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"lemma","pos","cefr_level","coverage_rank","context_sentence","context_sentence_zh","definition_zh"
"thrum","Gerund","UNKNOWN","4101","The ruby was thrumming in his hand, its magic intense and straining for release.","",""
"heartfelt","Noun","UNKNOWN","4102","Father Abbot Markwart burst out into the most heartfelt laughter Avelyn had ever heard.","",""
"bath","Verb","UNKNOWN","4103","Elbryan realized that he was bathed in a cold sweat.","",""
"aroma","Noun","UNKNOWN","4104","Elbryan's instincts - something about the air, perhaps, the aroma told him this was not the slope leading out of Dundalis up to the ridgeline, the slope where he had met the ...","",""
"ridgeline","Noun","UNKNOWN","4105","Elbryan's instincts - something about the air, perhaps, the aroma told him this was not the slope leading out of Dundalis up to the ridgeline, the slope where he had met the ...","",""
"internal","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4106","""West,"" Elbryan decided after studying it for a moment, his instincts, his internal directional sense, sorting things out.","",""
"buffeted","Verb","UNKNOWN","4107","Cold winds and stinging spray buffeted the crew.","",""
"unmoving","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4108","Elbryan looked down the slope curiously, just the few feet to the unmoving mist.","",""
"whitecap","Gerund","UNKNOWN","4109","Not so far above him, Elbryan could see the snow on this mountain and on all the others, a whitecapping that the young man suspected might be perpetual.","",""
"chime","Verb","UNKNOWN","4110","Somehow he knew the speaker was not human, that no human voice could chime so sweetly, so perfectly.","",""
"supple","Noun","UNKNOWN","4111","This creature's limbs didn't look skinny, any more than did the supple branches of a bending willow.","",""
"bending","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4112","This creature's limbs didn't look skinny, any more than did the supple branches of a bending willow.","",""
"plainly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4113","The way the words were spoken, however plainly and without any apparent deception allowed Elbryan to relax somewhat.","",""
"deception","Singular","UNKNOWN","4114","The way the words were spoken, however plainly and without any apparent deception allowed Elbryan to relax somewhat.","",""
"shimmer","Noun","UNKNOWN","4115","It was as if the being shone of its own accord, an inner light making the flowing hair glow and shimmer.","",""
"relative","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4116","Juraviel had a response for that, a remark concerning the relative unpreparedness of Dundalis in the face of such knowledge.","",""
"equipped","Verb","UNKNOWN","4117","Thus was Brother Justice equipped to find and destroy Avelyn.","",""
"destroying","Noun","UNKNOWN","4118","Am I goblin or fomorian?"" Juraviel asked calmly, that melodic voice alone destroying any possible comparisons to the croaking and growling monsters.","",""
"croak","Gerund","UNKNOWN","4119","Am I goblin or fomorian?"" Juraviel asked calmly, that melodic voice alone destroying any possible comparisons to the croaking and growling monsters.","",""
"shallow","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4120","The creature wasn't following a trail, Elbryan believed, but was making one, walking as easily and openly through the underbrush as a man might wade through a shallow pond.","",""
"tidy","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4121","There could be only one answer, for no living creature, not even one of the great dragons of the north, could so tear this amount of ground in such an even, tidy manner.","",""
"arrogance","Noun","UNKNOWN","4122","Elbryan realized the arrogance of that notion, an almost sinful pride,.","",""
"impulse","Noun","UNKNOWN","4123","But the dactyl was not a stupid creature and could control its impulses, even those bent upon destruction, which the demon loved above all else.","",""
"widening","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4124","The sharks would feed on the dead, and the frantic actions of those still alive combined with the widening blood spill would likely bring more in, he knew.","",""
"speeding","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4125","He imagined the wind, the green treetop canopy speeding below him ...","",""
"unpleasant","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4126","The ranger quickly removed his clothes, the grass feeling scratchy but not unpleasant to his feet.","",""
"likeness","Noun","UNKNOWN","4127","Twin rows of massive columns, each carved into the likeness of a giant warrior, lined the room.","",""
"peril","Noun","UNKNOWN","4128","The journey was too treacherous, and if the crew had been well paid, as promised, they would have had no reason to dare the perils of the South Mirianic again.","",""
"bloodline","Noun","UNKNOWN","4129","But after speaking with the boy, Juraviel was even more convinced that this was indeed the true bloodline of Mather, and an appropriate ranger-in-training.","",""
"remainder","Noun","UNKNOWN","4130","He spent the remainder of the afternoon caught up in the sights and smells.","",""
"going","Noun","UNKNOWN","4131","Elbryan had stopped at the top of the hillock, but he felt as if he were still going up, still ascending to those brilliant, twinkling dots.","",""
"ascend","Gerund","UNKNOWN","4132","Elbryan had stopped at the top of the hillock, but he felt as if he were still going up, still ascending to those brilliant, twinkling dots.","",""
"spiritually","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4133","Though he was back on earth, spiritually, the music remained, soft and wonderful, emanating from every shadow, from every tree, from the ground itself.","",""
