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"lemma","pos","cefr_level","coverage_rank","context_sentence","context_sentence_zh","definition_zh"
"arrangement","Noun","UNKNOWN","3901","There were several complaints about this arrangement at first, mostly from the older boys who thought that they
"sarcasm","Noun","UNKNOWN","3901","""No, ye're not a pretty one, now are ye?"" Pettibwa cooed with smiling sarcasm, stroking Cat's hair.","",""
"devil","Noun","UNKNOWN","3902","She sensed that her hair had been much shorter then, back when she was young and all the world seemed a great adventure, back when the devils were just fireside stories to make, your skin tingle or imagined demons upon whom children could wage war.","",""
"meek","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3903","She offered a meek smile and a nod to Pettibwa, who returned them with a wink.","",""
"atmosphere","Noun","UNKNOWN","3904","But she knew, too, the atmosphere of the Way, and the last thing in the world the young woman wanted was to make things difficult for Graevis and Pettibwa, her saviors.","",""
"savior","Noun","UNKNOWN","3905","But she knew, too, the atmosphere of the Way, and the last thing in the world the young woman wanted was to make things difficult for Graevis and Pettibwa, her saviors.","",""
"barmaid","Noun","UNKNOWN","3906","Suddenly he was off balance, and then he was sitting on the floor, the pretty barmaid gliding out of reach.","",""
"champion","Noun","UNKNOWN","3907","""Even as we speak, your mighty champion and your precious companion are dying.","",""
"precisely","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3908","their goal through honor, Cat knew; was precisely the same as the drunk had attempted through offered gold.","",""
"graciously","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3909","She worked for another hour, and when her smile did not return, Graevis graciously bade her to take an early night.","",""
"toast","Noun","UNKNOWN","3910","Cat looked back appreciatively, and over Pettibwa's large round shoulder, she saw again the handsome well-dressed young man, watching her go, lifting his glass of wine in apparent toast to her.","",""
"solitude","Noun","UNKNOWN","3911","Her rage bubbled away, and she turned from the alley, walking back into the solitude of the darkened rooftop.","",""
"rightful","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3912","She envisioned herself as a light source, a blazing sun, rightful owner of this mortal coil, and she fought back.","",""
"inheritance","Noun","UNKNOWN","3913","Stiff even, and as the young woman had grown wiser to the ways of the world, she came to understand that Grady saw her as a threat to what he considered his rightful inheritance.","",""
"contrast","Noun","UNKNOWN","3914","His proper speech rang in sharp contrast to the street dialect of his parents.","",""
"expensive","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3915","He fancied himself an important man, and frequented the more expensive establishments near the duke's castle, and had even been in the castle on many occasions.","",""
"apron","Noun","UNKNOWN","3916","She shook her head, tossed her apron to the back of a nearby chair, gathered up her cloak, and headed out into the Palmaris night.","",""
"brine","Noun","UNKNOWN","3917","Even now, after nearly four years in Palmaris, when she knew every street, where to go, where to avoid, and when the dark image of the great Masur Delaval and the smell of brine and the wind filled with crisp wetness had become very familiar to her, she could not consider the place her home.","",""
"affectionately","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3918","It had been given to her affectionately, she knew, and with all sympathy for her pitiful predicament, and so she had not argued.","",""
"soot","Noun","UNKNOWN","3919","She remembered wandering into a village, dirty and wounded, covered in soot and blood.","",""
"phenomenon","Noun","UNKNOWN","3920","""The Halo,"" Cat-the-Stray muttered, and she realized that she had not seen the phenomenon since she had come to Palmaris.","",""
"metallic","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3921","She considered going back into the Way and inquiring about this Halo right then, but her concentration was broken by a sharp, metallic sound.","",""
"lovely","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3922","""Ah, me lovely,"" said the drunk from the bar.","",""
"namesake","Noun","UNKNOWN","3923","Quick as her namesake, the young woman leaped across and put her knee heavily into the drunk's chest, knocking him flat to the roof.","",""
"nibble","Verb","UNKNOWN","3924","But the young monk could not pull his mind far from the horrors he had witnessed, the encroaching evil that nibbled at the very heart of all that young Avelyn Desbris had held dear.","",""
"squirming","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3925","He pushed down hard to secure the squirming youngster and swung about, Hawkwing in his free hand, ready to fend off an attack.","",""
"ashamed","PastTense","UNKNOWN","3926","And she was not ashamed, not embarrassed, and no black wings of horrors past swept up about her.","",""
"bosom","Noun","UNKNOWN","3927","She took a deep breath and moved to the gutter, then down, meeting the eyes of no one, falling into the bosom of Pettibwa as soon as she spotted the woman, and whispering for Pettibwa to please take her to her room.","",""
"thrive","Verb","UNKNOWN","3928","Indeed she had thrived; initially, at least, in the military.","",""
"ingrained","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3929","It seemed that as every ceremony became ingrained within him, it lost a bit of its mystery, and thus, its holiness.","",""
"ideal","Noun","UNKNOWN","3930","For in the Ring Stones, the young man found his ideals satisfied.","",""
"considered","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3931","Sea journeys were not considered safe in God's Year 821, the year of the stone showers, and replacements might become necessary.","",""
"ironic","Verb","UNKNOWN","3932","The thought was more than a little unsettling to gentle Avelyn Desbris, and he thought it ironic that Quintall's anger was no more than proof that he, and not the stocky, ferocious man, was the better choice for Pimaninicuit.","",""
"reservation","Plural","UNKNOWN","3933","Even skeptical Master Siherton, whatever reservations he continued to hold about Avelyn as a fellow human being, had to admit that the man was the obvious choice, the God-given choice, for Pimaninicuit.","",""
"lobby","Verb","UNKNOWN","3934","Siherton maintained his tight bond with Quintall and lobbied for the younger man to be included - as Thagraine's replacement and not Avelyn's.","",""
"mediator","Noun","UNKNOWN","3935","By the third year, Master Siherton also became invaluable as a mediator between the two rivals from the class of God's Year 816, coaxing Quintall into easing up on his jealousy of Avelyn.","",""
"playing","Noun","UNKNOWN","3936","The centaur stopped his playing when he spotted his friend, his white smile growing wide within his bushy black beard.","",""
"watery","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3937","But for all the harsh reality, for all the possibilities that he would not survive, Avelyn watched the watery horizon for hint of those square sails most intently of all.","",""
"pinnacle","Noun","UNKNOWN","3938","To his thinking, this was the pinnacle of his existence, the greatest joy that a monk of St.-Mere-Abelle might know, the closest, before death, that he could ever get to his God.","",""
"office","Noun","UNKNOWN","3939","The other three chosen were already in the spacious office when Avelyn and Jojonah arrived.","",""
"mustache","Noun","UNKNOWN","3940","He had a garish scar running from ear to chin that seemed to Avelyn somehow gallant, and, unlike his scruffy companion, he was clean shaven except for a neatly trimmed mustache, rolling out from the sides of his mouth and curling up.","",""
"acutely","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3941","That garment held Avelyn's attention acutely, for he sensed that at least one of those jewels, a small ruby, was more than ornamental.","",""
"ornamental","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3942","That garment held Avelyn's attention acutely, for he sensed that at least one of those jewels, a small ruby, was more than ornamental.","",""
"trimmed","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3943","He was dirty and gray, his hair cropped short and badly trimmed, and his beard untended.","",""
"untended","PastTense","UNKNOWN","3944","He was dirty and gray, his hair cropped short and badly trimmed, and his beard untended.","",""
"seamen","Noun","UNKNOWN","3945","Avelyn had once heard the term ""salty dog"", in reference to seamen, and he thought that appropriate indeed for this one.","",""
"proximity","Noun","UNKNOWN","3946","- and yet, fighting in such proximity had him on the defensive for her sake.","",""
"commanding","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3947","Each day we spend this far north brings the very real chance of complete ruin.""
