteen now, by all appearances no more a girl, and surely the thought of the handsome man imparted intriguing, warm thoughts.","",""
"statue","Noun","UNKNOWN","3016","Along one wall stood a gigantic statue, fifteen feet or more, dressed in a heavy leather jacket, trimmed in fur and set with spiked metal plates and heavy iron rings.","",""
"dramatically","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3017","He resisted, and the hematite receded dramatically, almost forcing him from the trance.","",""
"gruesome","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3018","Spurred by the gruesome sight, she attacked fiercely.","",""
"coat","Noun","UNKNOWN","3019","Its limbs were slender and long and its armor a silver shining coat of fine interlocking links.","",""
"similarly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3020","He calmed quickly, though, seeing that all of his classmates were similarly entranced and that the Father Abbot and the other ranking monks seemed not to care.","",""
"accomplishment","Noun","UNKNOWN","3021","And, in the end, it is a sense of accomplishment, of purpose, and not the wealth attained by such accomplishment, that equates to fulfillment and happiness.","",""
"wariness","Noun","UNKNOWN","3022","For the adults, the specter of the goblins brought a sobering wariness and then a troublesome distraction.","",""
"realm","Noun","UNKNOWN","3023","Even Elbryan, who would be entering the realm of adults that coming spring, had spent almost all the previous week with his head up a dirty chimney.","",""
"respectfully","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3024","Each of this group nodded respectfully at his younger counterparts as he passed them on the rim; some mentioned that Elbryan's patrols would serve as their vital liaison with the village proper.","",""
"compliment","Noun","UNKNOWN","3025","After that exchange of compliments, even the passing of endless uneventful hours could not dampen the thrill for the youngsters.","",""
"team","Noun","UNKNOWN","3026","Elbryan continued his diligent work, though, reorganizing the routes to cover more ground since he was down to three teams of five, with a couple of messengers.","",""
"uneventfully","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3027","Another week passed by uneventfully.","",""
"crumble","Verb","UNKNOWN","3028","Elbryan was watching his first command crumbling about him, his soldiers being taken away so that they could help patch roofs or shore up barns.","",""
"sympathize","Verb","UNKNOWN","3029","Brother Justice understood this, though he hardly sympathized.","",""
"luster","Noun","UNKNOWN","3030","Elbryan had that same impish quality about him as Mather, a love and luster of life, lurking just below the surface.","",""
"absolutely","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3031","Markwart needed to be absolutely certain.","",""
"bump","Noun","UNKNOWN","3032","He dared to put his arms around Pony's back, dared to pull her closer, feeling the strangely interesting curves and bumps of her body against his own as they came together.","",""
"urgency","Noun","UNKNOWN","3033","The kiss shifted, from curiosity to urgency, then back to gentleness.","",""
"wag","Verb","UNKNOWN","3034","If that was the case, would he be justified in waging battle with these six?","",""
"formerly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3035","The creature flexed its great wings and settled back in the throne it had shaped from the obsidian that had formerly served as its tomb.","",""
"unreal","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3036","It was too unreal, too beyond their experience and expectations.","",""
"expectation","Plural","UNKNOWN","3037","It was too unreal, too beyond their experience and expectations.","",""
"rag","Verb","UNKNOWN","3038","Avelyn thought his very skin would slip off his body, a great rag, and fall rumpled to the deck.","",""
"fatal","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3039","Avelyn meant to turn him over, but he could not find his breath when he looked at the fatal wound, a gaping hole smashed right through Thagraine's skull, brain matter splattered all about.","",""
"loll","Verb","UNKNOWN","3040","Its head lolled from side to side.","",""
"grayish","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3041","Elbryan saw the bright red gash, the white of split bone, the grayish brain.","",""
"sag","Verb","UNKNOWN","3042","The young man shifted to a sitting position and sagged on the wet ground.","",""
"anymore","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3043","There were no lines of defense anymore, no organized pockets of resistance.","",""
"grotesque","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3044","Dots of red, like grotesque chicken pox, covered the giant's face and arms.","",""
"lad","Noun","UNKNOWN","3045","The call brought the sprinting lad to a skidding halt.","",""
"pointy","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3046","The ugly goblin face, all twisted teeth and long pointy nose, was barely inches from Elbryan's face, and closer still when the creature began to butt the boy.","",""
"butt","Verb","UNKNOWN","3047","He pulled her hands out wide, and she used the opening to head-butt him again.","",""
"brutally","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3048","Elbryan at first tried to defend himself but when that seemed futile, went on the offensive instead, brutally turning and twisting his blade.","",""
"overrule","Verb","UNKNOWN","3049","Wisdom overruled his rage, though, and he stayed hidden and let them pass.","",""
"buzz","Verb","UNKNOWN","3050","The whole village had buzzed about the house because Olwan Wyndon was laying a stone foundation.","",""
"rotation","Singular","UNKNOWN","3051","They broke their line often, individual elves leaping into pirouettes or simply following steps of their own choosing, but in general the rotation continued about Elbryan.","",""
"impatient","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3052","The stunned man stammered, taking too long for the impatient monk's comfort.","",""
"portly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3053","She stood up and offered her hand, helping the portly monk to his feet.","",""
"speck","Noun","UNKNOWN","3054","He turned his fingers gently to flick a speck of mud from her cheek, though his gaze never left her shining blue eyes.","",""
"squint","Verb","UNKNOWN","3055","His face was sharp and hawkish, his eyes small and dark
