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"lemma","pos","cefr_level","coverage_rank","context_sentence","context_sentence_zh","definition_zh"
"shapes","Noun","UNKNOWN","3601","His eyes gradually adjusted so that he could just barely make out the larger shapes in the room.","",""
"hence","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3602","How will they judge me twenty years hence, a mere day by an elf's measure?.","",""
"initially","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3603","Indeed she had thrived; initially, at least, in the military.","",""
"fearsome","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3604","Elbryan smiled wryly at Bradwarden before the fearsome centaur could take offense.","",""
"coastline","Noun","UNKNOWN","3605","Pireth Tulme was but one in a series of keeps dotting Honce-the-Bear's coastline.","",""
"passes","Noun","UNKNOWN","3606","Pireth Tulme guarded the southern passes of the Gulf of Corona, while Pireth Dancard held post on the five small islands centering the gulf, and Pireth Vanguard watched the northern way.","",""
"disastrous","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3607","Jill, whose only experience with a man had been so very disastrous, did not like the odds.","",""
"resign","Verb","UNKNOWN","3608","She gave a sigh, resigned to the reality about her.","",""
"consistent","Adjective","B2","3609","""A difficult winter would be consistent,"" Tuntun replied, her expression even more grave than usual.","",""
"irony","Noun","UNKNOWN","3610","He gave a chuckle at the irony of his own words.","",""
"unprepared","Verb","UNKNOWN","3611","He swung about, some score of yards from the tavern entrance, and launched into a diatribe on the coming dark days, about a world unprepared to face the forces of evil, about a darkness being fed by the internal rot of the land.","",""
"frond","Noun","UNKNOWN","3612","They walked carefully past the cultivated rows to the tallest fern of -
"flapping","Noun","UNKNOWN","3601","She heard the flapping wings, the screams, the dying.","",""
"greenish","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3602","The woman shuddered when she considered the mouth, a tangle of greenish-yellow fangs, all crooked but each angled inward.","",""
"inward","Noun","UNKNOWN","3603","""When the eyes of sentries turn inward,
all, one whose broad fronds were above Elbryan's head.","",""
"pliable","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3613","The monsters' take of lumber would not have been useful; the spruce and pines were too short for catapults, too wet and sappy for wood fires, and too pliable for any construction.","",""
"encompass","Verb","UNKNOWN","3614","The song came louder, faster, and Juraviel began to dance delicate, spinning circles wrapped in a larger circle that encompassed the plants.","",""
"praise","Verb","UNKNOWN","3615","Juraviel praised him once, then started away, Elbryan in tow.","",""
"powder","Noun","UNKNOWN","3616","Without explanation, Lady Dasslerond then threw a handful of glittering powder in Elbryan's face.","",""
"stripe","Noun","UNKNOWN","3617","The twirling elf tossed several puffs of powder upon the plant, then bent low and with some reddish gel painted a stripe around the base of the stem just an inch or two from the ground.","",""
"scrub","Noun","UNKNOWN","3618","He held Cric back, hiding behind some scrub, while agile Chipmunk worked his way into position.","",""
"skyward","Noun","UNKNOWN","3619","He should have been watching the ground, he knew, but in accord with the wistful nature of his kind, his eyes kept lifting skyward to the stars and the mysteries.","",""
"account","Verb","UNKNOWN","3620","Of the six, only one was still accounted for, a huge broadsword named Icebreaker, wielded by a rarely seen ranger, Andacanavar, in the far northland of Alpinador.","",""
"demise","Noun","UNKNOWN","3621","In so pointedly reminding Elbryan and the others of the higher goal, the centaur helped them to put Tuntun's demise in proper perspective.","",""
"deepen","Verb","UNKNOWN","3622","As their friendship deepened, their trust becoming so strong, Avelyn again dared to use the hematite to instruct Jill.","",""
"covering","Noun","UNKNOWN","3623","He moved inside the grove, across the covering of snow to the secret cairn.","",""
"breezes","Noun","UNKNOWN","3624","All the forest seemed to join in - the gusty breezes, the birdsong, the croaking of frogs.","",""
"tilt","Verb","UNKNOWN","3625","Elbryan tilted back his head, considering the stars, the few rushing clouds.","",""
"smoothness","Noun","UNKNOWN","3626","He was amazed by its balance, by the smoothness of its long and comfortable draw.","",""
"don","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3627","With a trusting nod, the woman donned the mask, as did Elbryan, the ranger eyeing Pony all the while, admiring her gumption.","",""
"traveling","Noun","UNKNOWN","3628","He shook that thought away, shrugged off his cloak, and began donning the clothing: deerskin boots, high arid soft; supple breeches with a narrow belt made of rope lined with silverel for strength; a soft sleeveless shirt with a leather vest lined in silverel; and finally, a thick forest-green traveling cloak and a lighter-green triangular huntsmen's cap.","",""
"sparse","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3629","The land was relatively flat and brown, with sparse low shrubs poking here and there.","",""
"inspection","Singular","UNKNOWN","3630","He continued his inspection of the mouth and face, noted that the eyes were clear and not runny, then moved along the bear's torso.","",""
"territory","Noun","UNKNOWN","3631","However, Elbryan was not in any human settlement, not in any land claimed by his kind, and quite possibly was within the boundaries of goblin territory.","",""
"knocking","Noun","UNKNOWN","3632","Elbryan swept his staff out to the left, knocking aside a club strike, then back to the right, parrying a sword.","",""
"begrudge","Verb","UNKNOWN","3633","Elbryan didn't really begrudge the man his excitement, though.","",""
"swath","Noun","UNKNOWN","3634","The beast had run off from the farmhouse, creating a swath of devastation through the brush, even knocking over small trees, venting a rage that the ranger had never before witnessed in an animal.","",""
"muzzle","Noun","UNKNOWN","3635","He waited a while to make sure that it would not stir, then moved to its muzzle, lifting its upper lip.","",""
"darts","Noun","UNKNOWN","3636","He found his answer in the form of four barbed darts, stuck deep into the bear's rump.","",""
"impression","Noun","UNKNOWN","3637","Their hut, a mere shack of logs and old boards - Elbryan got the distinct impression that many of these had come from the ruins of Dundalis - was at the top of a hill.","",""
"beer","Noun","UNKNOWN","3638","Three men lay about on piled skins, black bear mostly, drinking foamy beer from old mugs.","",""
"brew","Verb","UNKNOWN","3639","What fool brewed such a magic as that?","",""
"anticipated","Verb","UNKNOWN","3640","The ranger came round as if he would launch a horizontal swipe, but he recognized the move was anticipated: the burly man's axe was up to block.","",""
"pulling","Noun","UNKNOWN","3641","As soon as he started around, then, Elbryan turned his right foot out and went around counterclockwise, pulling in his hip to avoid a swipe of that axe.","",""
"cauldron","Noun","UNKNOWN","3642","The ranger went around to the back and dumped out the cauldron of poison.","",""
"intent","Verb","UNKNOWN","3643","The first thing Jill noticed was a huge, fat man standing atop a table, waving an empty mug, sometimes in a threatening manner to keep at bay the closer patrons, all obviously intent on knocking him from his perch.","",""
"serving","Noun","UNKNOWN","3644","Jill ordered her troop to filter about, then went to see the man behind the serving bar.","",""
"shortage","Noun","UNKNOWN","3645","Has no shortage of money, I can assure you!","",""
"chain","Noun","UNKNOWN","3646","Elbryan tugged again and the chained balls slipped off the staff's end, freeing both weapons.","",""
"bowling","Noun","UNKNOWN","3647","The man ran every which way, bowling over all who would stand before him, laughing maniacally all the while, even when one of those dodging his charge landed a solid punch about his face or neck.","",""
"loin","Noun","UNKNOWN","3648","He wore only a loincloth and stood defensively, shoulders hunched, arms crossed to cover his belly and loins.","",""
"accustom","Verb","UNKNOWN","3649","And Maiyer Dek, among the largest of his giant kind, was not accustomed to being dwarfed.","",""
"emblem","Noun","UNKNOWN","3650","""Every soldier in my army shall wear such an emblem,"" the dactyl decreed.","",""
"mill","Verb","UNKNOWN","3651","Across the wide meadow, past the flowers and the grass, he saw perfection of form, a huge stallion, milling about the shadows of the distant trees.","",""
"stolen","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3652","The only concern any in St.-Mere-Abelle's hierarchy held about the stolen stones was for the giant amethyst crystal, and that only because it was a stone whose magic they had not yet deciphered.","",""
"coldness","Noun","UNKNOWN","3653","Jojonah watched him go, shuddering at the sheer coldness of the man's aura.","",""
"inspire","Verb","UNKNOWN","3654","CHAPTER 26 Bradwarden
When the hearts of men covet,
""Is it fear that inspires them?","",""
"measures","Noun","UNKNOWN","3655","By their measures, I am poorer by far.""