should serve as Elbryan's second.","",""
"retaliation","Singular","UNKNOWN","3902","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","3903","On the ridge and in the vale beyond, the primary enemy became boredom.","",""
"scenario","Noun","UNKNOWN","3904","And now he was here, the best scenario he could rationally have hoped to find.","",""
"salvage","Noun","UNKNOWN","3905","Elbryan walked a crooked path to the food and stubbornly salvaged what he could.","",""
"disgustedly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3906","""Please allow me to continue my duties.""
The four young monks exchanged glances; Avelyn was sympathetic to the captain's wishes and actually took some comfort in the man's commanding, if cold, demeanor.","",""
"pecking","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3948","The pecking order for the voyage had indeed been determined in just that manner.","",""
"bell","Noun","UNKNOWN","3949","The bells of the abbey pealed repeatedly, drawing curious onlookers from the nearby village of St.-Mere-Abelle.","",""
"peal","Verb","UNKNOWN","3950","The bells of the abbey pealed repeatedly, drawing curious onlookers from the nearby village of St.-Mere-Abelle.","",""
"bouncing","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3951","The four crewmen of the Windrunner's boat, which was bouncing noisily against the wooden dock, sat through it all with smirking faces, thoroughly amused and certainly not impressed.","",""
"noisily","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3952","The four crewmen of the Windrunner's boat, which was bouncing noisily against the wooden dock, sat through it all with smirking faces, thoroughly amused and certainly not impressed.","",""
"crusty","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3953","CHAPTER 13 Running Fast Down a Long, Long Road
Jojonah looked to Siherton, who was shaking his head disgustedly.","",""
"smallest","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3907","""And all but the smallest of our group is larger than a goblin,"" she replied without hesitation, and that truth seemed to lend some credence to her reasoning.","",""
"vain","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3908","If he won now, then his friends, all of them, would not have died in vain.","",""
"interesting","Verb","UNKNOWN","3909","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.","",""
"bumps","Noun","UNKNOWN","3910","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","3911","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","3912","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","3913","The kiss shifted, from curiosity to urgency, then back to gentleness.","",""
"ruffle","Verb","UNKNOWN","3914","Their clothes ruffled and seemed more of an obstacle than a necessity.","",""
"swarming","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3915","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 -
Elbryan froze as he heard the crusty snow crunch under his feet.","",""
"jealous","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3954","Avelyn watched that stare, and the return look Quintall offered to the master, and he understood that, while Quintall hated him and was jealous of him, the man would indeed protect him at all costs on the journey to and from the island.","",""
"joyous","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3955","The ceremony went off perfectly solemn yet joyous, ladies crying, men standing tall and handsome.","",""
"extent","Noun","B2","3956","The young man paused then to consider the extent of his progress.","",""
"misstep","Noun","UNKNOWN","3957","Only the previous autumn, he would not even have noticed his last slight misstep.","",""
"clumsy","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3958","Elbryan had learned to walk nearly silently - though he still thought himself clumsy when measured against the graceful elves!","",""
"moot","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3959","The point was moot, anyway, for Elbryan never got close to touching the elusive deer.","",""
"exclaim","Verb","UNKNOWN","3960","""Elu touise!""
too large to come from any chimney!","",""
"initiative","Noun","UNKNOWN","3916","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","3917","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","3918","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.","",""
"bedsheet","Noun","UNKNOWN","3919","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","3920","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","3921","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","3922","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","3923","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","3924","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","3925","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","3926","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","3927","As if in a grotesque mockery of that hope, a goblin marched around that corner, bearing down on the girl.","",""
"skidding","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3928","The call brought the sprinting lad to a skidding halt.","",""
"ashen","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3929","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","3930","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","3931","He tore off his overcoat and pulled open his leather vest, quickly unbuttoning the sleeves of his white shirt.","",""
"vest","Noun","UNKNOWN","3932","He tore off his overcoat and pulled open his leather vest, quickly unbuttoning the sleeves of his white shirt.","",""
"flop","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3933","The creature went berserk, kicking and thrashing, flopping like a landed fish.","",""
"alter","Verb","B2","3934","Elbryan knew it, yet he did not slow his pace and did not alter his course.","",""
"previously","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3935","Pony remembered the building of the place, only two years previously.","",""
"sideway","Noun","UNKNOWN","3936","He managed to turn sideways, and from that perspective could see the giant's club rise up over its head.","",""
"choke","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3937","In an instant, the powrie had her on her back and was choking her hard.","",""
"divide","Verb","UNKNOWN","3938","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","3939","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","3940","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","3941","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","3942","Siherton's features befit his rank of class overseer, the disciplinarian of the newest brothers.","",""
"turns","Noun","UNKNOWN","3943","""And Ursal shall be besieged when the season turns to autumn.","",""
"coldly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3944","""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.","",""
"disgust","Verb","UNKNOWN","3945","Elbryan shook his head in disgust, but he reminded himself to keep a measure of respect.","",""
"rank","Noun","UNKNOWN","3946","Siherton's features befit his rank of class overseer, the disciplinarian of the newest brothers.","",""
"gauge","Noun","UNKNOWN","3947","""Avelyn is the best of the class,"" Jojonah remarked, mostly to gauge Siherton's reaction.","",""