"singer","Noun","UNKNOWN","4134","His direction chosen, he started off, determined to find the singer.","",""
"glimpsed","Verb","UNKNOWN","4135","Inside, Avelyn glimpsed Siherton and Jojonah with the Father Abbot, the old man livid about the mishap in the stone room.","",""
"oak","Noun","UNKNOWN","4136","Juraviel found him at dawn, curled in a hollow at the base of a wide oak.","",""
"unanswer","Verb","UNKNOWN","4137","They are to me the shining symbol of all the unanswered questions of human existence, of our place in this vast sky, of our purpose, of death itself.","",""
"bathe","Verb","UNKNOWN","4138","Elbryan was expected to bathe daily, to keep his clothing clean, and since his beard was splotchy and uneven, not yet that of a man, to keep his face clean shaven.","",""
"temporary","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4139","I had ascended from this temporary existence, from a place of constant change to a place of eternity.","",""
"breech","Noun","UNKNOWN","4140","CHAPTER 10 Made of Tougher Stuff
"untangle","Verb","UNKNOWN","4101","No powrie would dare go into the water to try and untangle the netted fan with frenzied sharks so close.","",""
"roundhouse","Noun","UNKNOWN","4102","He came on furiously then, and launched a roundhouse left hook.","",""
"spittle","Noun","UNKNOWN","4103","""We had no choice in the matter,"" Quintall retorted, so angry that his spittle sprayed forth with every word.","",""
"arise","Verb","UNKNOWN","4104","He pulled himself up, nodding in agreement, though in his heart he knew if the situation arose again he would again go back to the pair.","",""
"vow","Noun","UNKNOWN","4105","His solace came in duty, in his vow that this Dundalis and the two neighboring villages would not share the fate that had befallen his own village.","",""
"hostile","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4106","Perhaps it was the boredom, the heat, or the tasteless provisions, but the crew grew increasingly uneasy, even hostile.","",""
"rational","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4107","Some said it was, the work of ghosts, or evil monsters of the deeper waters, but most rational, experienced sailors attributed it to fear and suspicion, to the long days of emptiness and the undeniable feeling that the sea would never end, that the ship would sail and sail until there was no more to eat and no more to drink.","",""
"privilege","Noun","UNKNOWN","4108","Even the extra privileges did little to improve the mood of the increasingly surly crew.","",""
"haze","Noun","UNKNOWN","4109","Indeed they were, for four and a half uneasy weeks later, the lookout cried out, ""Land to forward!""
Elbryan rolled his breeches up over his knees - not that the worn and ragged pants would stay that way for long!","",""
"singsong","Noun","UNKNOWN","4141","From somewhere in the thick brush behind him, he heard a call, ""Be quick about it!"" The words were not spoken in the common tongue of Honce-the-Bear but in the singsong, melodious language of the elves, a language Elbryan was already beginning to comprehend.","",""
"reckon","Verb","UNKNOWN","4142","By his reckoning, the winter solstice had passed, and he knew Dundalis, or what was left of the village, was likely under several feel of snow.","",""
"gusting","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4143","He remembered well the hardships, and the excitement, of Dundalis in the winter, the gusting wind throwing icy particles against the side of the cabin, the piles of blowing snow, sometimes so deep that he and his father had to break through a drift just to get outside!","",""
"pant","Noun","UNKNOWN","4144","She stood before him, panting.","",""
"waded","Verb","UNKNOWN","4145","He picked up his basket, cursed when one pant leg slipped down into the water, then waded out through the reeds.","",""
"reed","Noun","UNKNOWN","4146","Parting one patch of reeds, the boy found his first stone of the day, bobbing low in the water.","",""
"flavored","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4147","When he squeezed them, extracting the now-flavored liquid, the elves would inevitably complain about how little he had collected.","",""
"ironically","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4148","The monk had found peace within himself, ironically, in the midst of a war, a battle that Avelyn knew justified the actions that had weighed so heavily on him these last years.","",""
"sticky","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4149","those silken elven strands, which, Elbryan found out soon enough, could be made as sticky and clingy as a spiderweb.","",""
"steaming","Verb","UNKNOWN","4150","He looked at the brush helplessly, at the steaming stew, just a few strides away.","",""
"sped","PastTense","UNKNOWN","4151","Laughter trailed him as he sped away, and Elbryan sensed that there was some measure of admiration in it.","",""
"impossible","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4152","Here, high stones lined both sides of the trail, making passage off the path nearly impossible unless Elbryan took a circuitous route quite deep into the underbrush.","",""
"circuitous","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4153","Here, high stones lined both sides of the trail, making passage off the path nearly impossible unless Elbryan took a circuitous route quite deep into the underbrush.","",""
"trellis","Noun","UNKNOWN","4154","- and had cleverly covered it with a layer of dirt and fallen leaves, supported by a trellis of woven sticks.","",""
"woven","Noun","UNKNOWN","4155","Into the spike, the beast sent its vision, the telltale tracings of human-woven magic.","",""