When love is lost to lust.","",""
"jowl","Noun","UNKNOWN","3604","The chin was narrow, but the jowls wide with muscle.","",""
"wrinkled","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3605","Elbryan watched the wrinkled' and bent elder, Brody Gentle, by name, though the children usually called him ""Body Grabber"" in mock horror, teasing him and then running away.","",""
"contradiction","Singular","UNKNOWN","3606","That seeming contradiction had left Elbryan in a quandary.","",""
"questioning","Noun","UNKNOWN","3607","Elbryan noted the curtness of the answer, the elf's crisp, almost sharp tone, and he understood that further questioning would be unwelcome, that he would learn what he must when the elves decided to tell him.","",""
"myth","Verb","UNKNOWN","3608","Goblins were little seen creatures; many considered them more myth than truth.","",""
"sighting","Noun","UNKNOWN","3609","The raid on Dundalis, the sightings of goblins and even giants, the evidence of many, earthquakes to the north of Andur'Blough Inninness - all pointed to the resurgence of the dactyl.","",""
"intervene","Verb","UNKNOWN","3610","When she wouldn't - couldn't - tell him anything about the staff-wielding stranger who had intervened in the inn, the ferocious monk had beaten her again, and now one of her eyes was swollen closed.","",""
"supper","Noun","UNKNOWN","3611","""Better suited for the common house, after a supper of venison stew.""
The young man chuckled and ran his hand through his light brown hair.","",""
"difficulty","Noun","UNKNOWN","3656","He crossed with some difficulty, but had no trouble regaining the trail on the other side, for the rider was making no effort to conceal his tracks.","",""
"regain","Verb","UNKNOWN","3657","Over the next giant she went, trying to regain her footing.","",""
"ramble","Verb","UNKNOWN","3658","Elbryan merely smiled and let the centaur ramble on and on, considering the creature's words carefully so that he could discover many hints about Bradwarden.","",""
"hints","Noun","UNKNOWN","3659","Then the ranger set off, riding hard for End-o'-the-World, looking for answers or hints of what might yet come, and hoping to find more refugees.","",""
"brisk","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3660","By all reports, the weather was better on the northern side of the Gulf of Corona, more alive, with brisk winds and a greater change of the season.","",""
"drinking","Noun","UNKNOWN","3661","He was downstairs soon enough, drinking and talking amid a huge crowd, for many of the area trappers had come in to lay in provisions in preparation of the coming winter.","",""
"grapnel","Noun","UNKNOWN","3662","Jill first tried to dislodge the grapnel, but found that it was too tightly secured, with too much weight on the heavy line.","",""
"swinging","Noun","UNKNOWN","3663","Elbryan grabbed up Tempest in both hands and surged ahead, swinging an.","",""
"outdistance","Verb","UNKNOWN","3664","She outdistanced all three with a few long strides, moving to the far corner of the front wall.","",""
"struggling","Noun","UNKNOWN","3665","Jill started to climb into the boat, but had to stop and turn to strike again at the struggling powrie.","",""
"landmark","Noun","UNKNOWN","3666","She didn't recognize any landmarks but figured she must be somewhere west of Pireth Tulme on the north coast of the Mantis Arm.","",""
"straggler","Plural","UNKNOWN","3667","Jill found herself circumventing the town and approaching it from the west, not from the east the way any stragglers fleeing Pireth Tulme would.","",""
"avenge","Noun","UNKNOWN","3668","She nodded to herself; she should go out and join the force, should go to Pireth Tulme to avenge -
0lwan nodded and the crowd gradually dispersed, one person taking a last, long look at the goblin, which was indeed fast turning gray.","",""
"disperse","Verb","UNKNOWN","3612","But Avelyn's expression of joy, of victory, was short-lived, for the stone could not contain such energy, and it threw it out, dispersed as green smoke into the air, the sheer force of the expulsion throwing Elbryan and Avelyn backward into Pony and Bradwarden, the resulting smoke filling the corridor.","",""
"sustain","Verb","UNKNOWN","3613","Pony couldn't sustain her smile as she watched him go, wondering if she had pushed him a little too hard.","",""
"simultaneously","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3614","The staff connected simultaneously on the sword and the goblin's hand, knocking the weapon from the creature's grasp and launching it a dozen feet away.","",""
"goblinkind","Noun","UNKNOWN","3615","Next came a discussion, led by Brody Gentle, of goblinkind in general, from the numerous small goblins to the rare and dangerous disfigured fomorian giants.","",""
"qualification","Singular","UNKNOWN","3616","The eight years of Avelyn's' pretraining had included only minor instruction in the martial arts, but he had suspected that the physical qualifications of the brotherhood, the ability to fight, would become more prominent once inside the monastery.","",""
"doubtfully","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3617","""How do you know that?"" Elbryan asked doubtfully, and his tone seemed to hurt the girl.","",""
"intone","Verb","UNKNOWN","3618","""Piety, dignity, poverty,"" the old father abbot, Dalebert Markwart, intoned in his nasal voice.","",""
"intertwine","Verb","UNKNOWN","3619","The horse angled near a second elm, its branches intertwined with the one near the giant, and Elbryan leaped away, running, surefooted, along one rain-slicked limb.","",""
"majority","Noun","UNKNOWN","3620","The majority of Tinson's residents slept the day through, preferring the revelry of the night.","",""
"conquest","Noun","UNKNOWN","3621","Images of conquest flooded Quintall's every thought.","",""
"formal","Adjective","B2","3622","The four monks were on deck when Bunkus Smealy informed them that they would have no formal duties that day, that they might go about their business.","",""
"certainty","Noun","UNKNOWN","3623","Avelyn knew with near certainty that this would be the last time he saw her, and likely the last time he'd see his father, as well.","",""
"sibling","Noun","UNKNOWN","3624","His next youngest sibling was seven years his senior, and so he wasn't really close to any of them.","",""
"senior","Noun","UNKNOWN","3625","His next youngest sibling was seven years his senior, and so he wasn't really close to any of them.","",""
"illness","Noun","UNKNOWN","3626","The last few years had been hard on her, one illness after another.","",""
"selfish","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3627","The folk of Elkenbrook had never known such a huge gathering of goblins, could not conceive of the notion that the hateful, selfish creatures could ever band together in such numbers.","",""
"grinding","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3628","A grinding sound, the great gates sliding open, brought the young man from his contemplations.","",""
"unified","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3629","Now the creature saw the time to organize its forces fully; to begin its unified attacks.","",""
"unintentional","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3630","Avelyn heard the slaps of wood, the unintentional groans, even an occasional cry from the younger students near the front.","",""
"mix","Noun","UNKNOWN","3631","Piled in the emotional jumble were Elbryan's mixed feelings concerning the elves.","",""
"frail","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3632","He couldn't say that to frail Annalisa, he knew.","",""
"rack","Verb","UNKNOWN","3633","But his words hardly seemed to calm Thagraine; quite the opposite, the man, obviously racked with guilt paced all the more furiously, slapping his hands together repeatedly.","",""
"overlapping","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3634","Suits of armor of various designs stood as silent sentinels, every type from the overlapping wooden plates of the ancient Behrenese to the strong metal-plate mail designed for Honce-the-Bear's Allheart Brigade, the personal guards of the King -
The thought hit Jill like a cold slap.","",""
"dire","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3669","Before she entered, a familiar voice, raised in dire warning, assaulted her.","",""
"sift","Verb","UNKNOWN","3670","Elbryan absorbed all their words, sifted through their suggestions.","",""
"assistance","Noun","UNKNOWN","3671","But it was too late; he had pushed past the fear and into the realm of anger, and when the barkeep called for assistance, the man found no shortage of volunteers.","",""
"sourly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3672","""Ho, ho, what!""