"noncommittally","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3948","The taller man shrugged noncommittally.","",""
"dedication","Singular","UNKNOWN","3949","It was true enough; Avelyn's incredible dedication was fast becoming the talk of St.-Mere-Abelle.","",""
"overt","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3950","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","3951","Jojonah looked back at the courtyard, to Avelyn at work as always as though nothing was amiss.","",""
"macabre","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3952","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","3953","""I despise his inhumanity,"" replied Siherton.","",""
"inhumanity","Noun","UNKNOWN","3954","Was it, as Siherton insisted, the young man's apparent inhumanity?","",""
"smug","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3955","That smug look by the ranger spurred the proud Quintall into a charge.","",""
"stairwell","Noun","UNKNOWN","3956","Jill looked straight ahead as she made for the door to the stairwell that would get her down to her room.","",""
"figuring","Noun","UNKNOWN","3957","So Elbryan stood back from it all, figuring it to be one of those dangers for the villagers to work out on their own.","",""
"guarantee","Verb","B2","3958","His reentry would be guaranteed, but his position as a Preparer - though he had no idea that he would be offered such a position or even that there was such a thing - would be lost.","",""
"assume","Verb","B2","3959","""My mother is already buried, I assume,"" Avelyn responded to Siherton,
Juraviel exclaimed and patted the young man on the back.","",""
"despondently","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3961","""A wound that will not heal,"" the Lady said despondently.","",""
"fumbling","Noun","UNKNOWN","3962","Even the pursuit seemed left behind, the fumbling giants not keeping pace.","",""
"session","Plural","UNKNOWN","3963","Not that Juraviel and the others weren't strong; it constantly amazed Elbryan how much power an elf packed into its tiny frame, power he felt all too often in the sting of a practice sword's strike during his sparring sessions!","",""
"chat","Verb","UNKNOWN","3964","They chatted easily, Juraviel doing most of the talking, explaining this plant and that, talking of ways to bind a wound, then shifting the subject back to where Elbryan had performed well and where he had failed in his quest to slap the deer.","",""
"dice","Noun","UNKNOWN","3965","But perhaps he'd have time for a few drinks and a dice game before.","",""
"lodging","Noun","UNKNOWN","3966","Elbryan moved grudgingly to his lodging, a low, wide house on the bottom boughs of a thick-limbed elm.","",""
"sneakily","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3967","Elbryan smiled sneakily and went into a crouch.","",""
"shave","Verb","UNKNOWN","3968","Even his head was bare, for his superiors had shaved it.","",""
"feint","Noun","UNKNOWN","3969","He started with a cunning feint, boring in, mock spear leading, as if he meant to overrun the diminutive elf, and then pulling to an abrupt stop and swishing his weapon hard to the side.","",""
"counterclockwise","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3970","He had to anticipate, and so he did, flipping his spear over one hand counterclockwise and then back again, then again clockwise, then back the other way.","",""
"clicking","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3971","Elbryan uttered a soft clicking sound, and Symphony responded by lifting his ears and nickering.","",""
"twirling","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3972","He hardly saw the elf's attacks, but he took comfort in the clicking sounds as the twirling pole picked off each one.","",""
"yelling","Noun","UNKNOWN","3973","The elf went into a headlong roll, right between the young man's widespread legs, came up to his feet behind the yelling and turning Elbryan, and reversed his momentum, stabbing both his poles back.","",""
"kidney","Noun","UNKNOWN","3974","He flinched as he straightened and grabbed at his kidney.","",""
"accusingly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3975","""I heard you,"" Elbryan said accusingly.","",""
"worried","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3976","Adjonas turned a worried glance at Quintall.","",""
"beating","Noun","UNKNOWN","3977","This man was tough, admirably so, and Jojonah feared he would die from the beatings before he would relinquish his identity.","",""
"gaily","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3978","The man left early, tipping his floppy beret to Cat as he exited, his light brown eyes sparkling gaily, and the young woman was both relieved and upset that this second meeting had ended so abruptly.","",""
"memories","Verb","UNKNOWN","3979","Only this time, they were just memories and not threatening black demons.","",""
"conniving","Noun","UNKNOWN","3980","""Will ye wait the man at the table near to the window for me?"" the conniving woman asked often, always with some excuse close at hand.","",""
"frustrated","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3981","He was in the tavern the next week, as well, and this time, Pettibwa, seeming a bit frustrated with the young woman, was more straightforward about insisting that the man was Cat's to serve.","",""
"acquaint","Verb","UNKNOWN","3982","""I believe that you are acquainted with my ..."" Grady fished for the right word, and Cat; blushing fiercely, wanted to smack him on the back of the head.","",""
"proportion","Singular","UNKNOWN","3983","Everything about her seemed to fit perfectly - her nose, eyes, and mouth in perfect proportion, her legs and arms long and slender but certainly not skinny.","",""
"gait","Noun","UNKNOWN","3984","Her gait enhanced that perception as well, for she walked with ease and fluidity, always balanced.","",""
"enhance","Verb","UNKNOWN","3985","Her gait enhanced that perception as well, for she walked with ease and fluidity, always balanced.","",""
"impressed","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3986","The centaur, for the very first time, seemed honestly impressed.","",""
"introduction","Singular","UNKNOWN","3987","Bradwarden the ...""
""and my father has surely left her grave to return home.","",""
"syllable","Noun","UNKNOWN","3960","""Your mother has died, boy,"" he said slowly, accentuating each syllable.","",""
"sickness","Noun","UNKNOWN","3961","She lived on, in sickness, only to see me enter the Order of St.-Mere-Abelle.","",""
"peacefully","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3962","That is the vision that allowed Annalisa Desbris to pass on peacefully from this world.""
Master Jojonah nodded, seeing the calm and logical reasoning, and at once impressed with, and frightened of, the depth of this young man's faith.","",""
"offense","Noun","UNKNOWN","3963","He bowed his head as soon as he realized that he had just spoken against a master's command, an offense that could lead to exile from the abbey.","",""
"testament","Noun","UNKNOWN","3964","His stubbornness held for many minutes, a testament to the young man's strong willpower.","",""
"leaf","Noun","UNKNOWN","3965","Gold leaf and jewels - ah, the jewels!""