"phony","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4156","He would have leaped clear of the phony, only to drop heavily into the real one.","",""
"dimension","Plural","UNKNOWN","4157","Now it was Elbryan's turn to laugh, as he discerned the dimensions of the true trap, then easily leaped it, leaving the last few feet of the path, the last expanse to the food, open to him.","",""
"fletching","Noun","UNKNOWN","4158","A long arrow protruded from its back, an arrow with fletchings familiar to the woman.","",""
"cowards","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4159","Are you cowards, then?","",""
"mess","Noun","UNKNOWN","4160","It struck the bowl of stew, overturning it and making a mess of the meal.","",""
"miserably","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4161","Surely Tuntun would have to come to him, if for no other reason than to tell him how miserably he had failed in protecting the three towns!","",""
"veritable","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4162","He wheeled, but Tuntun turned with him, staying behind him and punching out a veritable drum roll on his upper back.","",""
"indignantly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4163","""He fights like a human,"" Tuntun answered indignantly.","",""
"porous","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4164","His spirit walked free of his body, passed through the porous wood of the door and past the pair of oblivious guards.","",""
"juices","Noun","UNKNOWN","4165","The combination of bog water and milk-stones, as the elves called them, produced some of the sweetest juices in all of Corona.","",""
"intoxicating","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4166","From this raw product, the elves would make their intoxicating wine, Questel ni'touel to the elves, but known to the wide world simply as ""boggle."" The swamplike connotation of the name was usually completely lost on the humans, who thought the term a mere reference to their state of mind after but a few sips of the potent liquid.","",""
"contacts","Noun","UNKNOWN","4167","I have friends here, valuable friends.""
All the crew rushed to the forward rails, and soon enough the gray haze became more substantial, became the undeniable outline of an island, conical in shape.","",""
"conical","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4110","And beyond the masses loomed a single dark silhouette, a conical mountain tipped by a steady stream of dark smoke.","",""
"vegetation","Singular","UNKNOWN","4111","Gray became green as they closed, lush vegetation thick on the slopes.","",""
"luxury","Noun","UNKNOWN","4112","To keep them out now, with land so close and inviting - land likely covered with fruit trees and other luxuries they had not known on the open sea - was foolhardy indeed.","",""
"mentally","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4113","Finally, Elbryan found that crease between breastplate and girdle, mentally marking the spot.","",""
"unbearable","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4114","All the world was blackness, was searing heat and unbearable agony, and Quintall knew no more.","",""
"agitation","Singular","UNKNOWN","4115","The stallion showed no sign of pain or even agitation other than a sudden elation.","",""
"splashing","Noun","UNKNOWN","4116","Everything seemed to stop, all movement, all splashing.","",""
"hail","Noun","UNKNOWN","4117","He hail never held any love for brutish Quintall, but still he pitied the man.","",""
"deluge","Noun","UNKNOWN","4118","And through the deluge, Avelyn heard his name.","",""
"foliage","Noun","UNKNOWN","4119","He peered out, stunned, as a torn and battered Thagraine came into view beyond the thinned foliage, the man bleeding in so many places that he seemed one great wound.","",""
"pitifully","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4120","He stumbled forward pitifully, holding out his arms toward the cave.","",""
"befall","Verb","UNKNOWN","4121","How many times had the ranger told himself that he would not allow such a tragedy to befall Dundalis again?","",""
"period","Noun","UNKNOWN","4122","The conditioning ranged from sleep deprivation to long periods of hunger.","",""
"pulp","Noun","UNKNOWN","4123","Where trees and thick brush had grown was now only battered pulp and blasted stone.","",""
"strew","Verb","UNKNOWN","4124","On another note, Avelyn could not help but laugh at the absurd, useless treasure that lay strewn all about him.","",""
"permanently","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4125","Others had to be treated with oils for many days, that their magic be locked permanently within them.","",""
"acceptable","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4126","He felt as if he was giving a bit of himself to the stone each time, but that was acceptable, as if it were soiree communion with his God.","",""
"tumbling","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4127","""I have to get a sword,"" the ranger lamented, glad that the branches had softened his tumbling fall.","",""
"appendage","Noun","UNKNOWN","4128","The surprised, confused creature stumbled backward, its other, normal appendage grabbing at its torn face.","",""
"efficiency","Noun","UNKNOWN","4129","This was not the way of the Abellican Church, at least not in Avelyn's mind, and yet the efficiency of the executions of Taddy Sway and now of Bunkus Smealy made Avelyn suspect that Quintall was acting as he had been instructed by the masters before they had left port.","",""
"putting","Noun","UNKNOWN","4130","""But first, ye got to do something for me."" As she finished talking, she leaned closer, putting her lips to his.","",""
"worthless","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4131","Not even with me worthless husband - might that be why he threw me out!""