Paulson looked at Chipmunk, and the small man nodded nervously.","",""
"verbal","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3029","They walked for nearly an hour, no one talking except Tuntun, who offered an occasional verbal jab at Elbryan.","",""
"roots","Noun","UNKNOWN","3030","Around the back of the tree, Elbryan saw there was a narrow opening between the roots, a tunnel that seemed to widen as it descended at a steep angle.","",""
"soggy","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3031","Flames licked at him, at his soggy muddy cloak, but he scampered along, buried by the blaze, bearing down on his unsuspecting enemy.","",""
"military","Noun","UNKNOWN","3032","Indeed she had thrived; initially, at least, in the military.","",""
"conviction","Plural","B2","3033","It didn't take her long to realize that she was alone in her convictions.","",""
"crossing","Noun","UNKNOWN","3034","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.","",""
"hallway","Noun","UNKNOWN","3035","Jill hurried down the hallway and entered the common room of the upper level.","",""
"harvest","Noun","UNKNOWN","3036","The trees are older, never harvested by humans, and darker.","",""
"woodland","Noun","UNKNOWN","3037","""There is more for him to learn of himself and of the woodland arts.","",""
"aged","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3038","This would be Joycenevial's first human task since Mather, and, since the bowyer was aged even by elven standards, most likely his last.","",""
"prefer","Verb","UNKNOWN","3039","The majority of Tinson's residents slept the day through, preferring the revelry of the night.","",""
"sever","Verb","UNKNOWN","3040","Elbryan rolled to one knee quickly and brought the sword flashing across, severing the plant at exactly the stripe.","",""
"escort","Verb","UNKNOWN","3041","The goblins and their giant escort moved along slowly but steadily, and soon after, Elbryan and his companions heard the rumble of the war engines, the grunts of the towing giants.","",""
"meager","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3042","He heard the giant's victorious laughter, imagined the spiked club coming up high, and covered his head with his hands, though he realized that meager defense would do him little good.","",""
"dim","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3043","Finally, Miklos Barmine wandered out, rubbing his eyes, blinking repeatedly as if the light, though the day was dim, stung him profoundly.","",""
"ends","Noun","UNKNOWN","3044","She was holding both ends now, hanging lower, and then she was sliding away from her enemy, sliding fast into the mist, toward the ship, which was holding steady more than a hundred feet from shore.","",""
"trusting","Noun","UNKNOWN","3045","Elbryan's first instinct was to ask where, but he held the thought private, trusting that the elves would tell him if he needed to know.","",""
"ambush","Verb","UNKNOWN","3046","He looked around again, this time searching for a vantage point, a perch from which he might ambush any enemies.","",""
"midair","Noun","UNKNOWN","3047","Elbryan's staff picked it off in midair, deflecting the blow up high.","",""
"jolly","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3048","""Word of the bear?"" the jolly innkeeper asked.","",""
"farmer","Noun","UNKNOWN","3049","As he suspected, the bear was nowhere near the size the excited farmer was claiming, probably closer to five or six feet in height, perhaps two to three hundred pounds.","",""
"hind","Noun","UNKNOWN","3050","In came the giants at full charge; Bradwarden braced and set his hind legs firmly.","",""
"wit","Noun","UNKNOWN","3051","For Pony, it took great strength to master her fears, to keep her wits about her; for Elbryan, it was simply a matter of duty and pride.","",""
"rot","Verb","UNKNOWN","3052","He could smell the rot there: the earth itself was tainted from the fiend's presence.","",""
"trapping","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3053","He recognized the implements of the trapping trade hanging all about the shack, along with dozens of drying pelts.","",""
"dislodge","Verb","UNKNOWN","3054","Strength alone would not dislodge this heavy stone; she had to be smart.","",""
"stares","Noun","UNKNOWN","3055","Finally, Paulson looked up, locking stares with the ranger.","",""
"showing","Noun","UNKNOWN","3056","The first snows had fallen, a light and gentle blanket, and the air was chill, the sky above showing the richest blue hue.","",""
"befallen","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3057","Had they been prepared, this disaster would not have befallen them.","",""
"hamlet","Noun","UNKNOWN","3058","She recognized the name Tinson as that of the small hamlet some dozen miles inland from the fortress.","",""
"fault","Noun","UNKNOWN","3059","She would die, not of any fault of her own, but because the Coastpoint Guards had grown weak.","",""
"brutish","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3060","He hail never held any love for brutish Quintall, but still he pitied the man.","",""
"camps","Noun","UNKNOWN","3061","All of Dundalis' folk had followed Elbryan into the woods to the camps the ranger and his friends had constructed, hidden deep and far from the trails.","",""
"desertion","Singular","UNKNOWN","3062","The master understood the man's desperation, despite the fact that Avelyn's crimes and subsequent desertion were not without precedent.","",""
"effective","Adjective","B2","3063","Pony went in with equal ferocity, though her attacks were not quite as effective and she scored only a minor hit.","",""
"telled","Verb","UNKNOWN","3064","""Might be that the animals telled me,"" Bradwarden remarked.","",""
"forgive","Verb","UNKNOWN","3065","The ranger nodded, forgiving himself for missing the signs.","",""
"manners","Noun","UNKNOWN","3066","""Ah, but where are my manners?","",""
"tentative","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3067","He became tentative when he neared the magnificent horse.","",""
"lunge","Verb","UNKNOWN","3068","The ranger jumped back a step, then lunged forward, Tempest squealing as it deflected off Quintall's face.","",""
"joining","Noun","UNKNOWN","3069","But this cryptic talk of a spiritual joining did not seem so imposing.","",""
"plump","Noun","UNKNOWN","3070","And then, quickly, the plump woman was gone, back into the bustle of the Way.","",""
"whereabout","Noun","UNKNOWN","3071","We have not recovered his body.""