""His song is not for changing,"" the barkeep said dryly.","",""
"rug","Noun","UNKNOWN","3966","He considered the gold leaf highlighting the carved hardwood of the room's support beams, the rich rug from some exotic land, the cushiony chairs, the many baubles and trinkets on his vast bookshelf, every one of them worth more gold than a common laborer would make in a year.","",""
"cushiony","Noun","UNKNOWN","3967","He considered the gold leaf highlighting the carved hardwood of the room's support beams, the rich rug from some exotic land, the cushiony chairs, the many baubles and trinkets on his vast bookshelf, every one of them worth more gold than a common laborer would make in a year.","",""
"chairs","Noun","UNKNOWN","3968","He considered the gold leaf highlighting the carved hardwood of the room's support beams, the rich rug from some exotic land, the cushiony chairs, the many baubles and trinkets on his vast bookshelf, every one of them worth more gold than a common laborer would make in a year.","",""
"trinket","Noun","UNKNOWN","3969","The sailors cared nothing for this all-important mission, Avelyn realized, beyond their payment of gold - and whatever other trinkets Father Abbot Markwart had included in the bargain.","",""
"richly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3970","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.","",""
"adorn","Verb","UNKNOWN","3971","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.","",""
"pragmatism","Noun","UNKNOWN","3972","But pragmatism, too, should be part of that pledge, so said Father Abbot Markwart, and so had declared the abbey's.","",""
"altogether","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3973","Elbryan dismissed the notion altogether; he was on the eastern edge of the Moorlands by now, not so far from human settlements.","",""
"stool","Noun","UNKNOWN","3974","He went quietly to the service, then skipped his evening meal altogether and went right to his
chamber, a five-foot-square cubicle with a single stool, which doubled as a table for Avelyn's candle, and a cot - little more than a flat board and a blanket - that folded down from one wall.","",""
"farewell","Noun","UNKNOWN","3975","Would Annalisa come to say goodbye to her youngest child, or had she already said her farewells to Avelyn in the courtyard outside of St.-Mere-Abelle?","",""
"deserving","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3976","The Abellican Church, the ancient scriptures, promised heaven to those deserving, and who could be more deserving than gentle and generous Annalisa Desbris?","",""
"generous","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3977","The Abellican Church, the ancient scriptures, promised heaven to those deserving, and who could be more deserving than gentle and generous Annalisa Desbris?","",""
"sniffle","Noun","UNKNOWN","3978","Still the tears came; every so often his even tone was broken by a sniffle or a sob.","",""
"compose","Verb","UNKNOWN","3979","Finally, after more than an hour, Avelyn composed himself and sat back on the cot, taking several deep breaths to fight away the last of the sobs.","",""
"dedicated","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3980","Indeed Siherton had been pleased to hear Avelyn crying, to know that the too - dedicated young man was possessed of human emotions, but the sound of Avelyn's sobs had not changed the stern master's general attitude toward Avelyn.","",""
"lowly","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3981","Grady saw himself as above that lowly station, Cat understood.","",""
"splendor","Noun","UNKNOWN","3982","Avelyn tried to keep his head bowed, his eyes to the floor, as befitted his lowly station, but he couldn't help notice some of the splendors that surrounded him as he followed Master Jojonah through the winding corridors of the Abbot's Maze, the most private and revered place in all of St.-Mere-Abelle, and one that a first-year novice would certainly not expect to visit.","",""
"divert","Verb","UNKNOWN","3983","None of it diverted Avelyn's attention from the wonders of the place, though he did listen somewhat, fearing to miss any questions directed his way.","",""
"wonders","Noun","UNKNOWN","3984","Avelyn blinked; amid the wonders of the door, he hadn't even noticed the huge latch!","",""
"enwrap","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3985","Scenes of the Halo, the heavenly gift, enwrapping all the others, an oval because of the angle at which it was portrayed.","",""
"unfold","Verb","UNKNOWN","3986","And on the way, as Avelyn's eyes scanned, it seemed to him as if the history of the world, of the faith, unfolded to him, the images packed so that one led to another easily, with enough distinction so that each made an impact, however brief, like the flowing of time.","",""
"distinction","Singular","UNKNOWN","3987","Smealy as he had drowned the powrie, without distinction of the fact that the victim this time was not an evil dwarf but a human being.","",""
"explicit","Adjective","B2","3988","But his orders concerning Pimaninicuit had been explicit and unyielding: only those stones treated to retain their magic could be brought from the island.","",""
"blasphemous","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3989","For Avelyn, this was a most sacred mission, the most important duty of the Abellican Church, and to profane it so by indulging in a shipboard orgy, was surely blasphemous.","",""
"odor","Noun","UNKNOWN","3990","The room inside was well lit, though Avelyn saw no torches and didn't smell the usual odor of burning wood.","",""
"brilliantly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3991","It filled every corner, every crack in every stone, and reflected brilliantly off the glass covers of the many cases set about the room, and off their contents, as well, hundreds and hundreds of polished stones.","",""
"covers","Noun","UNKNOWN","3992","She jumped when he briskly entered, pulling the covers from her bed up before her.","",""
"pretense","Noun","UNKNOWN","3993","It was the end, the end of hope, of any pretense of godliness.","",""
"blacker","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3994","What clouds are these that so cover our heads, blacker than the blackest storm?","",""
"goodly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3995","""The Ring Stones are the source of all goodly magic,"" Master Jojonah explained.","",""
"soil","Noun","UNKNOWN","3996","The upheaval was recent, that much was perfectly clear, for the soil on the torn side of the ridge was loose and deep brown, pocked here and there by a root, but with no fresh, aboveground growth.","",""
"ecstasy","Noun","UNKNOWN","3997","There was something most sacred, yet particularly unmysterious, and thus unholy, in all of this, a tingling of ecstasy combined with a slightly foul taste that Avelyn Desbris could not ignore.","",""
"arcing","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3998","Elbryan let fly a wide-arcing left hook as he spun back toward the elf.","",""
"sphere","Noun","UNKNOWN","3999","At first he thought them the borders of the known spheres, for he had heard theories of the universe as a series of overlapping, interlocking heavenly spheres, the invisible bubbles that held the layers of stars in place.","",""
"click","Noun","UNKNOWN","4000","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.","",""
He stopped as Elbryan came out from behind the tree, the ranger rightly sensing that this introduction could go on for some time.","",""
"reflex","Noun","UNKNOWN","3988","She was no novice to battle, this one, with finely honed reflexes.","",""
"sarcastic","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3989","""Am I to swoon, then?"" Cat asked, growing bolder and more sarcastic.","",""
"spirited","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3990","""You are the spirited one,"" Connor remarked.","",""
"kitchen","Noun","UNKNOWN","3991","She worked in the kitchen at St.-Mere-Abelle, a beautiful young lady with long black hair and dark, mysterious eyes.","",""
"toothy","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3992","The older woman clapped her pudgy hands before her, her toothy smile nearly taking in her ears.","",""
"represent","Verb","UNKNOWN","3993","They represented another side of the girl, a womanly side, sensual, sexual - a part that Cat's free and girlish spirit was not yet ready to admit.","",""
"reserve","Verb","UNKNOWN","3994","In truth, Cat had never been his ""little girl."" That had been reserved for another man, in some place far away, a place that Cat could not remember.","",""
"vaguely","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3995","Strange emotions swirled in Cat as he lightly touched her arm, vaguely familiar feelings but ones she had not felt in several years.","",""
"happiness","Noun","UNKNOWN","3996","And so it was with a true jumble of emotions, a purely teenage churning of confusion, fear and warmth, happiness and the verge of terror, that the young woman, no longer Cat-the-Stray, drifted off to a sleep of the sweetest dreams and the starkest nightmares.","",""
"endure","Verb","UNKNOWN","3997","But the old sea dog couldn't fathom the level of physical training these four men had endured.","",""
"crewman","Noun","UNKNOWN","3998","Ships had been found, so the stories went, intact and seaworthy, but with not a crewman aboard.","",""
"swimming","Noun","UNKNOWN","3999","There were indeed powries on her deck now, some with heavy crossbows; taking potshots at the swimming monks.","",""
"slave","Noun","UNKNOWN","4000","This was Adjonas' ship, that Quintall did not dispute, but the abbey had paid well for this transport and the brothers had not been put aboard as slaves.","",""
1 lemma pos cefr_level coverage_rank context_sentence context_sentence_zh definition_zh
2 arrangement sarcasm Noun UNKNOWN 3901 There were several complaints about this arrangement at first, mostly from the older boys who thought that they should serve as Elbryan's second. "No, ye're not a pretty one, now are ye?" Pettibwa cooed with smiling sarcasm, stroking Cat's hair.