""Take care that your questions do not lead your contacts to the way to Pimaninicuit,"" Quintall whispered ominously.","",""
"bard","Noun","UNKNOWN","4168","Their contacts in the wide human world were discrete and few, but the elves did enough trading so that they could bring desired items, curiosity pieces mostly, and a sampling of songs of the few human bards who could bring them pleasure, into their valley.","",""
"defiance","Noun","UNKNOWN","4169","The monk snarled in defiance and kicked at the heavy door.","",""
"finality","Noun","UNKNOWN","4170","""It was God's will,"" Markwart said with finality.","",""
"angling","Noun","UNKNOWN","4171","Juraviel took full advantage, put Elbryan off balance and kept on twisting, angling the boy over the trough.","",""
"illogic","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4172","If you fail in this, if you do not prove yourself worthy of elven friendship, you cannot be let out into the world with the knowledge you have attained of our home and of our ways.""
The thought that Dansally had never loved caught Avelyn off his guard and settled him back for a bit.","",""
"inexperienced","Verb","UNKNOWN","4132","Though he was completely inexperienced in physical lovemaking, he understood what she was saying.","",""
"cinnamon","Noun","UNKNOWN","4133","The last bite, of a cinnamon roll turned over in Avelyn's stomach, a sinking feeling.","",""
"festivity","Plural","UNKNOWN","4134","With the tides, the ship could not put out Until after midnight, so why hadn't the thirty, or at least the captain, been included in the much deserved festivities?","",""
"review","Verb","UNKNOWN","4135","Avelyn closed his eyes, ignoring the call of his name by Pellimar, and reviewed his training.","",""
"suspected","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4136","He didn't know the hour but suspected that midnight was near or that it had come and gone.","",""
"reef","Noun","UNKNOWN","4137","He watched helplessly; hopelessly, as the ship that had been his home for nearly eight months jolted and listed, then broke apart on the reef as still more missiles soared in.","",""
"seeing","Noun","UNKNOWN","4138","Avelyn winced, seeing men leaping from the deck, their doom at hand.","",""
"freely","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4139","Tears ran freely down his cheeks; he mumbled the name ""Dansally,"" over and over.","",""
"bombardment","Noun","UNKNOWN","4140","Those folk who had survived the bombardment soon envied their dead companions.","",""
"assign","Verb","UNKNOWN","4141","Return now to the room that Master Siherton assigned to you.","",""
"catalogue","Gerund","UNKNOWN","4142","And so he worked, as he was instructed, penning the tale of his adventures in great detail, studying and cataloguing the newest stones, their type, their magic, their strength.","",""
"idealism","Noun","UNKNOWN","4143","He did not believe that Avelyn, so full of idealism and ridiculous faith, could be corralled.","",""
"fond","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4144","He would try, though, for he was fond of young Brother Avelyn and he knew the alternative.","",""
"pen","Verb","UNKNOWN","4145","And so he worked, as he was instructed, penning the tale of his adventures in great detail, studying and cataloguing the newest stones, their type, their magic, their strength.","",""
"justification","Singular","UNKNOWN","4146","There had to be a better way, he believed, and despite the potential for disaster, there could be no justification for murder.","",""
"completion","Singular","UNKNOWN","4147","The horse could go for many hours, and Brother Justice, so focused on the completion of his vital task, pushed her to her limits.","",""
"damaged","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4148","Elbryan hopped down from the centaur and pulled the sword blade near his face, sighing with relief when he noted it was not damaged, not even nicked.","",""
"theft","Noun","UNKNOWN","4149","How does one justify murder and theft, after all?","",""
"cell","Noun","UNKNOWN","4150","Back in his cell, Avelyn fell into the powers of the stone.","",""
"sinister","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4151","The thought of unbelieving merchants plying the gift of the stones, to amuse guests, perhaps, or even for sinister purposes, wounded Avelyn deeply.","",""
"lurch","Gerund","UNKNOWN","4152","The dais lurched; a great crack opened in the floor and a gout of steam hissed through.","",""
"carnallite","Singular","UNKNOWN","4153","Avelyn placed them in a bag, and in it he placed, as well, a small pouch of tiny carnallites, the one stone whose magic could be brought forth only a single time.","",""
"wagon","Noun","UNKNOWN","4154","At the first town he entered, he happened upon a caravan of several merchant wagons, and there he sold the common emerald, giving him all the funds he would need for a long, long time.","",""