whoever that might be at the moment.","",""
"tunic","Noun","UNKNOWN","3635","The shorter of the pair wore a light leather tunic and arm shields, metal sleeves hooked over the figure's thumbs and running from wrists to elbow.","",""
"specially","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3636","He had recently commissioned a specially designed saddle from the local leatherworker, and had made no secret that it was for Nightbird, payment for some work the ranger had done for him.","",""
"interlock","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3637","Its limbs were slender and long and its armor a silver shining coat of fine interlocking links.","",""
"ranking","Noun","UNKNOWN","3638","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.","",""
"brotherhood","Noun","UNKNOWN","3639","I knew the purest contemplation, the release of physical boundaries, the brotherhood with all the universe.","",""
"idealistic","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3640","All that the gentle and idealistic young man wanted was to serve God, to foster peace, to heal, and to comfort.","",""
"hoard","Noun","UNKNOWN","3641","To Avelyn Desbris, nothing in all the world, not the treasures of a dragon's hoard, nor the powers of a king, could outweigh that accomplishment.","",""
"outweigh","Verb","UNKNOWN","3642","To Avelyn Desbris, nothing in all the world, not the treasures of a dragon's hoard, nor the powers of a king, could outweigh that accomplishment.","",""
"troublesome","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3643","For the adults, the specter of the goblins brought a sobering wariness and then a troublesome distraction.","",""
"lively","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3644","The moment ended all too soon, Cat-the-Stray tuning back to the bustle of the lively room about her.","",""
"cautious","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3645","But even the great wound in the monster's belly fast closed, while Quintall's movements became more cautious, more dangerous.","",""
"rust","Noun","UNKNOWN","3646","Pony left Avelyn's side then, rusting to join with Elbryan.","",""
"counterpart","Noun","UNKNOWN","3647","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.","",""
"arrangement","Noun","UNKNOWN","3648","There were several complaints about this arrangement at first, mostly from the older boys who thought that they
Jill regarded him sourly, then rose and offered an arm.","",""
"rent","Verb","UNKNOWN","3673","Would Avelyn, who held the stones as most sacred, rent out their powers?","",""
"using","Noun","UNKNOWN","3674","Pony was quick to one, wrapping him in a heavy blanket, and Avelyn got to the other, using the serpentine effectively.","",""
"mirth","Noun","UNKNOWN","3675","Elbryan joined in, but the mirth was ended when a streaking line of fire cut across the sky, a ball of flaming pitch, soaring for Weedy Meadow.","",""
"images","Verb","UNKNOWN","3676","More images came rushing to her as soon as she sat in the nook of those pines.","",""
"ensure","Verb","UNKNOWN","3677","The big man, supposedly in search of firewood, looked back over his broad shoulders often, Elbryan noted, obviously trying to ensure that he was not'
should serve as Elbryan's second.","",""
"retaliation","Singular","UNKNOWN","3649","Elbryan took it all in stride, with the exception of any insults to Pony, which he promptly informed the teasers would bring them serious and painful retaliation.","",""
"primary","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3650","On the ridge and in the vale beyond, the primary enemy became boredom.","",""
"scenario","Noun","UNKNOWN","3651","And now he was here, the best scenario he could rationally have hoped to find.","",""
"salvage","Noun","UNKNOWN","3652","Elbryan walked a crooked path to the food and stubbornly salvaged what he could.","",""
"disgustedly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3653","""Please allow me to continue my duties.""
being followed.","",""
"complicated","Verb","UNKNOWN","3678","For Elbryan, though, the trapper's tale was more complicated.","",""
"detect","Infinitive","UNKNOWN","3679","The one obvious lead fruitless, Brother Justice had to turn to his magic, to the carbuncle, a stone also called Dragon Sight for its ability to detect things magical.","",""
"thereafter","Verb","UNKNOWN","3680","Their hopes were bolstered shortly thereafter when they heard a voice -
Jojonah looked to Siherton, who was shaking his head disgustedly.","",""
"vain","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3654","If he won now, then his friends, all of them, would not have died in vain.","",""
"curve","Noun","UNKNOWN","3655","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.","",""
"genuine","Adjective","B2","3656","Again, the fears passed, lost in a swirl of warmth as he looked at Pony's shining blue eyes, at her smile, as genuine and joyful as anything Elbryan had ever seen.","",""
"joyful","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3657","Again, the fears passed, lost in a swirl of warmth as he looked at Pony's shining blue eyes, at her smile, as genuine and joyful as anything Elbryan had ever seen.","",""
"gentleness","Noun","UNKNOWN","3658","The kiss shifted, from curiosity to urgency, then back to gentleness.","",""
"ruffle","Verb","UNKNOWN","3659","Their clothes ruffled and seemed more of an obstacle than a necessity.","",""
"horrified","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3660","And then suddenly, it was gone, destroyed by a horrified, and horrifying, scream.","",""
"swarming","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3661","The couple jumped apart and to their feet, staring wide-eyed down the long slope to the village, at the swarming forms, at the large plume of smoke -
Avelyn's voice - cursing the demon, then crying out in pain.","",""
"effectively","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3681","A blizzard could effectively shut the folk in their homes for a week straight.","",""
"breadth","Noun","UNKNOWN","3682","""I have traveled the breadth of Honce-the-Bear in my most vital quest.","",""
"instantly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3683","The glow went away instantly, but the arm remained, extended.","",""
"captive","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3684","He's been through the fighting.""