3 devil Noun UNKNOWN 3902 She sensed that her hair had been much shorter then, back when she was young and all the world seemed a great adventure, back when the devils were just fireside stories to make, your skin tingle or imagined demons upon whom children could wage war.
4 meek Adjective UNKNOWN 3903 She offered a meek smile and a nod to Pettibwa, who returned them with a wink.
5 atmosphere Noun UNKNOWN 3904 But she knew, too, the atmosphere of the Way, and the last thing in the world the young woman wanted was to make things difficult for Graevis and Pettibwa, her saviors.
6 savior Noun UNKNOWN 3905 But she knew, too, the atmosphere of the Way, and the last thing in the world the young woman wanted was to make things difficult for Graevis and Pettibwa, her saviors.
7 barmaid Noun UNKNOWN 3906 Suddenly he was off balance, and then he was sitting on the floor, the pretty barmaid gliding out of reach.
8 champion Noun UNKNOWN 3907 "Even as we speak, your mighty champion and your precious companion are dying.
9 precisely Adverb UNKNOWN 3908 their goal through honor, Cat knew; was precisely the same as the drunk had attempted through offered gold.
10 graciously Adverb UNKNOWN 3909 She worked for another hour, and when her smile did not return, Graevis graciously bade her to take an early night.
11 toast Noun UNKNOWN 3910 Cat looked back appreciatively, and over Pettibwa's large round shoulder, she saw again the handsome well-dressed young man, watching her go, lifting his glass of wine in apparent toast to her.
12 solitude Noun UNKNOWN 3911 Her rage bubbled away, and she turned from the alley, walking back into the solitude of the darkened rooftop.
13 rightful Adjective UNKNOWN 3912 She envisioned herself as a light source, a blazing sun, rightful owner of this mortal coil, and she fought back.
14 inheritance Noun UNKNOWN 3913 Stiff even, and as the young woman had grown wiser to the ways of the world, she came to understand that Grady saw her as a threat to what he considered his rightful inheritance.
15 contrast Noun UNKNOWN 3914 His proper speech rang in sharp contrast to the street dialect of his parents.
16 expensive Adjective UNKNOWN 3915 He fancied himself an important man, and frequented the more expensive establishments near the duke's castle, and had even been in the castle on many occasions.
17 apron Noun UNKNOWN 3916 She shook her head, tossed her apron to the back of a nearby chair, gathered up her cloak, and headed out into the Palmaris night.
18 brine Noun UNKNOWN 3917 Even now, after nearly four years in Palmaris, when she knew every street, where to go, where to avoid, and when the dark image of the great Masur Delaval and the smell of brine and the wind filled with crisp wetness had become very familiar to her, she could not consider the place her home.
19 affectionately Adverb UNKNOWN 3918 It had been given to her affectionately, she knew, and with all sympathy for her pitiful predicament, and so she had not argued.
20 soot Noun UNKNOWN 3919 She remembered wandering into a village, dirty and wounded, covered in soot and blood.
21 phenomenon Noun UNKNOWN 3920 "The Halo," Cat-the-Stray muttered, and she realized that she had not seen the phenomenon since she had come to Palmaris.
22 metallic Adjective UNKNOWN 3921 She considered going back into the Way and inquiring about this Halo right then, but her concentration was broken by a sharp, metallic sound.
23 lovely Adjective UNKNOWN 3922 "Ah, me lovely," said the drunk from the bar.
24 namesake Noun UNKNOWN 3923 Quick as her namesake, the young woman leaped across and put her knee heavily into the drunk's chest, knocking him flat to the roof.
25 nibble Verb UNKNOWN 3924 But the young monk could not pull his mind far from the horrors he had witnessed, the encroaching evil that nibbled at the very heart of all that young Avelyn Desbris had held dear.
26 squirming Adjective UNKNOWN 3925 He pushed down hard to secure the squirming youngster and swung about, Hawkwing in his free hand, ready to fend off an attack.
27 ashamed PastTense UNKNOWN 3926 And she was not ashamed, not embarrassed, and no black wings of horrors past swept up about her.
28 bosom Noun UNKNOWN 3927 She took a deep breath and moved to the gutter, then down, meeting the eyes of no one, falling into the bosom of Pettibwa as soon as she spotted the woman, and whispering for Pettibwa to please take her to her room.
29 thrive Verb UNKNOWN 3928 Indeed she had thrived; initially, at least, in the military.
30 ingrained Adjective UNKNOWN 3929 It seemed that as every ceremony became ingrained within him, it lost a bit of its mystery, and thus, its holiness.
31 ideal Noun UNKNOWN 3930 For in the Ring Stones, the young man found his ideals satisfied.
32 considered Adjective UNKNOWN 3931 Sea journeys were not considered safe in God's Year 821, the year of the stone showers, and replacements might become necessary.