"encroach","Verb","UNKNOWN","4155","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.","",""
"precedent","Singular","UNKNOWN","4156","Avelyn understood then - all of it - for it was not without precedent.","",""
"cancer","Noun","UNKNOWN","4157","All of it: the cancer that had grown in his world, the unpreparedness, the ungodliness of St.-Mere-Abelle.","",""
"brooding","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4158","The brooding demon that forever haunted the race of man had come back to the world.","",""
"studying","Noun","UNKNOWN","4159","The young man spent a long moment studying Juraviel.","",""
"prelude","Noun","UNKNOWN","4160","Finally, convinced that this was but a prelude to his lesson, and nothing dramatic, the young man looked up and did a quick count of the stars, noting four.","",""
"furrow","Verb","UNKNOWN","4161","""Your light and mine, and those of the stars.""
Even as Elbryan started to protest, horrified at the thought of becoming a prisoner, Juraviel finished grimly, ""Nor can you stay.""
Elbryan's brow furrowed.","",""
"basis","Singular","UNKNOWN","4162","In elven philosophy, the first truth, the basis of reality was that the entire material, physical world was no more than the collection of perceptions by the observer.","",""
"elevation","Singular","UNKNOWN","4163","It was a difficult concept for Elbryan, because he had been brought up with the idea of community, and within that concept, such elevation of self was considered the worst of sins: pride.","",""
"typically","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4164","""The Waylaid Traveler,"" Barmine added in his typically curt manner.","",""
"meditative","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4165","Even Elbryan's sleeping habits changed, shifting to a more controlled, meditative process than a lumped time of uncontrollable unconsciousness.","",""
"unconsciousness","Noun","UNKNOWN","4166","The heat of battle had left her body and unconsciousness had descended over her like some great hunting bird, wings out wide to block the light of day.","",""
"fanciful","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4167","""And the memories of fanciful musing,"" Juraviel added.","",""
"treeless","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4168","He stood atop the treeless hillock and he waited, his eyes glued to the eastern horizon, to the tiny sliver of light heralding the approach of dawn.","",""
"tickle","Noun","UNKNOWN","4169","He was naked, every hair, every nerve feeling the tickle of the chill breeze.","",""
"pattern","Noun","UNKNOWN","4170","The young man continued for nearly an hour, his arms and weapon weaving ever more intricate patterns in the empty air.","",""
"swordsmen","Noun","UNKNOWN","4171","Both swordsmen came in fast; the goblin swished the spear back and forth, the weapon's sharp tip scratching Cries arm and holding him at bay.","",""
"counterattack","Noun","UNKNOWN","4172","On those occasions when he did spar, he not only understood how to defeat any attack, deflect, dodge, or block, but also knew which tactic would offer appropriate counterattacks or would keep his defensive posture strong against subsequent attacks from that foe, or even from others.","",""
"varied","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4173","His routines became more varied, more deadly, resembling in many instances the motions of an animal predator.","",""
"purposefully","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4174","The tracks were surely those of a medium-sized bear, but Elbryan felt as if he were tracking a fomorian giant or some other evil, reasoning creature, some creature purposefully bent on destruction.","",""
"drape","Gerund","UNKNOWN","4175","Then he went about draping the blanket over the cave entrance, darkening the room so that he could barely make out his hand if he held it in front of his face.","",""
"invade","Verb","UNKNOWN","4176","He lost all sense of the passing of time; soon nothing invaded his focus.","",""
"gulp","Noun","UNKNOWN","4177","The image nodded; Elbryan fought for a gulp of air.","",""
"indenture","Noun","UNKNOWN","4178","Short of that, there was the very real possibility that Abbot Dobrinion would bind Jill into indenture to Connor, perhaps for the remainder of her life.","",""
"sympathetically","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4179","Elbryan groaned sympathetically, running to get in view of the man once more.","",""
"unit","Noun","UNKNOWN","4180","One by one, her sparring partners had been dispatched, usually painfully, until clot a man or woman in the unit desired to go against her.","",""