Elbryan looked down to his diminutive captive.","",""
"plausible","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3685","But Brother Justice needed the merchant, as well, or at least it seemed plausible that the man might aid the monk in his all-important quest.","",""
"wry","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3686","Elbryan gave a wry smile, but it couldn't last.","",""
"pool","Noun","UNKNOWN","3687","He visualized the hematite as a dark liquid pool and he waded in slowly, letting the physical world dissipate into gray nothingness.","",""
"compelling","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3688","Yet he could not deny the tug of that lone, smoking mountain, calling to him, compelling him .","",""
"converse","Noun","UNKNOWN","3689","Yes, Elbryan would like to converse with Pony, to see her again, to remember that innocent time when patrolling was play and nightmares were not real.","",""
"herd","Noun","UNKNOWN","3690","Who might this leader of the herd be to inspire such uncharacteristic respect from cocky Bradwarden?","",""
"unerringly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3691","The monk fell back, nearly toppling, as the stone suddenly zipped away, flying unerringly for the armored chest of the giant closest behind Bradwarden.","",""
"tutor","Noun","UNKNOWN","3692","CHAPTER 31 Home Again, Home Again
Over the next couple of weeks, as they marched along the trails, Avelyn showed Jill just how much he had come to trust her, for he began formally tutoring her in the ways of the stones.","",""
"whinny","Verb","UNKNOWN","3693","The stallion pawed the ground, then reared and whinnied.","",""
"muscled","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3694","Symphony had gone perfectly still, his head raised high, his magnificent, muscled chest presented openly to the two men.","",""
"sorely","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3695","It was risky setting a light in the dark forest, but these folk sorely needed the warmth.","",""
"access","Verb","UNKNOWN","3696","That joining by means of the hematite when he had been sorely wounded had given her an understanding of accessing the powers on a level that other monks spent months, even years, trying to attain.","",""
"secretive","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3697","Not only was her gain exponential, but so was the monk's understanding of this secretive woman - and of her dark past.","",""
"urgent","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3698","The kiss became more urgent, and gradually Pony's fears melted away, swept up in the sudden torrent of passion that overcame her.","",""
"feign","Infinitive","UNKNOWN","3699","She rushed right for it, feigning a dodge to the side as it lifted its huge sword.","",""
"reclusive","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3700","It is likely that most of the giants, normally reclusive beasts, will turn back for their mountain homes, far from the villages of humans.","",""
too large to come from any chimney!","",""
"initiative","Noun","UNKNOWN","3662","This was an action of a rogue goblin chieftain, perhaps, or one of the many powrie raiding parties, acting on their own initiative, bringing misery to the wretched humans.","",""
"tomb","Noun","UNKNOWN","3663","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.","",""
"formation","Singular","UNKNOWN","3664","He would gather together his scouts, perhaps even call in the older scouts from the vale, and charge down into Dundalis in tight formation, anchoring the defense.","",""
"bedsheets","Noun","UNKNOWN","3665","She wanted to be a little girl again, wrapped tight in her bedsheets, and tighter in Mother's embrace, waking from a nightmare.","",""
"everywhere","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3666","Goblins swarmed everywhere, and Pony spotted at least two other giants, fifteen feet tall and perhaps a thousand pounds of chiseled muscle.","",""
"catastrophe","Noun","UNKNOWN","3667","The rules of survival, taught to every child in Wilderlands settlements, declared that the first priority in any catastrophe was to save the village.","",""
"facing","Noun","UNKNOWN","3668","And by Elbryan's measure, Avelyn's bravery in all that he had done - in taking the stones and fleeing St.-Mere-Abelle, in facing Brother Justice, and in aiding against the monsters-was above question.","",""
"falter","Verb","UNKNOWN","3669","Without hesitation, for if he paused, he knew his courage surely would falter, Elbryan slipped out from behind the protection of the tree: Half walking, half crawling, he moved closer to the goblin, quickly covering a third of the distance.","",""
"clobber","Verb","UNKNOWN","3670","He clobbered yet another goblin, bashing in its ugly skull, then raised his arm and called out, trying to rally the others.","",""
"valiant","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3671","And then Olwan came flying back into sight, falling in a broken heap on the road right in the midst of the valiant fighters.","",""
"getting","Noun","UNKNOWN","3672","They ran every which way, most getting no more than a couple of strides before being buried under a wave of swarming goblins.","",""
"mockery","Noun","UNKNOWN","3673","As if in a grotesque mockery of that hope, a goblin marched around that corner, bearing down on the girl.","",""
"skidding","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3674","The call brought the sprinting lad to a skidding halt.","",""
"ashen","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3675","Carley dan Aubrey, one of the younger scouts, staggered toward him, his face ashen, both hands clenched firmly to his right side at his waist.","",""
"jut","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3676","Elbryan grimaced, and Carley whimpered and nearly vomited, when Elbryan's hand brushed against the broken tip of a spear jutting from Carley's side.","",""
"overcoat","Noun","UNKNOWN","3677","He tore off his overcoat and pulled open his leather vest, quickly unbuttoning the sleeves of his white shirt.","",""
"vest","Noun","UNKNOWN","3678","He tore off his overcoat and pulled open his leather vest, quickly unbuttoning the sleeves of his white shirt.","",""
"flop","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3679","The creature went berserk, kicking and thrashing, flopping like a landed fish.","",""
"previously","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3680","Pony remembered the building of the place, only two years previously.","",""
"choke","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3681","In an instant, the powrie had her on her back and was choking her hard.","",""
"divide","Verb","UNKNOWN","3682","The class had been divided by birth dates; Avelyn and Quintall had been put, together solely because they had been born in the same week, and not for compatibility, either physical or emotional.","",""
"date","Verb","UNKNOWN","3683","The class had been divided by birth dates; Avelyn and Quintall had been put, together solely because they had been born in the same week, and not for compatibility, either physical or emotional.","",""
"temperament","Noun","UNKNOWN","3684","They were opposites in temperament, as well: Avelyn calm and reverent, always in control, and Quintall a ""firework,"" as Master Siherton, the class overseer, often appropriately referred to him.","",""
"firework","Noun","UNKNOWN","3685","They were opposites in temperament, as well: Avelyn calm and reverent, always in control, and Quintall a ""firework,"" as Master Siherton, the class overseer, often appropriately referred to him.","",""
"overseer","Noun","UNKNOWN","3686","Siherton's features befit his rank of class overseer, the disciplinarian of the newest brothers.","",""
"coldly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3687","""Let us see if our young hero has any heart at all;"" Siherton remarked coldly, and he stalked off toward the stairwell that would lead him down to the master's quarters.","",""
"aching","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3688","Jojonah held the diamond close to Avelyn, and the young monk felt its warmth flowing into his aching, frozen form.","",""
"disgust","Verb","UNKNOWN","3689","Elbryan shook his head in disgust, but he reminded himself to keep a measure of respect.","",""
"gauge","Noun","UNKNOWN","3690","""Avelyn is the best of the class,"" Jojonah remarked, mostly to gauge Siherton's reaction.","",""
"noncommittally","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3691","The taller man shrugged noncommittally.","",""
"dedication","Singular","UNKNOWN","3692","It was true enough; Avelyn's incredible dedication was fast becoming the talk of St.-Mere-Abelle.","",""
"becoming","Noun","UNKNOWN","3693","It was true enough; Avelyn's incredible dedication was fast becoming the talk of St.-Mere-Abelle.","",""
"overt","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3694","It was no secret that Siherton favored Quintall among this most important class, but the man's overt insult of Avelyn, the choice of every other master - and reportedly of Father Abbot Markwart as well - surprised him.","",""
"amiss","Noun","UNKNOWN","3695","Jojonah looked back at the courtyard, to Avelyn at work as always as though nothing was amiss.","",""
"macabre","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3696","He tried to keep a mental note of his macabre collection, tried to match it against the people of Dundalis by sorting their names house by house.","",""
"despise","Verb","UNKNOWN","3697","""I despise his inhumanity,"" replied Siherton.","",""
"inhumanity","Noun","UNKNOWN","3698","Was it, as Siherton insisted, the young man's apparent inhumanity?","",""
"smug","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3699","That smug look by the ranger spurred the proud Quintall into a charge.","",""
"stairwell","Noun","UNKNOWN","3700","Jill looked straight ahead as she made for the door to the stairwell that would get her down to her room.","",""
1 lemma pos cefr_level coverage_rank context_sentence context_sentence_zh definition_zh
2 shapes flapping Noun UNKNOWN 3601 His eyes gradually adjusted so that he could just barely make out the larger shapes in the room. She heard the flapping wings, the screams, the dying.