""Then why did you come here with questions as to his whereabouts?"" came a sharp question from the side of the room.","",""
"emanation","Plural","UNKNOWN","3072","He touched one and felt a gentle tingling there, the emanation of magic.","",""
"bluff","Noun","UNKNOWN","3073","Gwendolyn?"" Brother Justice asked, recognizing the name of the monastery, a secluded fortress nestled high on a rocky bluff, perhaps two days' ride to the east.","",""
"fortify","Verb","UNKNOWN","3074","The two giants banged against the fortified wall for a moment, then simply stepped over it.","",""
"emissary","Noun","UNKNOWN","3075","This time, though, more than a few of the village folk were considering their options should an emissary approach.","",""
"telepathically","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3076","He contacted Symphony telepathically, and the horse nickered softly.","",""
"sleeping","Noun","UNKNOWN","3077","Bradwarden's smile didn't lessen a bit ""Call 'em arrows,"" he said evenly, placing his pipes on the ground and hoisting a quiver that would have passed for a sleeping bag for Elbryan, with arrows each as long as the man was tall.","",""
"targets","Noun","UNKNOWN","3078","Bradwarden led the way out of the area to an open meadow upon which he had placed a series of six targets; each a different distance from the appointed line.","",""
"nicker","Verb","UNKNOWN","3079","The horse nickered and threw back his head.","",""
"conventional","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3080","At first, the monk used the conventional methods, the same lessons that had been given to him in St.-Mere-Abelle.","",""
"confront","Verb","B2","3081","She was confronting her past, the monk knew, and he was glad of that, though he wished he could be of more help to the young woman.","",""
"underestimate","Verb","UNKNOWN","3082","But still she feared that his decision was folly, based on his underestimating the pain within her.","",""
"creak","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3083","What they heard, though, was not the thunder of hooves or the howls of charging goblins but the creaking swish of powrie war engines.","",""
"kicking","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3084","Those monsters that did make it down found Bradwarden and his cudgel waiting for them, the centaur kicking and smashing with abandon.","",""
"sidestep","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3085","She dodged each, sidestepping, then came in hard with a thrust of her own.","",""
"overwhelm","Verb","UNKNOWN","3086","If the man made but a single mistake, the mob of villagers would overwhelm him.","",""
"flurry","Noun","UNKNOWN","3087","Then the ranger went into a flurry: poking, swishing the staff side to side, then pulling it straight across, and alternating a series of heavy blows, left hand leading, right hand leading.","",""
"descending","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3088","Pony looked to the fight as she rose, saw Elbryan, Hawkwing in one hand, Tempest in the other, jump out of the path of a fast descending club, then leap back suddenly as a sword swished across.","",""
"dizziness","Noun","UNKNOWN","3089","It went down hard, groaning, trying to shake the dizziness, growling against the searing pain.","",""
"shorten","Verb","UNKNOWN","3090","The ranger elbowed through the brawl, blocking punches whenever necessary, felling with three shortened blows yet another villager who tried to pounce upon him.","",""
"plans","Noun","UNKNOWN","3091","The woman had mentioned her plans to walk to the valley beyond the north slope, and the monk was confident that Jill could take care of herself.","",""
"prop","Verb","UNKNOWN","3092","His friends were beside him in an instant, Pony propping up his head.","",""
"harshly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3093","He ran about, kicking at feet, whispering harshly, until all the humans were roused.","",""
"puddle","Noun","UNKNOWN","3094","Her main artery severed, blood was pumping wildly from the wound, already forming a puddle around her slumped form.","",""
"appreciation","Singular","UNKNOWN","3095","The elf took her pack and her weapons -
- bow and a long dagger - and with a final look Symphony's way, a final nod of appreciation, she ran off into the night.","",""
"afore","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3096","""But all we got to do is see them afore they see us,"" the burly man went on.","",""
"abandon","Verb","B2","3097","Pony was quick to retrieve the stone, not willing to abandon such a powerful weapon.","",""
"scare","Verb","UNKNOWN","3098","He stayed quiet and closed his eyes once more, not wanting to scare the sprites away.","",""
"hum","Verb","UNKNOWN","3099","Hawkwing's bowstring hummed, the arrow flying true, diving into the back of the peeing goblin's head.","",""
"bark","Noun","UNKNOWN","3100","One of the powries stood tall on the first catapult, barking out commands.","",""
- and smaller still on those many occasions that he squinted ominously at his young students.","",""
"chore","Noun","UNKNOWN","3056","In addition to their daily duties as first - and second - year students at the abbey, they were given the extra chores of preparation for their journey to Pimaninicuit.","",""
"lust","Verb","UNKNOWN","3057","And, because of that passion, because of worldly lusts, a man who could be controlled.","",""
"declaration","Singular","UNKNOWN","3058","It was her glory that I join the Abellican Church, and I would be stealing that glory if I left now."" He sucked in his breath, bolstering his declaration.","",""
"commission","Verb","UNKNOWN","3059","That thought shook Jojonah as he looked around at his decorated chamber, at the beautiful tapestry he had commissioned from the gallery of Porvon dan Guardinio, among the most respected artists in all the world.","",""
"gallery","Noun","UNKNOWN","3060","Brother Avelyn, too, ignored Tol Yuganick's cheering gallery.","",""
"artist","Noun","UNKNOWN","3061","He wanted to kneel and pray; he wanted to ask who the artist - or artists; for certainly no one man could have created all of this - might be, but realized before the words left his mouth that any name would be inconsequential, for certainly the carvers and illuminators who had done this had done so at the explicit intervention of God.","",""
"immaculates","Verb","UNKNOWN","3062","Jojonah glanced around the room again, reminding himself that most of the other masters, even some of the tenth-year immaculates, had chambers more richly adorned.","",""
"retire","Verb","UNKNOWN","3063","That night, Avelyn retired to his room, thoroughly exhausted, both emotionally and physically.","",""
"volunteer","Verb","UNKNOWN","3064","He had spent all his waking hours at demanding work, volunteering for the most difficult parts of each task.","",""
"herald","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3065","Only the call to vespers, the ceremony heralding eventide, had interrupted Avelyn's frantic pace.","",""