"boring","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4181","All in all, it had been a boring year; castle guards were no more than showpieces, and the worst incident Jill had seen in four months with the cavalry patrol was a fight between two peasant brothers, when one' had bitten the other's ear off.","",""
"welfare","Noun","UNKNOWN","4182","To Jill, their mission seemed paramount, a stoic existence protecting the welfare of all the kingdom.","",""
"partying","Noun","UNKNOWN","4183","The partying had hardly slowed in all the four months Jill had been there.","",""
"outpost","Noun","UNKNOWN","4184","A short while later one haggard-looking soldier - a man of forty years by the name of Gofflaw, who had spent more than half his wretched life in the Kingsmen, including a dozen years in the Coastpoint Guards shuffling from one lonely outpost to another came staggering out to the wall, making his way toward Jill.","",""
"drunken","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4185","She wasn't particularly afraid; she didn't think the drunken slob would even get to her before he fell off the narrow walkway, dropping the eight feet to the fortress's small courtyard.","",""
"slob","Noun","UNKNOWN","4186","But he was a letch, a drooling, grabby slob, who took it personally when Jill refused his advances.","",""
"walkway","Noun","UNKNOWN","4187","She wasn't particularly afraid; she didn't think the drunken slob would even get to her before he fell off the narrow walkway, dropping the eight feet to the fortress's small courtyard.","",""
"outwardly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4188","Brother Justice hardly paid the man any heed - at least outwardly.","",""
"conspiracy","Noun","UNKNOWN","4189","Even worse, for him to be out here fetching her, there was likely a conspiracy inside.","",""
"medium","Noun","UNKNOWN","4190","The tracks were surely those of a medium-sized bear, but Elbryan felt as if he were tracking a fomorian giant or some other evil, reasoning creature, some creature purposefully bent on destruction.","",""
"grabby","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4191","But he was a letch, a drooling, grabby slob, who took it personally when Jill refused his advances.","",""
"uniform","Noun","UNKNOWN","4192","""I choose to walk to honor the uniform I wear.""
Elbryan's thoughts shifted to the illogic of it all.","",""
"inhuman","Noun","UNKNOWN","4173","Jojonah closed his eyes and remembered all the times Siherton had warned him about Avelyn's almost inhuman dedication.","",""
"substitute","Gerund","UNKNOWN","4174","Yet measured against the speed and agility of the elves, the fluidity of their movements, substituting perfect balance for lack of weight and strength, Elbryan truly felt a novice.","",""
"astounding","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4175","Juraviel, lighter and smaller, had put him down with astounding ease, a simple movement for which Elbryan had no counter.","",""
"benefits","Noun","UNKNOWN","4176","But it was not without its benefits.","",""
"gangly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4177","As the weeks became months, and they became a year, and then two, Elbryan was hardly recognizable as the short gangly boy that Jilseponie had once beat up.","",""
"proprietor","Noun","UNKNOWN","4178","CHAPTER 11 Cat-the-Stray
Gofflaw snorted and wiped a greasy hand down the front of his own red jacket.","",""
"lass","Noun","UNKNOWN","4193","""A brave lass to the end,"" Bradwarden noted.","",""
"motto","Noun","UNKNOWN","4194","Èver vigilant, ever watchful,' ""
""Corner table, Cat,"" called Graevis Chilichunk, the barkeep and proprietor of Fellowship Way, reputedly the finest inn in all the great city of Palmaris.","",""
"reputedly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4179","CHAPTER 11 Cat-the-Stray
""Corner table, Cat,"" called Graevis Chilichunk, the barkeep and proprietor of Fellowship Way, reputedly the finest inn in all the great city of Palmaris.","",""
"commonly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4180","Fellowship Way, or the Way, as it was commonly called, was not a large establishment, boasting only a dozen small, private rooms and a single common bedroom in the upstairs guest quarters, and a tavern that could hold no more than a hundred, and that with most folks standing.","",""
"cheapest","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4181","She took the order from the three - no surprise here, just three more mugs of the cheapest ale - then turned to the bar.","",""
"lesser","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4182","The noble visitors to Palmaris mostly stayed at the more haughty establishments, those near or within the duke's castle, but for those who knew, for the lesser merchants and the frequent wanderers, there was no better place in the world than Fellowship Way.","",""