3 hence greenish Adverb Adjective UNKNOWN 3602 How will they judge me twenty years hence, a mere day by an elf's measure?. The woman shuddered when she considered the mouth, a tangle of greenish-yellow fangs, all crooked but each angled inward.
4 initially inward Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 3603 Indeed she had thrived; initially, at least, in the military. "When the eyes of sentries turn inward, When the hearts of men covet, When love is lost to lust.
fearsome Adjective UNKNOWN 3604 Elbryan smiled wryly at Bradwarden before the fearsome centaur could take offense.
coastline Noun UNKNOWN 3605 Pireth Tulme was but one in a series of keeps dotting Honce-the-Bear's coastline.
passes Noun UNKNOWN 3606 Pireth Tulme guarded the southern passes of the Gulf of Corona, while Pireth Dancard held post on the five small islands centering the gulf, and Pireth Vanguard watched the northern way.
disastrous Adjective UNKNOWN 3607 Jill, whose only experience with a man had been so very disastrous, did not like the odds.
resign Verb UNKNOWN 3608 She gave a sigh, resigned to the reality about her.
consistent Adjective B2 3609 "A difficult winter would be consistent," Tuntun replied, her expression even more grave than usual.
irony Noun UNKNOWN 3610 He gave a chuckle at the irony of his own words.
unprepared Verb UNKNOWN 3611 He swung about, some score of yards from the tavern entrance, and launched into a diatribe on the coming dark days, about a world unprepared to face the forces of evil, about a darkness being fed by the internal rot of the land.
frond Noun UNKNOWN 3612 They walked carefully past the cultivated rows to the tallest fern of - all, one whose broad fronds were above Elbryan's head.
5 pliable jowl Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3613 3604 The monsters' take of lumber would not have been useful; the spruce and pines were too short for catapults, too wet and sappy for wood fires, and too pliable for any construction. The chin was narrow, but the jowls wide with muscle.
6 encompass wrinkled Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 3614 3605 The song came louder, faster, and Juraviel began to dance delicate, spinning circles wrapped in a larger circle that encompassed the plants. Elbryan watched the wrinkled' and bent elder, Brody Gentle, by name, though the children usually called him "Body Grabber" in mock horror, teasing him and then running away.
praise Verb UNKNOWN 3615 Juraviel praised him once, then started away, Elbryan in tow.
powder Noun UNKNOWN 3616 Without explanation, Lady Dasslerond then threw a handful of glittering powder in Elbryan's face.
stripe Noun UNKNOWN 3617 The twirling elf tossed several puffs of powder upon the plant, then bent low and with some reddish gel painted a stripe around the base of the stem just an inch or two from the ground.
scrub Noun UNKNOWN 3618 He held Cric back, hiding behind some scrub, while agile Chipmunk worked his way into position.
skyward Noun UNKNOWN 3619 He should have been watching the ground, he knew, but in accord with the wistful nature of his kind, his eyes kept lifting skyward to the stars and the mysteries.
account Verb UNKNOWN 3620 Of the six, only one was still accounted for, a huge broadsword named Icebreaker, wielded by a rarely seen ranger, Andacanavar, in the far northland of Alpinador.
demise Noun UNKNOWN 3621 In so pointedly reminding Elbryan and the others of the higher goal, the centaur helped them to put Tuntun's demise in proper perspective.
deepen Verb UNKNOWN 3622 As their friendship deepened, their trust becoming so strong, Avelyn again dared to use the hematite to instruct Jill.
covering Noun UNKNOWN 3623 He moved inside the grove, across the covering of snow to the secret cairn.
breezes Noun UNKNOWN 3624 All the forest seemed to join in - the gusty breezes, the birdsong, the croaking of frogs.
tilt Verb UNKNOWN 3625 Elbryan tilted back his head, considering the stars, the few rushing clouds.
smoothness Noun UNKNOWN 3626 He was amazed by its balance, by the smoothness of its long and comfortable draw.
don Gerund UNKNOWN 3627 With a trusting nod, the woman donned the mask, as did Elbryan, the ranger eyeing Pony all the while, admiring her gumption.
traveling Noun UNKNOWN 3628 He shook that thought away, shrugged off his cloak, and began donning the clothing: deerskin boots, high arid soft; supple breeches with a narrow belt made of rope lined with silverel for strength; a soft sleeveless shirt with a leather vest lined in silverel; and finally, a thick forest-green traveling cloak and a lighter-green triangular huntsmen's cap.
sparse Adjective UNKNOWN 3629 The land was relatively flat and brown, with sparse low shrubs poking here and there.
inspection Singular UNKNOWN 3630 He continued his inspection of the mouth and face, noted that the eyes were clear and not runny, then moved along the bear's torso.
territory Noun UNKNOWN 3631 However, Elbryan was not in any human settlement, not in any land claimed by his kind, and quite possibly was within the boundaries of goblin territory.
knocking Noun UNKNOWN 3632 Elbryan swept his staff out to the left, knocking aside a club strike, then back to the right, parrying a sword.
begrudge Verb UNKNOWN 3633 Elbryan didn't really begrudge the man his excitement, though.
swath Noun UNKNOWN 3634 The beast had run off from the farmhouse, creating a swath of devastation through the brush, even knocking over small trees, venting a rage that the ranger had never before witnessed in an animal.
muzzle Noun UNKNOWN 3635 He waited a while to make sure that it would not stir, then moved to its muzzle, lifting its upper lip.
darts Noun UNKNOWN 3636 He found his answer in the form of four barbed darts, stuck deep into the bear's rump.