33 ironic Verb UNKNOWN 3932 The thought was more than a little unsettling to gentle Avelyn Desbris, and he thought it ironic that Quintall's anger was no more than proof that he, and not the stocky, ferocious man, was the better choice for Pimaninicuit.
34 reservation Plural UNKNOWN 3933 Even skeptical Master Siherton, whatever reservations he continued to hold about Avelyn as a fellow human being, had to admit that the man was the obvious choice, the God-given choice, for Pimaninicuit.
35 lobby Verb UNKNOWN 3934 Siherton maintained his tight bond with Quintall and lobbied for the younger man to be included - as Thagraine's replacement and not Avelyn's.
36 mediator Noun UNKNOWN 3935 By the third year, Master Siherton also became invaluable as a mediator between the two rivals from the class of God's Year 816, coaxing Quintall into easing up on his jealousy of Avelyn.
37 playing Noun UNKNOWN 3936 The centaur stopped his playing when he spotted his friend, his white smile growing wide within his bushy black beard.
38 watery Adjective UNKNOWN 3937 But for all the harsh reality, for all the possibilities that he would not survive, Avelyn watched the watery horizon for hint of those square sails most intently of all.
39 pinnacle Noun UNKNOWN 3938 To his thinking, this was the pinnacle of his existence, the greatest joy that a monk of St.-Mere-Abelle might know, the closest, before death, that he could ever get to his God.
40 office Noun UNKNOWN 3939 The other three chosen were already in the spacious office when Avelyn and Jojonah arrived.
41 mustache Noun UNKNOWN 3940 He had a garish scar running from ear to chin that seemed to Avelyn somehow gallant, and, unlike his scruffy companion, he was clean shaven except for a neatly trimmed mustache, rolling out from the sides of his mouth and curling up.
42 acutely Adverb UNKNOWN 3941 That garment held Avelyn's attention acutely, for he sensed that at least one of those jewels, a small ruby, was more than ornamental.
43 ornamental Adjective UNKNOWN 3942 That garment held Avelyn's attention acutely, for he sensed that at least one of those jewels, a small ruby, was more than ornamental.
44 trimmed Adjective UNKNOWN 3943 He was dirty and gray, his hair cropped short and badly trimmed, and his beard untended.
45 untended PastTense UNKNOWN 3944 He was dirty and gray, his hair cropped short and badly trimmed, and his beard untended.
46 seamen Noun UNKNOWN 3945 Avelyn had once heard the term "salty dog", in reference to seamen, and he thought that appropriate indeed for this one.
47 proximity Noun UNKNOWN 3946 - and yet, fighting in such proximity had him on the defensive for her sake.
48 commanding Adjective UNKNOWN 3947 Each day we spend this far north brings the very real chance of complete ruin." The four young monks exchanged glances; Avelyn was sympathetic to the captain's wishes and actually took some comfort in the man's commanding, if cold, demeanor.
49 retaliation pecking Singular Adjective UNKNOWN 3902 3948 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. The pecking order for the voyage had indeed been determined in just that manner.
50 primary bell Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3903 3949 On the ridge and in the vale beyond, the primary enemy became boredom. The bells of the abbey pealed repeatedly, drawing curious onlookers from the nearby village of St.-Mere-Abelle.
51 scenario peal Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3904 3950 And now he was here, the best scenario he could rationally have hoped to find. The bells of the abbey pealed repeatedly, drawing curious onlookers from the nearby village of St.-Mere-Abelle.
52 salvage bouncing Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3905 3951 Elbryan walked a crooked path to the food and stubbornly salvaged what he could. The four crewmen of the Windrunner's boat, which was bouncing noisily against the wooden dock, sat through it all with smirking faces, thoroughly amused and certainly not impressed.
53 disgustedly noisily Adverb UNKNOWN 3906 3952 "Please allow me to continue my duties." Jojonah looked to Siherton, who was shaking his head disgustedly. The four crewmen of the Windrunner's boat, which was bouncing noisily against the wooden dock, sat through it all with smirking faces, thoroughly amused and certainly not impressed.
54 smallest crusty Adjective UNKNOWN 3907 3953 "And all but the smallest of our group is larger than a goblin," she replied without hesitation, and that truth seemed to lend some credence to her reasoning. CHAPTER 13 Running Fast Down a Long, Long Road Elbryan froze as he heard the crusty snow crunch under his feet.
55 vain jealous Adjective UNKNOWN 3908 3954 If he won now, then his friends, all of them, would not have died in vain. Avelyn watched that stare, and the return look Quintall offered to the master, and he understood that, while Quintall hated him and was jealous of him, the man would indeed protect him at all costs on the journey to and from the island.
56 joyous Adjective UNKNOWN 3955 The ceremony went off perfectly solemn yet joyous, ladies crying, men standing tall and handsome.
57 interesting extent Verb Noun UNKNOWN B2 3909 3956 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. The young man paused then to consider the extent of his progress.
58 bumps misstep Noun UNKNOWN 3910 3957 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. Only the previous autumn, he would not even have noticed his last slight misstep.
59 genuine clumsy Adjective B2 UNKNOWN 3911 3958 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. Elbryan had learned to walk nearly silently - though he still thought himself clumsy when measured against the graceful elves!
60 joyful moot Adjective UNKNOWN 3912 3959 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. The point was moot, anyway, for Elbryan never got close to touching the elusive deer.
61 gentleness exclaim Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3913 3960 The kiss shifted, from curiosity to urgency, then back to gentleness. "Elu touise!" Juraviel exclaimed and patted the young man on the back.
62 ruffle despondently Verb Adverb UNKNOWN 3914 3961 Their clothes ruffled and seemed more of an obstacle than a necessity. "A wound that will not heal," the Lady said despondently.
63 swarming fumbling Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3915 3962 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! Even the pursuit seemed left behind, the fumbling giants not keeping pace.
64 initiative session Noun Plural UNKNOWN 3916 3963 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. Not that Juraviel and the others weren't strong; it constantly amazed Elbryan how much power an elf packed into its tiny frame, power he felt all too often in the sting of a practice sword's strike during his sparring sessions!
65 tomb chat Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3917 3964 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. They chatted easily, Juraviel doing most of the talking, explaining this plant and that, talking of ways to bind a wound, then shifting the subject back to where Elbryan had performed well and where he had failed in his quest to slap the deer.
formation Singular UNKNOWN 3918 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.
bedsheet Noun UNKNOWN 3919 She wanted to be a little girl again, wrapped tight in her bedsheets, and tighter in Mother's embrace, waking from a nightmare.
66 everywhere dice Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 3920 3965 Goblins swarmed everywhere, and Pony spotted at least two other giants, fifteen feet tall and perhaps a thousand pounds of chiseled muscle. But perhaps he'd have time for a few drinks and a dice game before.