"customer","Noun","UNKNOWN","4183","In the Way, a single piece of silver would get you a hot meal, and a mere smile, whether you were a paying customer or not, would coax from Graevis or from most of the other usual patrons or workers a marvelous tale.","",""
"worker","Noun","UNKNOWN","4184","He was a worker, a true frontiersman.","",""
"ample","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4185","They were about the same height, but Tol, with his barrel-like torso and ample belly, was heavier.","",""
"suitor","Noun","UNKNOWN","4186","And it was all done in such good fun that neither Graevis nor any suitor of her unsuspecting dance partner ever seemed to care.","",""
"unrivaled","Verb","UNKNOWN","4187","Pettibwa just had an unrivaled love of life and of other people.","",""
"loving","Verb","UNKNOWN","4188","Pony went to him, loving him all the more, feeling a true kinship with the man, feeling a great deal of pity, as well.","",""
"commoner","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4189","Grady's standing was nowhere near Connor's, and the only reason the baron's nephew suffered the almost constant companionship of the upstart commoner was for the sake of his adopted sister.","",""
"sarcasm","Noun","UNKNOWN","4190","""No, ye're not a pretty one, now are ye?"" Pettibwa cooed with smiling sarcasm, stroking Cat's hair.","",""
"devil","Noun","UNKNOWN","4191","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","4192","She offered a meek smile and a nod to Pettibwa, who returned them with a wink.","",""
"atmosphere","Noun","UNKNOWN","4193","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","4194","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","4195","Suddenly he was off balance, and then he was sitting on the floor, the pretty barmaid gliding out of reach.","",""
"champion","Noun","UNKNOWN","4196","""Even as we speak, your mighty champion and your precious companion are dying.","",""
"precisely","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4197","their goal through honor, Cat knew; was precisely the same as the drunk had attempted through offered gold.","",""
"graciously","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4198","She worked for another hour, and when her smile did not return, Graevis graciously bade her to take an early night.","",""
"toast","Noun","UNKNOWN","4199","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","4200","Her rage bubbled away, and she turned from the alley, walking back into the solitude of the darkened rooftop.","",""
she finished, the motto of the once proud Coastpoint Guards.","",""
"decent","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4195","Also, it had surprised Jill how much she missed Constantine Presso, a decent man - by Pireth Tulme's standards, at least.","",""
"arrival","Noun","UNKNOWN","4196","On the very first night after her arrival, one of the men had tried to get too familiar with the fiery woman.","",""
"swollen","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4197","He had limped for a week, one foot swollen, one ankle and both his knees bruised, one eye closed and a lip too fat for him to drink anything without it dribbling down the front of his shirt.","",""
"acceptance","Noun","UNKNOWN","4198","Despite his acceptance of the behavior within Pireth Tulme, Jill recognized that he was a man of some honor.","",""
"solitary","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4199","There were even reports of a smoke cloud rising lazily over the Barbacan, streaming from a solitary mountain known as Aida.","",""
"underworld","Noun","UNKNOWN","4200","Into the spike, the demon sent its power, the strength of the underworld, the strength to burn.","",""
1 lemma pos cefr_level coverage_rank context_sentence context_sentence_zh definition_zh
2 thrum untangle Gerund Verb UNKNOWN 4101 The ruby was thrumming in his hand, its magic intense and straining for release. No powrie would dare go into the water to try and untangle the netted fan with frenzied sharks so close.
3 heartfelt roundhouse Noun UNKNOWN 4102 Father Abbot Markwart burst out into the most heartfelt laughter Avelyn had ever heard. He came on furiously then, and launched a roundhouse left hook.
4 bath spittle Verb Noun UNKNOWN 4103 Elbryan realized that he was bathed in a cold sweat. "We had no choice in the matter," Quintall retorted, so angry that his spittle sprayed forth with every word.
5 aroma arise Noun Verb UNKNOWN 4104 Elbryan's instincts - something about the air, perhaps, the aroma told him this was not the slope leading out of Dundalis up to the ridgeline, the slope where he had met the ... He pulled himself up, nodding in agreement, though in his heart he knew if the situation arose again he would again go back to the pair.