impression Noun UNKNOWN 3637 Their hut, a mere shack of logs and old boards - Elbryan got the distinct impression that many of these had come from the ruins of Dundalis - was at the top of a hill.
beer Noun UNKNOWN 3638 Three men lay about on piled skins, black bear mostly, drinking foamy beer from old mugs.
brew Verb UNKNOWN 3639 What fool brewed such a magic as that?
anticipated Verb UNKNOWN 3640 The ranger came round as if he would launch a horizontal swipe, but he recognized the move was anticipated: the burly man's axe was up to block.
pulling Noun UNKNOWN 3641 As soon as he started around, then, Elbryan turned his right foot out and went around counterclockwise, pulling in his hip to avoid a swipe of that axe.
cauldron Noun UNKNOWN 3642 The ranger went around to the back and dumped out the cauldron of poison.
intent Verb UNKNOWN 3643 The first thing Jill noticed was a huge, fat man standing atop a table, waving an empty mug, sometimes in a threatening manner to keep at bay the closer patrons, all obviously intent on knocking him from his perch.
serving Noun UNKNOWN 3644 Jill ordered her troop to filter about, then went to see the man behind the serving bar.
shortage Noun UNKNOWN 3645 Has no shortage of money, I can assure you!
chain Noun UNKNOWN 3646 Elbryan tugged again and the chained balls slipped off the staff's end, freeing both weapons.
bowling Noun UNKNOWN 3647 The man ran every which way, bowling over all who would stand before him, laughing maniacally all the while, even when one of those dodging his charge landed a solid punch about his face or neck.
loin Noun UNKNOWN 3648 He wore only a loincloth and stood defensively, shoulders hunched, arms crossed to cover his belly and loins.
accustom Verb UNKNOWN 3649 And Maiyer Dek, among the largest of his giant kind, was not accustomed to being dwarfed.
emblem Noun UNKNOWN 3650 "Every soldier in my army shall wear such an emblem," the dactyl decreed.
mill Verb UNKNOWN 3651 Across the wide meadow, past the flowers and the grass, he saw perfection of form, a huge stallion, milling about the shadows of the distant trees.
stolen Adjective UNKNOWN 3652 The only concern any in St.-Mere-Abelle's hierarchy held about the stolen stones was for the giant amethyst crystal, and that only because it was a stone whose magic they had not yet deciphered.
coldness Noun UNKNOWN 3653 Jojonah watched him go, shuddering at the sheer coldness of the man's aura.
inspire Verb UNKNOWN 3654 CHAPTER 26 Bradwarden "Is it fear that inspires them?
measures Noun UNKNOWN 3655 By their measures, I am poorer by far." The young man chuckled and ran his hand through his light brown hair.
difficulty Noun UNKNOWN 3656 He crossed with some difficulty, but had no trouble regaining the trail on the other side, for the rider was making no effort to conceal his tracks.
7 regain contradiction Verb Singular UNKNOWN 3657 3606 Over the next giant she went, trying to regain her footing. That seeming contradiction had left Elbryan in a quandary.
8 ramble questioning Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3658 3607 Elbryan merely smiled and let the centaur ramble on and on, considering the creature's words carefully so that he could discover many hints about Bradwarden. Elbryan noted the curtness of the answer, the elf's crisp, almost sharp tone, and he understood that further questioning would be unwelcome, that he would learn what he must when the elves decided to tell him.
9 hints myth Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3659 3608 Then the ranger set off, riding hard for End-o'-the-World, looking for answers or hints of what might yet come, and hoping to find more refugees. Goblins were little seen creatures; many considered them more myth than truth.
10 sighting Noun UNKNOWN 3609 The raid on Dundalis, the sightings of goblins and even giants, the evidence of many, earthquakes to the north of Andur'Blough Inninness - all pointed to the resurgence of the dactyl.
11 intervene Verb UNKNOWN 3610 When she wouldn't - couldn't - tell him anything about the staff-wielding stranger who had intervened in the inn, the ferocious monk had beaten her again, and now one of her eyes was swollen closed.
12 supper Noun UNKNOWN 3611 "Better suited for the common house, after a supper of venison stew." 0lwan nodded and the crowd gradually dispersed, one person taking a last, long look at the goblin, which was indeed fast turning gray.
13 disperse Verb UNKNOWN 3612 But Avelyn's expression of joy, of victory, was short-lived, for the stone could not contain such energy, and it threw it out, dispersed as green smoke into the air, the sheer force of the expulsion throwing Elbryan and Avelyn backward into Pony and Bradwarden, the resulting smoke filling the corridor.
14 sustain Verb UNKNOWN 3613 Pony couldn't sustain her smile as she watched him go, wondering if she had pushed him a little too hard.
15 simultaneously Adverb UNKNOWN 3614 The staff connected simultaneously on the sword and the goblin's hand, knocking the weapon from the creature's grasp and launching it a dozen feet away.
16 goblinkind Noun UNKNOWN 3615 Next came a discussion, led by Brody Gentle, of goblinkind in general, from the numerous small goblins to the rare and dangerous disfigured fomorian giants.
17 brisk qualification Adjective Singular UNKNOWN 3660 3616 By all reports, the weather was better on the northern side of the Gulf of Corona, more alive, with brisk winds and a greater change of the season. The eight years of Avelyn's' pretraining had included only minor instruction in the martial arts, but he had suspected that the physical qualifications of the brotherhood, the ability to fight, would become more prominent once inside the monastery.
18 drinking doubtfully Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 3661 3617 He was downstairs soon enough, drinking and talking amid a huge crowd, for many of the area trappers had come in to lay in provisions in preparation of the coming winter. "How do you know that?" Elbryan asked doubtfully, and his tone seemed to hurt the girl.
19 grapnel intone Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3662 3618 Jill first tried to dislodge the grapnel, but found that it was too tightly secured, with too much weight on the heavy line. "Piety, dignity, poverty," the old father abbot, Dalebert Markwart, intoned in his nasal voice.
20 swinging intertwine Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3663 3619 Elbryan grabbed up Tempest in both hands and surged ahead, swinging an. The horse angled near a second elm, its branches intertwined with the one near the giant, and Elbryan leaped away, running, surefooted, along one rain-slicked limb.
21 outdistance majority Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3664 3620 She outdistanced all three with a few long strides, moving to the far corner of the front wall. The majority of Tinson's residents slept the day through, preferring the revelry of the night.
22 struggling conquest Noun UNKNOWN 3665 3621 Jill started to climb into the boat, but had to stop and turn to strike again at the struggling powrie. Images of conquest flooded Quintall's every thought.
23 landmark formal Noun Adjective UNKNOWN B2 3666 3622 She didn't recognize any landmarks but figured she must be somewhere west of Pireth Tulme on the north coast of the Mantis Arm. The four monks were on deck when Bunkus Smealy informed them that they would have no formal duties that day, that they might go about their business.
24 straggler certainty Plural Noun UNKNOWN 3667 3623 Jill found herself circumventing the town and approaching it from the west, not from the east the way any stragglers fleeing Pireth Tulme would. Avelyn knew with near certainty that this would be the last time he saw her, and likely the last time he'd see his father, as well.
25 avenge sibling Noun UNKNOWN 3668 3624 She nodded to herself; she should go out and join the force, should go to Pireth Tulme to avenge - The thought hit Jill like a cold slap. His next youngest sibling was seven years his senior, and so he wasn't really close to any of them.