67 catastrophe lodging Noun UNKNOWN 3921 3966 The rules of survival, taught to every child in Wilderlands settlements, declared that the first priority in any catastrophe was to save the village. Elbryan moved grudgingly to his lodging, a low, wide house on the bottom boughs of a thick-limbed elm.
68 facing sneakily Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 3922 3967 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. Elbryan smiled sneakily and went into a crouch.
69 falter shave Verb UNKNOWN 3923 3968 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. Even his head was bare, for his superiors had shaved it.
70 clobber feint Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3924 3969 He clobbered yet another goblin, bashing in its ugly skull, then raised his arm and called out, trying to rally the others. He started with a cunning feint, boring in, mock spear leading, as if he meant to overrun the diminutive elf, and then pulling to an abrupt stop and swishing his weapon hard to the side.
71 valiant counterclockwise Adjective UNKNOWN 3925 3970 And then Olwan came flying back into sight, falling in a broken heap on the road right in the midst of the valiant fighters. He had to anticipate, and so he did, flipping his spear over one hand counterclockwise and then back again, then again clockwise, then back the other way.
72 getting clicking Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3926 3971 They ran every which way, most getting no more than a couple of strides before being buried under a wave of swarming goblins. Elbryan uttered a soft clicking sound, and Symphony responded by lifting his ears and nickering.
73 mockery twirling Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3927 3972 As if in a grotesque mockery of that hope, a goblin marched around that corner, bearing down on the girl. He hardly saw the elf's attacks, but he took comfort in the clicking sounds as the twirling pole picked off each one.
74 skidding yelling Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3928 3973 The call brought the sprinting lad to a skidding halt. The elf went into a headlong roll, right between the young man's widespread legs, came up to his feet behind the yelling and turning Elbryan, and reversed his momentum, stabbing both his poles back.
75 ashen kidney Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3929 3974 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. He flinched as he straightened and grabbed at his kidney.
76 jut accusingly Gerund Adverb UNKNOWN 3930 3975 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. "I heard you," Elbryan said accusingly.
77 overcoat worried Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3931 3976 He tore off his overcoat and pulled open his leather vest, quickly unbuttoning the sleeves of his white shirt. Adjonas turned a worried glance at Quintall.
78 vest beating Noun UNKNOWN 3932 3977 He tore off his overcoat and pulled open his leather vest, quickly unbuttoning the sleeves of his white shirt. This man was tough, admirably so, and Jojonah feared he would die from the beatings before he would relinquish his identity.
79 flop gaily Gerund Adverb UNKNOWN 3933 3978 The creature went berserk, kicking and thrashing, flopping like a landed fish. The man left early, tipping his floppy beret to Cat as he exited, his light brown eyes sparkling gaily, and the young woman was both relieved and upset that this second meeting had ended so abruptly.
80 alter memories Verb B2 UNKNOWN 3934 3979 Elbryan knew it, yet he did not slow his pace and did not alter his course. Only this time, they were just memories and not threatening black demons.
81 previously conniving Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 3935 3980 Pony remembered the building of the place, only two years previously. "Will ye wait the man at the table near to the window for me?" the conniving woman asked often, always with some excuse close at hand.
82 sideway frustrated Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3936 3981 He managed to turn sideways, and from that perspective could see the giant's club rise up over its head. He was in the tavern the next week, as well, and this time, Pettibwa, seeming a bit frustrated with the young woman, was more straightforward about insisting that the man was Cat's to serve.
83 choke acquaint Gerund Verb UNKNOWN 3937 3982 In an instant, the powrie had her on her back and was choking her hard. "I believe that you are acquainted with my ..." Grady fished for the right word, and Cat; blushing fiercely, wanted to smack him on the back of the head.
84 divide proportion Verb Singular UNKNOWN 3938 3983 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. Everything about her seemed to fit perfectly - her nose, eyes, and mouth in perfect proportion, her legs and arms long and slender but certainly not skinny.
85 date gait Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3939 3984 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. Her gait enhanced that perception as well, for she walked with ease and fluidity, always balanced.
86 temperament enhance Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3940 3985 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. Her gait enhanced that perception as well, for she walked with ease and fluidity, always balanced.
87 firework impressed Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3941 3986 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. The centaur, for the very first time, seemed honestly impressed.
88 overseer introduction Noun Singular UNKNOWN 3942 3987 Siherton's features befit his rank of class overseer, the disciplinarian of the newest brothers. Bradwarden the ..." He stopped as Elbryan came out from behind the tree, the ranger rightly sensing that this introduction could go on for some time.
89 turns reflex Noun UNKNOWN 3943 3988 "And Ursal shall be besieged when the season turns to autumn. She was no novice to battle, this one, with finely honed reflexes.
90 coldly sarcastic Adverb Adjective UNKNOWN 3944 3989 "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. "Am I to swoon, then?" Cat asked, growing bolder and more sarcastic.
91 disgust spirited Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 3945 3990 Elbryan shook his head in disgust, but he reminded himself to keep a measure of respect. "You are the spirited one," Connor remarked.
92 rank kitchen Noun UNKNOWN 3946 3991 Siherton's features befit his rank of class overseer, the disciplinarian of the newest brothers. She worked in the kitchen at St.-Mere-Abelle, a beautiful young lady with long black hair and dark, mysterious eyes.
93 gauge toothy Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3947 3992 "Avelyn is the best of the class," Jojonah remarked, mostly to gauge Siherton's reaction. The older woman clapped her pudgy hands before her, her toothy smile nearly taking in her ears.
94 noncommittally represent Adverb Verb UNKNOWN 3948 3993 The taller man shrugged noncommittally. They represented another side of the girl, a womanly side, sensual, sexual - a part that Cat's free and girlish spirit was not yet ready to admit.
dedication Singular UNKNOWN 3949 It was true enough; Avelyn's incredible dedication was fast becoming the talk of St.-Mere-Abelle.
overt Adjective UNKNOWN 3950 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 3951 Jojonah looked back at the courtyard, to Avelyn at work as always as though nothing was amiss.
macabre Adjective UNKNOWN 3952 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 3953 "I despise his inhumanity," replied Siherton.
inhumanity Noun UNKNOWN 3954 Was it, as Siherton insisted, the young man's apparent inhumanity?
smug Adjective UNKNOWN 3955 That smug look by the ranger spurred the proud Quintall into a charge.
stairwell Noun UNKNOWN 3956 Jill looked straight ahead as she made for the door to the stairwell that would get her down to her room.
figuring Noun UNKNOWN 3957 So Elbryan stood back from it all, figuring it to be one of those dangers for the villagers to work out on their own.