"flood","Verb","UNKNOWN","3066","Images of his mother flooded his thoughts; he wondered if he might see a vision of her now, a visitation of her spirit before it went to its place in heaven.","",""
"disappointment","Singular","UNKNOWN","3067","She wasn't, to Avelyn's ultimate disappointment.","",""
"experienced","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3068","After only a few weeks in the abbey, Avelyn knew enough about the routine to understand that students much older and more experienced than he were the normal choice for any tasks, however menial, in the Abbot's Maze.","",""
"oval","Noun","UNKNOWN","3069","Scenes of the Halo, the heavenly gift, enwrapping all the others, an oval because of the angle at which it was portrayed.","",""
"portal","Noun","UNKNOWN","3070","Beyond this portal, Avelyn saw a huge room, braced by columns and lit by the orange flow of molten stone.","",""
"latch","Noun","UNKNOWN","3071","Avelyn blinked; amid the wonders of the door, he hadn't even noticed the huge latch!","",""
"hinge","Noun","UNKNOWN","3072","He hated risking them all but realized the success of the mission hinged on their actions right now.","",""
"interior","Noun","UNKNOWN","3073","They were far below ground in one of the abbey's interior chambers, so there could be no window.","",""
"cloudless","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3074","But there was indeed light inside that room, such a light as to make Avelyn think of a cloudless midsummer day.","",""
"practically","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3075","Jojonah moved into the room, Avelyn practically stumbling behind him.","",""
"crystalline","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3076","Avelyn studied the way the light worked off the many facets of the diamonds, how it seemed to delve within the stone itself, swirling down to crystalline depths.","",""
"astronomical","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3077","They studied the Halo, the charts that determined the astronomical data which would indicate the time of the showers.","",""
"girdle","Noun","UNKNOWN","3078","Perhaps he would shine in the heavens above, a fifth light on the girdle of Progos-Behemoth!","",""
"groove","Noun","UNKNOWN","3079","Looking closer, Avelyn noted grooves in the wall.","",""
"offering","Noun","UNKNOWN","3080","Master Jojonah had called the stone showers ""offerings,"" and to Avelyn, that description seemed exactly wrong.","",""
"click","Noun","UNKNOWN","3081","Master Siherton came out of Markwart's room alone, his boots clicking on the floor as he made his way in the direction of the stone room.","",""
"lever","Verb","UNKNOWN","3082","Jill did see that a detachment of six soldiers was at the catapult, three working the levers, three desperately trying to hold a handful of powries at bay.","",""
"somberly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3083","Bradwarden nodded somberly, and Elbryan scooped up Hawkwing and ran off into the night, behind the departing powrie, though the ranger held faith that Avelyn would know how to deal with the dwarf.","",""
"effortlessly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3084","He understood the command and willed himself off the ground, drifting effortlessly toward the ceiling.","",""
"whispering","Noun","UNKNOWN","3085","To the left came a titter, a tiny voice whispering softly.","",""
"fancy","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3086","There was indeed a mystery here that no tumble of fancy words could lay bare; there was something here of a higher order.","",""
"tenfold","Noun","UNKNOWN","3087","He glanced around the room again, from stone to stone, his reverence of these gifts from God tenfold what it had been when first he had entered the chamber.","",""
"hidden","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3088","When he was gone, Master Jojonah replaced the stones, closed the case, then went to the wall and moved the hidden switch to lock it fast.","",""
"amazing","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3089","For the young man to use the stones and drift out of the room, out of the abbey, and see the design on the roof was truly amazing.","",""
"slanting","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3090","As soon as they cleared that last copse, they saw an entrance, a great gaping hole, defying the slanting rays of the westering sun.","",""
"beckon","Verb","UNKNOWN","3091","It caressed him and beckoned him.","",""
"partially","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3092","Pettibwa left Fellowship Way to her, even partially, Grady would not be pleased.","",""
"multitude","Noun","UNKNOWN","3093","And then came the next long pause, lying on the ground on her back, her thoughts swirling down a multitude of paths, every one of which seemed to lead to no place but despair.","",""
"fearing","Noun","UNKNOWN","3094","And then she could look no more, fearing that she would find Thomas Ault, her father dear, among the dead.","",""
"investigate","Infinitive","B2","3095","Pony thought she should go closer to investigate, but she hadn't the stomach.","",""
"numbness","Noun","UNKNOWN","3096","She stood and stared, and a numbness came over her, stealing her emotions.","",""
"bravely","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3097","Elbryan could see his father had died bravely, and understanding.","",""
"forceful","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3098","He was broad shouldered and strong, forceful in manner as he was in speech.","",""
"stiffen","Verb","UNKNOWN","3099","The elf straightened and stiffened, and leaned forward over the lunging boy's head and shoulders.","",""
"uncertain","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3100","And Elbryan cried for himself, his future bleak and uncertain.","",""
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2 bunch southeastern Noun UNKNOWN 3001 The folk of Dundalis were, a hardy bunch, not shying from the occasional fight. No land came in sight for three days, the Windjammer making a direct run to the southeastern point of the Gulf of Corona, the northern tip of the region known as the Mantis Arm.
3 spray solemn Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 3002 Cold winds and stinging spray buffeted the crew. The ceremony went off perfectly solemn yet joyous, ladies crying, men standing tall and handsome.
4 shouting toil Noun UNKNOWN 3003 More than once, Avelyn heard Bunkus Smealy and Adjonas in a shouting match, and every time. He got his reward for his morning's toils when he returned to the bog to collect the tenth loaded basket.
5 slopes underground Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3004 Gray became green as they closed, lush vegetation thick on the slopes. When the showers arrived, he and his fellow Preparer would be hidden underground, sheltered from the pelting meteors.