26 dire senior Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3669 3625 Before she entered, a familiar voice, raised in dire warning, assaulted her. His next youngest sibling was seven years his senior, and so he wasn't really close to any of them.
27 sift illness Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3670 3626 Elbryan absorbed all their words, sifted through their suggestions. The last few years had been hard on her, one illness after another.
28 assistance selfish Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3671 3627 But it was too late; he had pushed past the fear and into the realm of anger, and when the barkeep called for assistance, the man found no shortage of volunteers. The folk of Elkenbrook had never known such a huge gathering of goblins, could not conceive of the notion that the hateful, selfish creatures could ever band together in such numbers.
29 sourly grinding Adverb Adjective UNKNOWN 3672 3628 "Ho, ho, what!" Jill regarded him sourly, then rose and offered an arm. A grinding sound, the great gates sliding open, brought the young man from his contemplations.
30 rent unified Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 3673 3629 Would Avelyn, who held the stones as most sacred, rent out their powers? Now the creature saw the time to organize its forces fully; to begin its unified attacks.
31 using unintentional Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3674 3630 Pony was quick to one, wrapping him in a heavy blanket, and Avelyn got to the other, using the serpentine effectively. Avelyn heard the slaps of wood, the unintentional groans, even an occasional cry from the younger students near the front.
32 mix Noun UNKNOWN 3631 Piled in the emotional jumble were Elbryan's mixed feelings concerning the elves.
33 frail Adjective UNKNOWN 3632 He couldn't say that to frail Annalisa, he knew.
34 rack Verb UNKNOWN 3633 But his words hardly seemed to calm Thagraine; quite the opposite, the man, obviously racked with guilt paced all the more furiously, slapping his hands together repeatedly.
35 overlapping Adjective UNKNOWN 3634 Suits of armor of various designs stood as silent sentinels, every type from the overlapping wooden plates of the ancient Behrenese to the strong metal-plate mail designed for Honce-the-Bear's Allheart Brigade, the personal guards of the King - whoever that might be at the moment.
36 tunic Noun UNKNOWN 3635 The shorter of the pair wore a light leather tunic and arm shields, metal sleeves hooked over the figure's thumbs and running from wrists to elbow.
37 specially Adverb UNKNOWN 3636 He had recently commissioned a specially designed saddle from the local leatherworker, and had made no secret that it was for Nightbird, payment for some work the ranger had done for him.
38 interlock Gerund UNKNOWN 3637 Its limbs were slender and long and its armor a silver shining coat of fine interlocking links.
39 ranking Noun UNKNOWN 3638 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.
40 brotherhood Noun UNKNOWN 3639 I knew the purest contemplation, the release of physical boundaries, the brotherhood with all the universe.
41 idealistic Adjective UNKNOWN 3640 All that the gentle and idealistic young man wanted was to serve God, to foster peace, to heal, and to comfort.
42 mirth hoard Noun UNKNOWN 3675 3641 Elbryan joined in, but the mirth was ended when a streaking line of fire cut across the sky, a ball of flaming pitch, soaring for Weedy Meadow. To Avelyn Desbris, nothing in all the world, not the treasures of a dragon's hoard, nor the powers of a king, could outweigh that accomplishment.
43 images outweigh Verb UNKNOWN 3676 3642 More images came rushing to her as soon as she sat in the nook of those pines. To Avelyn Desbris, nothing in all the world, not the treasures of a dragon's hoard, nor the powers of a king, could outweigh that accomplishment.
44 ensure troublesome Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 3677 3643 The big man, supposedly in search of firewood, looked back over his broad shoulders often, Elbryan noted, obviously trying to ensure that he was not' being followed. For the adults, the specter of the goblins brought a sobering wariness and then a troublesome distraction.
45 complicated lively Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 3678 3644 For Elbryan, though, the trapper's tale was more complicated. The moment ended all too soon, Cat-the-Stray tuning back to the bustle of the lively room about her.
46 detect cautious Infinitive Adjective UNKNOWN 3679 3645 The one obvious lead fruitless, Brother Justice had to turn to his magic, to the carbuncle, a stone also called Dragon Sight for its ability to detect things magical. But even the great wound in the monster's belly fast closed, while Quintall's movements became more cautious, more dangerous.
47 thereafter rust Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3680 3646 Their hopes were bolstered shortly thereafter when they heard a voice - Avelyn's voice - cursing the demon, then crying out in pain. Pony left Avelyn's side then, rusting to join with Elbryan.
48 counterpart Noun UNKNOWN 3647 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.
49 arrangement Noun UNKNOWN 3648 There were several complaints about this arrangement at first, mostly from the older boys who thought that they should serve as Elbryan's second.
50 retaliation Singular UNKNOWN 3649 Elbryan took it all in stride, with the exception of any insults to Pony, which he promptly informed the teasers would bring them serious and painful retaliation.
51 primary Adjective UNKNOWN 3650 On the ridge and in the vale beyond, the primary enemy became boredom.
52 scenario Noun UNKNOWN 3651 And now he was here, the best scenario he could rationally have hoped to find.
53 salvage Noun UNKNOWN 3652 Elbryan walked a crooked path to the food and stubbornly salvaged what he could.
54 disgustedly Adverb UNKNOWN 3653 "Please allow me to continue my duties." Jojonah looked to Siherton, who was shaking his head disgustedly.
55 vain Adjective UNKNOWN 3654 If he won now, then his friends, all of them, would not have died in vain.
56 curve Noun UNKNOWN 3655 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.
57 genuine Adjective B2 3656 Again, the fears passed, lost in a swirl of warmth as he looked at Pony's shining blue eyes, at her smile, as genuine and joyful as anything Elbryan had ever seen.
58 effectively joyful Adverb Adjective UNKNOWN 3681 3657 A blizzard could effectively shut the folk in their homes for a week straight. Again, the fears passed, lost in a swirl of warmth as he looked at Pony's shining blue eyes, at her smile, as genuine and joyful as anything Elbryan had ever seen.
59 breadth gentleness Noun UNKNOWN 3682 3658 "I have traveled the breadth of Honce-the-Bear in my most vital quest. The kiss shifted, from curiosity to urgency, then back to gentleness.
60 instantly ruffle Adverb Verb UNKNOWN 3683 3659 The glow went away instantly, but the arm remained, extended. Their clothes ruffled and seemed more of an obstacle than a necessity.
61 captive horrified Adjective UNKNOWN 3684 3660 He's been through the fighting." Elbryan looked down to his diminutive captive. And then suddenly, it was gone, destroyed by a horrified, and horrifying, scream.
62 plausible swarming Adjective UNKNOWN 3685 3661 But Brother Justice needed the merchant, as well, or at least it seemed plausible that the man might aid the monk in his all-important quest. The couple jumped apart and to their feet, staring wide-eyed down the long slope to the village, at the swarming forms, at the large plume of smoke - too large to come from any chimney!
63 wry initiative Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3686 3662 Elbryan gave a wry smile, but it couldn't last. This was an action of a rogue goblin chieftain, perhaps, or one of the many powrie raiding parties, acting on their own initiative, bringing misery to the wretched humans.
64 pool tomb Noun UNKNOWN 3687 3663 He visualized the hematite as a dark liquid pool and he waded in slowly, letting the physical world dissipate into gray nothingness. 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.