guarantee Verb B2 3958 His reentry would be guaranteed, but his position as a Preparer - though he had no idea that he would be offered such a position or even that there was such a thing - would be lost.
assume Verb B2 3959 "My mother is already buried, I assume," Avelyn responded to Siherton, "and my father has surely left her grave to return home.
syllable Noun UNKNOWN 3960 "Your mother has died, boy," he said slowly, accentuating each syllable.
sickness Noun UNKNOWN 3961 She lived on, in sickness, only to see me enter the Order of St.-Mere-Abelle.
peacefully Adverb UNKNOWN 3962 That is the vision that allowed Annalisa Desbris to pass on peacefully from this world." Master Jojonah nodded, seeing the calm and logical reasoning, and at once impressed with, and frightened of, the depth of this young man's faith.
offense Noun UNKNOWN 3963 He bowed his head as soon as he realized that he had just spoken against a master's command, an offense that could lead to exile from the abbey.
testament Noun UNKNOWN 3964 His stubbornness held for many minutes, a testament to the young man's strong willpower.
leaf Noun UNKNOWN 3965 Gold leaf and jewels - ah, the jewels!" "His song is not for changing," the barkeep said dryly.
95 rug reserve Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3966 3994 He considered the gold leaf highlighting the carved hardwood of the room's support beams, the rich rug from some exotic land, the cushiony chairs, the many baubles and trinkets on his vast bookshelf, every one of them worth more gold than a common laborer would make in a year. In truth, Cat had never been his "little girl." That had been reserved for another man, in some place far away, a place that Cat could not remember.
96 cushiony vaguely Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 3967 3995 He considered the gold leaf highlighting the carved hardwood of the room's support beams, the rich rug from some exotic land, the cushiony chairs, the many baubles and trinkets on his vast bookshelf, every one of them worth more gold than a common laborer would make in a year. Strange emotions swirled in Cat as he lightly touched her arm, vaguely familiar feelings but ones she had not felt in several years.
97 chairs happiness Noun UNKNOWN 3968 3996 He considered the gold leaf highlighting the carved hardwood of the room's support beams, the rich rug from some exotic land, the cushiony chairs, the many baubles and trinkets on his vast bookshelf, every one of them worth more gold than a common laborer would make in a year. And so it was with a true jumble of emotions, a purely teenage churning of confusion, fear and warmth, happiness and the verge of terror, that the young woman, no longer Cat-the-Stray, drifted off to a sleep of the sweetest dreams and the starkest nightmares.
98 trinket endure Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3969 3997 The sailors cared nothing for this all-important mission, Avelyn realized, beyond their payment of gold - and whatever other trinkets Father Abbot Markwart had included in the bargain. But the old sea dog couldn't fathom the level of physical training these four men had endured.
99 richly crewman Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 3970 3998 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. Ships had been found, so the stories went, intact and seaworthy, but with not a crewman aboard.
100 adorn swimming Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3971 3999 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. There were indeed powries on her deck now, some with heavy crossbows; taking potshots at the swimming monks.
101 pragmatism slave Noun UNKNOWN 3972 4000 But pragmatism, too, should be part of that pledge, so said Father Abbot Markwart, and so had declared the abbey's. This was Adjonas' ship, that Quintall did not dispute, but the abbey had paid well for this transport and the brothers had not been put aboard as slaves.
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lowly Adjective UNKNOWN 3981 Grady saw himself as above that lowly station, Cat understood.
splendor Noun UNKNOWN 3982 Avelyn tried to keep his head bowed, his eyes to the floor, as befitted his lowly station, but he couldn't help notice some of the splendors that surrounded him as he followed Master Jojonah through the winding corridors of the Abbot's Maze, the most private and revered place in all of St.-Mere-Abelle, and one that a first-year novice would certainly not expect to visit.
divert Verb UNKNOWN 3983 None of it diverted Avelyn's attention from the wonders of the place, though he did listen somewhat, fearing to miss any questions directed his way.
wonders Noun UNKNOWN 3984 Avelyn blinked; amid the wonders of the door, he hadn't even noticed the huge latch!
enwrap Gerund UNKNOWN 3985 Scenes of the Halo, the heavenly gift, enwrapping all the others, an oval because of the angle at which it was portrayed.
unfold Verb UNKNOWN 3986 And on the way, as Avelyn's eyes scanned, it seemed to him as if the history of the world, of the faith, unfolded to him, the images packed so that one led to another easily, with enough distinction so that each made an impact, however brief, like the flowing of time.
distinction Singular UNKNOWN 3987 Smealy as he had drowned the powrie, without distinction of the fact that the victim this time was not an evil dwarf but a human being.
explicit Adjective B2 3988 But his orders concerning Pimaninicuit had been explicit and unyielding: only those stones treated to retain their magic could be brought from the island.
blasphemous Adjective UNKNOWN 3989 For Avelyn, this was a most sacred mission, the most important duty of the Abellican Church, and to profane it so by indulging in a shipboard orgy, was surely blasphemous.
odor Noun UNKNOWN 3990 The room inside was well lit, though Avelyn saw no torches and didn't smell the usual odor of burning wood.
brilliantly Adverb UNKNOWN 3991 It filled every corner, every crack in every stone, and reflected brilliantly off the glass covers of the many cases set about the room, and off their contents, as well, hundreds and hundreds of polished stones.
covers Noun UNKNOWN 3992 She jumped when he briskly entered, pulling the covers from her bed up before her.
pretense Noun UNKNOWN 3993 It was the end, the end of hope, of any pretense of godliness.
blacker Adjective UNKNOWN 3994 What clouds are these that so cover our heads, blacker than the blackest storm?
goodly Adverb UNKNOWN 3995 "The Ring Stones are the source of all goodly magic," Master Jojonah explained.
soil Noun UNKNOWN 3996 The upheaval was recent, that much was perfectly clear, for the soil on the torn side of the ridge was loose and deep brown, pocked here and there by a root, but with no fresh, aboveground growth.
ecstasy Noun UNKNOWN 3997 There was something most sacred, yet particularly unmysterious, and thus unholy, in all of this, a tingling of ecstasy combined with a slightly foul taste that Avelyn Desbris could not ignore.
arcing Adjective UNKNOWN 3998 Elbryan let fly a wide-arcing left hook as he spun back toward the elf.
sphere Noun UNKNOWN 3999 At first he thought them the borders of the known spheres, for he had heard theories of the universe as a series of overlapping, interlocking heavenly spheres, the invisible bubbles that held the layers of stars in place.
click Noun UNKNOWN 4000 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.