6 decree market Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3005 Pettibwa had neatly burst apart at Abbot Dobrinion's decree, at the notion that her Jilly would be taken from her. Seven hundred monks lived here and another two hundred servants, many of them never leaving the place except to go on short visits, usually to market in the village of St.-Mere-Abelle, some three miles inland.
7 grueling Adjective UNKNOWN 3006 CHAPTER 8 The Preparer The schedule was grueling, designed to find weakness and break those who were not fit for the daily rigors of the Order of St.-Mere-Abelle.
8 mutiny testing Noun UNKNOWN 3006 3007 Quintall realized that shooting the desperate man in front of the crew would likely cause a mutiny. Eight years of formal study, eight years of grueling testing, had brought Avelyn to this point, one of twenty-five remaining of the two thousand twelve-year-olds who had begun the process, each desperately vying to gain admittance in this class of God's Year 816.
9 oils eyelid Noun UNKNOWN 3007 3008 Twice a week during the carving, he would coat the stem with special oils to add to its resilience. But weariness overtook him, caught him where he sat, and brought his eyelids low.
10 salve mortality Noun UNKNOWN 3008 3009 "The red band is soaked in permanent salves," Juraviel explained. Under that sky that posed to me so many questions, I dismissed mortality, for I had become one with something that was eternal.
11 compensation denial Singular Noun UNKNOWN 3009 3010 "Extra compensation for the lost man," Adjonas remarked. Images assaulted them, mingling with imagined scenes even more horrifying, and amid all of it welled utter denial, the hope against obvious reality that this simply could not be happening.
12 tiger momentary Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3010 3011 Quintall's roar, truly the roar of a tiger, sent the crew scrambling. The giant plunged the spear down low instead, right into the boulder, and Elbryan was too surprised to seize the momentary opening and charge ahead.
13 dispatch sweetness Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3011 3012 The cool and callous, way Quintall had dispatched the man, had murdered a human being, shook gentle Avelyn to his very bones. The sweetness was there, but somehow just out of Jill's reach.
14 plead parting Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3012 3013 "No," the man pleaded, his voice barely a whisper for the lump in his throat. In the morning came the second painful parting.
15 silhouette windblown Plural Noun UNKNOWN 3013 3014 He couldn't see the arrow, of course, just the sudden jerk of the dark silhouette, followed-by a backward drop to the ground. They twisted and gouged, floating about and through the bare windblown rocks of the Barbacan.
16 ignite intriguing Gerund Adjective UNKNOWN 3014 3015 Another ball of flaming pitch soared out from the monastery, skipping in along the starboard rail of the vessel, igniting the mainsail into one tremendous flame. She was closer to seventeen than sixteen now, by all appearances no more a girl, and surely the thought of the handsome man imparted intriguing, warm thoughts.
17 flame statue Noun UNKNOWN 3015 3016 Another ball of flaming pitch soared out from the monastery, skipping in along the starboard rail of the vessel, igniting the mainsail into one tremendous flame. Along one wall stood a gigantic statue, fifteen feet or more, dressed in a heavy leather jacket, trimmed in fur and set with spiked metal plates and heavy iron rings.
18 sizzle dramatically Gerund Adverb UNKNOWN 3016 3017 But then came the worst thing of all - a hissing, sizzling noise. He resisted, and the hematite receded dramatically, almost forcing him from the trance.
19 accident gruesome Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3017 3018 This was no accident but a purposeful attack on the bear. Spurred by the gruesome sight, she attacked fiercely.
20 succumb coat Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3018 3019 "Brother Pellimar succumbed this morning to his grievous wounds," the Father Abbot informed Avelyn. Its limbs were slender and long and its armor a silver shining coat of fine interlocking links.
21 mend similarly Verb Adverb UNKNOWN 3019 3020 Pellimar would carry scars forever, but surely he had mended. He calmed quickly, though, seeing that all of his classmates were similarly entranced and that the Father Abbot and the other ranking monks seemed not to care.
22 coil accomplishment Noun UNKNOWN 3020 3021 He was heading back for his physical coil when he realized that time was against him. And, in the end, it is a sense of accomplishment, of purpose, and not the wealth attained by such accomplishment, that equates to fulfillment and happiness.
23 hover wariness Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3021 3022 His spirit hovered there in the hall. For the adults, the specter of the goblins brought a sobering wariness and then a troublesome distraction.
24 magnetite realm Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3022 3023 It hit with a tremendous, thump, jerking the behemoth from the ground, and then, to Avelyn's amazement, for he had never really used magnetite before, the second giant in line shuddered violently as well. Even Elbryan, who would be entering the realm of adults that coming spring, had spent almost all the previous week with his head up a dirty chimney.
25 extraordinary respectfully Adjective Adverb B2 UNKNOWN 3023 3024 It was vespers, so few were about to observe the master and the guard, bearing his extraordinary burden, as they made their way to the abbey roof overlooking All Saints Bay. Each of this group nodded respectfully at his younger counterparts as he passed them on the rim; some mentioned that Elbryan's patrols would serve as their vital liaison with the village proper.
26 circumvent compliment Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3024 3025 With the amber, he crossed wide lakes that his pursuers would have to circumvent. After that exchange of compliments, even the passing of endless uneventful hours could not dampen the thrill for the youngsters.
27 daylight team Noun UNKNOWN 3025 3026 Using a chrysoberyl, a cat's-eye, he could see clearly in the dark and move along at daylight pace without the telltale glow of a light. Elbryan continued his diligent work, though, reorganizing the routes to cover more ground since he was down to three teams of five, with a couple of messengers.
28 inflection uneventfully Plural Adverb UNKNOWN 3026 3027 Jojonah leaned over the rail, listening to every inflection, every whisper. Another week passed by uneventfully.