65 compelling formation Adjective Singular UNKNOWN 3688 3664 Yet he could not deny the tug of that lone, smoking mountain, calling to him, compelling him . He would gather together his scouts, perhaps even call in the older scouts from the vale, and charge down into Dundalis in tight formation, anchoring the defense.
66 converse bedsheets Noun UNKNOWN 3689 3665 Yes, Elbryan would like to converse with Pony, to see her again, to remember that innocent time when patrolling was play and nightmares were not real. She wanted to be a little girl again, wrapped tight in her bedsheets, and tighter in Mother's embrace, waking from a nightmare.
67 herd everywhere Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 3690 3666 Who might this leader of the herd be to inspire such uncharacteristic respect from cocky Bradwarden? Goblins swarmed everywhere, and Pony spotted at least two other giants, fifteen feet tall and perhaps a thousand pounds of chiseled muscle.
68 unerringly catastrophe Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 3691 3667 The monk fell back, nearly toppling, as the stone suddenly zipped away, flying unerringly for the armored chest of the giant closest behind Bradwarden. The rules of survival, taught to every child in Wilderlands settlements, declared that the first priority in any catastrophe was to save the village.
69 tutor facing Noun UNKNOWN 3692 3668 CHAPTER 31 Home Again, Home Again Over the next couple of weeks, as they marched along the trails, Avelyn showed Jill just how much he had come to trust her, for he began formally tutoring her in the ways of the stones. And by Elbryan's measure, Avelyn's bravery in all that he had done - in taking the stones and fleeing St.-Mere-Abelle, in facing Brother Justice, and in aiding against the monsters-was above question.
70 falter Verb UNKNOWN 3669 Without hesitation, for if he paused, he knew his courage surely would falter, Elbryan slipped out from behind the protection of the tree: Half walking, half crawling, he moved closer to the goblin, quickly covering a third of the distance.
71 clobber Verb UNKNOWN 3670 He clobbered yet another goblin, bashing in its ugly skull, then raised his arm and called out, trying to rally the others.
72 valiant Adjective UNKNOWN 3671 And then Olwan came flying back into sight, falling in a broken heap on the road right in the midst of the valiant fighters.
73 getting Noun UNKNOWN 3672 They ran every which way, most getting no more than a couple of strides before being buried under a wave of swarming goblins.
74 mockery Noun UNKNOWN 3673 As if in a grotesque mockery of that hope, a goblin marched around that corner, bearing down on the girl.
75 whinny skidding Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 3693 3674 The stallion pawed the ground, then reared and whinnied. The call brought the sprinting lad to a skidding halt.
76 muscled ashen Adjective UNKNOWN 3694 3675 Symphony had gone perfectly still, his head raised high, his magnificent, muscled chest presented openly to the two men. Carley dan Aubrey, one of the younger scouts, staggered toward him, his face ashen, both hands clenched firmly to his right side at his waist.
77 sorely jut Adverb Gerund UNKNOWN 3695 3676 It was risky setting a light in the dark forest, but these folk sorely needed the warmth. Elbryan grimaced, and Carley whimpered and nearly vomited, when Elbryan's hand brushed against the broken tip of a spear jutting from Carley's side.
78 access overcoat Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3696 3677 That joining by means of the hematite when he had been sorely wounded had given her an understanding of accessing the powers on a level that other monks spent months, even years, trying to attain. He tore off his overcoat and pulled open his leather vest, quickly unbuttoning the sleeves of his white shirt.
79 secretive vest Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3697 3678 Not only was her gain exponential, but so was the monk's understanding of this secretive woman - and of her dark past. He tore off his overcoat and pulled open his leather vest, quickly unbuttoning the sleeves of his white shirt.
80 urgent flop Adjective Gerund UNKNOWN 3698 3679 The kiss became more urgent, and gradually Pony's fears melted away, swept up in the sudden torrent of passion that overcame her. The creature went berserk, kicking and thrashing, flopping like a landed fish.
81 feign previously Infinitive Adverb UNKNOWN 3699 3680 She rushed right for it, feigning a dodge to the side as it lifted its huge sword. Pony remembered the building of the place, only two years previously.
82 reclusive choke Adjective Gerund UNKNOWN 3700 3681 It is likely that most of the giants, normally reclusive beasts, will turn back for their mountain homes, far from the villages of humans. In an instant, the powrie had her on her back and was choking her hard.
83 divide Verb UNKNOWN 3682 The class had been divided by birth dates; Avelyn and Quintall had been put, together solely because they had been born in the same week, and not for compatibility, either physical or emotional.
84 date Verb UNKNOWN 3683 The class had been divided by birth dates; Avelyn and Quintall had been put, together solely because they had been born in the same week, and not for compatibility, either physical or emotional.
85 temperament Noun UNKNOWN 3684 They were opposites in temperament, as well: Avelyn calm and reverent, always in control, and Quintall a "firework," as Master Siherton, the class overseer, often appropriately referred to him.
86 firework Noun UNKNOWN 3685 They were opposites in temperament, as well: Avelyn calm and reverent, always in control, and Quintall a "firework," as Master Siherton, the class overseer, often appropriately referred to him.
87 overseer Noun UNKNOWN 3686 Siherton's features befit his rank of class overseer, the disciplinarian of the newest brothers.
88 coldly Adverb UNKNOWN 3687 "Let us see if our young hero has any heart at all;" Siherton remarked coldly, and he stalked off toward the stairwell that would lead him down to the master's quarters.
89 aching Adjective UNKNOWN 3688 Jojonah held the diamond close to Avelyn, and the young monk felt its warmth flowing into his aching, frozen form.
90 disgust Verb UNKNOWN 3689 Elbryan shook his head in disgust, but he reminded himself to keep a measure of respect.
91 gauge Noun UNKNOWN 3690 "Avelyn is the best of the class," Jojonah remarked, mostly to gauge Siherton's reaction.
92 noncommittally Adverb UNKNOWN 3691 The taller man shrugged noncommittally.
93 dedication Singular UNKNOWN 3692 It was true enough; Avelyn's incredible dedication was fast becoming the talk of St.-Mere-Abelle.
94 becoming Noun UNKNOWN 3693 It was true enough; Avelyn's incredible dedication was fast becoming the talk of St.-Mere-Abelle.
95 overt Adjective UNKNOWN 3694 It was no secret that Siherton favored Quintall among this most important class, but the man's overt insult of Avelyn, the choice of every other master - and reportedly of Father Abbot Markwart as well - surprised him.
96 amiss Noun UNKNOWN 3695 Jojonah looked back at the courtyard, to Avelyn at work as always as though nothing was amiss.
97 macabre Adjective UNKNOWN 3696 He tried to keep a mental note of his macabre collection, tried to match it against the people of Dundalis by sorting their names house by house.
98 despise Verb UNKNOWN 3697 "I despise his inhumanity," replied Siherton.
99 inhumanity Noun UNKNOWN 3698 Was it, as Siherton insisted, the young man's apparent inhumanity?
100 smug Adjective UNKNOWN 3699 That smug look by the ranger spurred the proud Quintall into a charge.
101 stairwell Noun UNKNOWN 3700 Jill looked straight ahead as she made for the door to the stairwell that would get her down to her room.
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