29 key crumble Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3027 3028 The ranger heard them long before he caught sight of them, laughing and singing terribly off-key, though the voices were surely human, as he had suspected. Elbryan was watching his first command crumbling about him, his soldiers being taken away so that they could help patch roofs or shore up barns.
30 gratitude sympathize Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3028 3029 And to go with my thanks and the gratitude of all who survived the invasion." Paulson looked at Chipmunk, and the small man nodded nervously. Brother Justice understood this, though he hardly sympathized.
31 verbal luster Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3029 3030 They walked for nearly an hour, no one talking except Tuntun, who offered an occasional verbal jab at Elbryan. Elbryan had that same impish quality about him as Mather, a love and luster of life, lurking just below the surface.
32 roots absolutely Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 3030 3031 Around the back of the tree, Elbryan saw there was a narrow opening between the roots, a tunnel that seemed to widen as it descended at a steep angle. Markwart needed to be absolutely certain.
33 bump Noun UNKNOWN 3032 He dared to put his arms around Pony's back, dared to pull her closer, feeling the strangely interesting curves and bumps of her body against his own as they came together.
34 urgency Noun UNKNOWN 3033 The kiss shifted, from curiosity to urgency, then back to gentleness.
35 wag Verb UNKNOWN 3034 If that was the case, would he be justified in waging battle with these six?
36 formerly Adverb UNKNOWN 3035 The creature flexed its great wings and settled back in the throne it had shaped from the obsidian that had formerly served as its tomb.
37 unreal Adjective UNKNOWN 3036 It was too unreal, too beyond their experience and expectations.
38 expectation Plural UNKNOWN 3037 It was too unreal, too beyond their experience and expectations.
39 rag Verb UNKNOWN 3038 Avelyn thought his very skin would slip off his body, a great rag, and fall rumpled to the deck.
40 fatal Adjective UNKNOWN 3039 Avelyn meant to turn him over, but he could not find his breath when he looked at the fatal wound, a gaping hole smashed right through Thagraine's skull, brain matter splattered all about.
41 loll Verb UNKNOWN 3040 Its head lolled from side to side.
42 grayish Adjective UNKNOWN 3041 Elbryan saw the bright red gash, the white of split bone, the grayish brain.
43 sag Verb UNKNOWN 3042 The young man shifted to a sitting position and sagged on the wet ground.
44 anymore Adverb UNKNOWN 3043 There were no lines of defense anymore, no organized pockets of resistance.
45 grotesque Adjective UNKNOWN 3044 Dots of red, like grotesque chicken pox, covered the giant's face and arms.
46 lad Noun UNKNOWN 3045 The call brought the sprinting lad to a skidding halt.
47 pointy Adjective UNKNOWN 3046 The ugly goblin face, all twisted teeth and long pointy nose, was barely inches from Elbryan's face, and closer still when the creature began to butt the boy.
48 butt Verb UNKNOWN 3047 He pulled her hands out wide, and she used the opening to head-butt him again.
49 brutally Adverb UNKNOWN 3048 Elbryan at first tried to defend himself but when that seemed futile, went on the offensive instead, brutally turning and twisting his blade.
50 overrule Verb UNKNOWN 3049 Wisdom overruled his rage, though, and he stayed hidden and let them pass.
51 buzz Verb UNKNOWN 3050 The whole village had buzzed about the house because Olwan Wyndon was laying a stone foundation.
52 rotation Singular UNKNOWN 3051 They broke their line often, individual elves leaping into pirouettes or simply following steps of their own choosing, but in general the rotation continued about Elbryan.
53 impatient Adjective UNKNOWN 3052 The stunned man stammered, taking too long for the impatient monk's comfort.
54 portly Adverb UNKNOWN 3053 She stood up and offered her hand, helping the portly monk to his feet.
55 speck Noun UNKNOWN 3054 He turned his fingers gently to flick a speck of mud from her cheek, though his gaze never left her shining blue eyes.
56 squint Verb UNKNOWN 3055 His face was sharp and hawkish, his eyes small and dark - and smaller still on those many occasions that he squinted ominously at his young students.
57 chore Noun UNKNOWN 3056 In addition to their daily duties as first - and second - year students at the abbey, they were given the extra chores of preparation for their journey to Pimaninicuit.
58 lust Verb UNKNOWN 3057 And, because of that passion, because of worldly lusts, a man who could be controlled.
59 soggy declaration Adjective Singular UNKNOWN 3031 3058 Flames licked at him, at his soggy muddy cloak, but he scampered along, buried by the blaze, bearing down on his unsuspecting enemy. It was her glory that I join the Abellican Church, and I would be stealing that glory if I left now." He sucked in his breath, bolstering his declaration.
60 military commission Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3032 3059 Indeed she had thrived; initially, at least, in the military. That thought shook Jojonah as he looked around at his decorated chamber, at the beautiful tapestry he had commissioned from the gallery of Porvon dan Guardinio, among the most respected artists in all the world.
61 conviction gallery Plural Noun B2 UNKNOWN 3033 3060 It didn't take her long to realize that she was alone in her convictions. Brother Avelyn, too, ignored Tol Yuganick's cheering gallery.
62 crossing artist Noun UNKNOWN 3034 3061 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. He wanted to kneel and pray; he wanted to ask who the artist - or artists; for certainly no one man could have created all of this - might be, but realized before the words left his mouth that any name would be inconsequential, for certainly the carvers and illuminators who had done this had done so at the explicit intervention of God.
63 hallway immaculates Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3035 3062 Jill hurried down the hallway and entered the common room of the upper level. Jojonah glanced around the room again, reminding himself that most of the other masters, even some of the tenth-year immaculates, had chambers more richly adorned.
64 harvest retire Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3036 3063 The trees are older, never harvested by humans, and darker. That night, Avelyn retired to his room, thoroughly exhausted, both emotionally and physically.
65 woodland volunteer Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3037 3064 "There is more for him to learn of himself and of the woodland arts. He had spent all his waking hours at demanding work, volunteering for the most difficult parts of each task.
66 aged herald Adjective Gerund UNKNOWN 3038 3065 This would be Joycenevial's first human task since Mather, and, since the bowyer was aged even by elven standards, most likely his last. Only the call to vespers, the ceremony heralding eventide, had interrupted Avelyn's frantic pace.
67 prefer flood Verb UNKNOWN 3039 3066 The majority of Tinson's residents slept the day through, preferring the revelry of the night. Images of his mother flooded his thoughts; he wondered if he might see a vision of her now, a visitation of her spirit before it went to its place in heaven.
68 sever disappointment Verb Singular UNKNOWN 3040 3067 Elbryan rolled to one knee quickly and brought the sword flashing across, severing the plant at exactly the stripe. She wasn't, to Avelyn's ultimate disappointment.
69 escort experienced Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 3041 3068 The goblins and their giant escort moved along slowly but steadily, and soon after, Elbryan and his companions heard the rumble of the war engines, the grunts of the towing giants. After only a few weeks in the abbey, Avelyn knew enough about the routine to understand that students much older and more experienced than he were the normal choice for any tasks, however menial, in the Abbot's Maze.
70 meager oval Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3042 3069 He heard the giant's victorious laughter, imagined the spiked club coming up high, and covered his head with his hands, though he realized that meager defense would do him little good. Scenes of the Halo, the heavenly gift, enwrapping all the others, an oval because of the angle at which it was portrayed.
71 dim portal Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3043 3070 Finally, Miklos Barmine wandered out, rubbing his eyes, blinking repeatedly as if the light, though the day was dim, stung him profoundly. Beyond this portal, Avelyn saw a huge room, braced by columns and lit by the orange flow of molten stone.
72 ends latch Noun UNKNOWN 3044 3071 She was holding both ends now, hanging lower, and then she was sliding away from her enemy, sliding fast into the mist, toward the ship, which was holding steady more than a hundred feet from shore. Avelyn blinked; amid the wonders of the door, he hadn't even noticed the huge latch!
73 trusting hinge Noun UNKNOWN 3045 3072 Elbryan's first instinct was to ask where, but he held the thought private, trusting that the elves would tell him if he needed to know. He hated risking them all but realized the success of the mission hinged on their actions right now.
74 ambush interior Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3046 3073 He looked around again, this time searching for a vantage point, a perch from which he might ambush any enemies. They were far below ground in one of the abbey's interior chambers, so there could be no window.
75 midair cloudless Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3047 3074 Elbryan's staff picked it off in midair, deflecting the blow up high. But there was indeed light inside that room, such a light as to make Avelyn think of a cloudless midsummer day.
76 jolly practically Adjective Adverb UNKNOWN 3048 3075 "Word of the bear?" the jolly innkeeper asked. Jojonah moved into the room, Avelyn practically stumbling behind him.
77 farmer crystalline Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3049 3076 As he suspected, the bear was nowhere near the size the excited farmer was claiming, probably closer to five or six feet in height, perhaps two to three hundred pounds. Avelyn studied the way the light worked off the many facets of the diamonds, how it seemed to delve within the stone itself, swirling down to crystalline depths.
78 hind astronomical Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3050 3077 In came the giants at full charge; Bradwarden braced and set his hind legs firmly. They studied the Halo, the charts that determined the astronomical data which would indicate the time of the showers.
79 wit girdle Noun UNKNOWN 3051 3078 For Pony, it took great strength to master her fears, to keep her wits about her; for Elbryan, it was simply a matter of duty and pride. Perhaps he would shine in the heavens above, a fifth light on the girdle of Progos-Behemoth!
80 rot groove Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3052 3079 He could smell the rot there: the earth itself was tainted from the fiend's presence. Looking closer, Avelyn noted grooves in the wall.
81 trapping offering Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3053 3080 He recognized the implements of the trapping trade hanging all about the shack, along with dozens of drying pelts. Master Jojonah had called the stone showers "offerings," and to Avelyn, that description seemed exactly wrong.
82 dislodge click Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3054 3081 Strength alone would not dislodge this heavy stone; she had to be smart. Master Siherton came out of Markwart's room alone, his boots clicking on the floor as he made his way in the direction of the stone room.
83 stares lever Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3055 3082 Finally, Paulson looked up, locking stares with the ranger. Jill did see that a detachment of six soldiers was at the catapult, three working the levers, three desperately trying to hold a handful of powries at bay.
84 showing somberly Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 3056 3083 The first snows had fallen, a light and gentle blanket, and the air was chill, the sky above showing the richest blue hue. Bradwarden nodded somberly, and Elbryan scooped up Hawkwing and ran off into the night, behind the departing powrie, though the ranger held faith that Avelyn would know how to deal with the dwarf.
85 befallen effortlessly Adjective Adverb UNKNOWN 3057 3084 Had they been prepared, this disaster would not have befallen them. He understood the command and willed himself off the ground, drifting effortlessly toward the ceiling.
86 hamlet whispering Noun UNKNOWN 3058 3085 She recognized the name Tinson as that of the small hamlet some dozen miles inland from the fortress. To the left came a titter, a tiny voice whispering softly.
87 fault fancy Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3059 3086 She would die, not of any fault of her own, but because the Coastpoint Guards had grown weak. There was indeed a mystery here that no tumble of fancy words could lay bare; there was something here of a higher order.
88 brutish tenfold Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3060 3087 He hail never held any love for brutish Quintall, but still he pitied the man. He glanced around the room again, from stone to stone, his reverence of these gifts from God tenfold what it had been when first he had entered the chamber.
89 camps hidden Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3061 3088 All of Dundalis' folk had followed Elbryan into the woods to the camps the ranger and his friends had constructed, hidden deep and far from the trails. When he was gone, Master Jojonah replaced the stones, closed the case, then went to the wall and moved the hidden switch to lock it fast.
90 desertion amazing Singular Adjective UNKNOWN 3062 3089 The master understood the man's desperation, despite the fact that Avelyn's crimes and subsequent desertion were not without precedent. For the young man to use the stones and drift out of the room, out of the abbey, and see the design on the roof was truly amazing.
91 effective slanting Adjective B2 UNKNOWN 3063 3090 Pony went in with equal ferocity, though her attacks were not quite as effective and she scored only a minor hit. As soon as they cleared that last copse, they saw an entrance, a great gaping hole, defying the slanting rays of the westering sun.
92 telled beckon Verb UNKNOWN 3064 3091 "Might be that the animals telled me," Bradwarden remarked. It caressed him and beckoned him.
93 forgive partially Verb Adverb UNKNOWN 3065 3092 The ranger nodded, forgiving himself for missing the signs. Pettibwa left Fellowship Way to her, even partially, Grady would not be pleased.
94 manners multitude Noun UNKNOWN 3066 3093 "Ah, but where are my manners? And then came the next long pause, lying on the ground on her back, her thoughts swirling down a multitude of paths, every one of which seemed to lead to no place but despair.
95 tentative fearing Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3067 3094 He became tentative when he neared the magnificent horse. And then she could look no more, fearing that she would find Thomas Ault, her father dear, among the dead.
96 lunge investigate Verb Infinitive UNKNOWN B2 3068 3095 The ranger jumped back a step, then lunged forward, Tempest squealing as it deflected off Quintall's face. Pony thought she should go closer to investigate, but she hadn't the stomach.
97 joining numbness Noun UNKNOWN 3069 3096 But this cryptic talk of a spiritual joining did not seem so imposing. She stood and stared, and a numbness came over her, stealing her emotions.
98 plump bravely Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 3070 3097 And then, quickly, the plump woman was gone, back into the bustle of the Way. Elbryan could see his father had died bravely, and understanding.
99 whereabout forceful Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3071 3098 We have not recovered his body." "Then why did you come here with questions as to his whereabouts?" came a sharp question from the side of the room. He was broad shouldered and strong, forceful in manner as he was in speech.
100 emanation stiffen Plural Verb UNKNOWN 3072 3099 He touched one and felt a gentle tingling there, the emanation of magic. The elf straightened and stiffened, and leaned forward over the lunging boy's head and shoulders.
101 bluff uncertain Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3073 3100 Gwendolyn?" Brother Justice asked, recognizing the name of the monastery, a secluded fortress nestled high on a rocky bluff, perhaps two days' ride to the east. And Elbryan cried for himself, his future bleak and uncertain.
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targets Noun UNKNOWN 3078 Bradwarden led the way out of the area to an open meadow upon which he had placed a series of six targets; each a different distance from the appointed line.
nicker Verb UNKNOWN 3079 The horse nickered and threw back his head.
conventional Adjective UNKNOWN 3080 At first, the monk used the conventional methods, the same lessons that had been given to him in St.-Mere-Abelle.
confront Verb B2 3081 She was confronting her past, the monk knew, and he was glad of that, though he wished he could be of more help to the young woman.
underestimate Verb UNKNOWN 3082 But still she feared that his decision was folly, based on his underestimating the pain within her.
creak Gerund UNKNOWN 3083 What they heard, though, was not the thunder of hooves or the howls of charging goblins but the creaking swish of powrie war engines.
kicking Adjective UNKNOWN 3084 Those monsters that did make it down found Bradwarden and his cudgel waiting for them, the centaur kicking and smashing with abandon.
sidestep Gerund UNKNOWN 3085 She dodged each, sidestepping, then came in hard with a thrust of her own.
overwhelm Verb UNKNOWN 3086 If the man made but a single mistake, the mob of villagers would overwhelm him.
flurry Noun UNKNOWN 3087 Then the ranger went into a flurry: poking, swishing the staff side to side, then pulling it straight across, and alternating a series of heavy blows, left hand leading, right hand leading.
descending Adjective UNKNOWN 3088 Pony looked to the fight as she rose, saw Elbryan, Hawkwing in one hand, Tempest in the other, jump out of the path of a fast descending club, then leap back suddenly as a sword swished across.
dizziness Noun UNKNOWN 3089 It went down hard, groaning, trying to shake the dizziness, growling against the searing pain.
shorten Verb UNKNOWN 3090 The ranger elbowed through the brawl, blocking punches whenever necessary, felling with three shortened blows yet another villager who tried to pounce upon him.
plans Noun UNKNOWN 3091 The woman had mentioned her plans to walk to the valley beyond the north slope, and the monk was confident that Jill could take care of herself.
prop Verb UNKNOWN 3092 His friends were beside him in an instant, Pony propping up his head.
harshly Adverb UNKNOWN 3093 He ran about, kicking at feet, whispering harshly, until all the humans were roused.
puddle Noun UNKNOWN 3094 Her main artery severed, blood was pumping wildly from the wound, already forming a puddle around her slumped form.
appreciation Singular UNKNOWN 3095 The elf took her pack and her weapons - - bow and a long dagger - and with a final look Symphony's way, a final nod of appreciation, she ran off into the night.
afore Adverb UNKNOWN 3096 "But all we got to do is see them afore they see us," the burly man went on.
abandon Verb B2 3097 Pony was quick to retrieve the stone, not willing to abandon such a powerful weapon.
scare Verb UNKNOWN 3098 He stayed quiet and closed his eyes once more, not wanting to scare the sprites away.
hum Verb UNKNOWN 3099 Hawkwing's bowstring hummed, the arrow flying true, diving into the back of the peeing goblin's head.
bark Noun UNKNOWN 3100 One of the powries stood tall on the first catapult, barking out commands.