6 ridgeline vow Noun UNKNOWN 4105 Elbryan's instincts - something about the air, perhaps, the aroma told him this was not the slope leading out of Dundalis up to the ridgeline, the slope where he had met the ... His solace came in duty, in his vow that this Dundalis and the two neighboring villages would not share the fate that had befallen his own village.
7 internal hostile Adjective UNKNOWN 4106 "West," Elbryan decided after studying it for a moment, his instincts, his internal directional sense, sorting things out. Perhaps it was the boredom, the heat, or the tasteless provisions, but the crew grew increasingly uneasy, even hostile.
8 buffeted rational Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 4107 Cold winds and stinging spray buffeted the crew. Some said it was, the work of ghosts, or evil monsters of the deeper waters, but most rational, experienced sailors attributed it to fear and suspicion, to the long days of emptiness and the undeniable feeling that the sea would never end, that the ship would sail and sail until there was no more to eat and no more to drink.
9 unmoving privilege Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 4108 Elbryan looked down the slope curiously, just the few feet to the unmoving mist. Even the extra privileges did little to improve the mood of the increasingly surly crew.
10 whitecap haze Gerund Noun UNKNOWN 4109 Not so far above him, Elbryan could see the snow on this mountain and on all the others, a whitecapping that the young man suspected might be perpetual. Indeed they were, for four and a half uneasy weeks later, the lookout cried out, "Land to forward!" All the crew rushed to the forward rails, and soon enough the gray haze became more substantial, became the undeniable outline of an island, conical in shape.
chime Verb UNKNOWN 4110 Somehow he knew the speaker was not human, that no human voice could chime so sweetly, so perfectly.
supple Noun UNKNOWN 4111 This creature's limbs didn't look skinny, any more than did the supple branches of a bending willow.
bending Adjective UNKNOWN 4112 This creature's limbs didn't look skinny, any more than did the supple branches of a bending willow.
plainly Adverb UNKNOWN 4113 The way the words were spoken, however plainly and without any apparent deception allowed Elbryan to relax somewhat.
deception Singular UNKNOWN 4114 The way the words were spoken, however plainly and without any apparent deception allowed Elbryan to relax somewhat.
shimmer Noun UNKNOWN 4115 It was as if the being shone of its own accord, an inner light making the flowing hair glow and shimmer.
relative Adjective UNKNOWN 4116 Juraviel had a response for that, a remark concerning the relative unpreparedness of Dundalis in the face of such knowledge.
equipped Verb UNKNOWN 4117 Thus was Brother Justice equipped to find and destroy Avelyn.
destroying Noun UNKNOWN 4118 Am I goblin or fomorian?" Juraviel asked calmly, that melodic voice alone destroying any possible comparisons to the croaking and growling monsters.
croak Gerund UNKNOWN 4119 Am I goblin or fomorian?" Juraviel asked calmly, that melodic voice alone destroying any possible comparisons to the croaking and growling monsters.
shallow Adjective UNKNOWN 4120 The creature wasn't following a trail, Elbryan believed, but was making one, walking as easily and openly through the underbrush as a man might wade through a shallow pond.
tidy Adjective UNKNOWN 4121 There could be only one answer, for no living creature, not even one of the great dragons of the north, could so tear this amount of ground in such an even, tidy manner.
arrogance Noun UNKNOWN 4122 Elbryan realized the arrogance of that notion, an almost sinful pride,.
impulse Noun UNKNOWN 4123 But the dactyl was not a stupid creature and could control its impulses, even those bent upon destruction, which the demon loved above all else.
widening Adjective UNKNOWN 4124 The sharks would feed on the dead, and the frantic actions of those still alive combined with the widening blood spill would likely bring more in, he knew.
speeding Adjective UNKNOWN 4125 He imagined the wind, the green treetop canopy speeding below him ...
unpleasant Adjective UNKNOWN 4126 The ranger quickly removed his clothes, the grass feeling scratchy but not unpleasant to his feet.
likeness Noun UNKNOWN 4127 Twin rows of massive columns, each carved into the likeness of a giant warrior, lined the room.
peril Noun UNKNOWN 4128 The journey was too treacherous, and if the crew had been well paid, as promised, they would have had no reason to dare the perils of the South Mirianic again.
bloodline Noun UNKNOWN 4129 But after speaking with the boy, Juraviel was even more convinced that this was indeed the true bloodline of Mather, and an appropriate ranger-in-training.
remainder Noun UNKNOWN 4130 He spent the remainder of the afternoon caught up in the sights and smells.
going Noun UNKNOWN 4131 Elbryan had stopped at the top of the hillock, but he felt as if he were still going up, still ascending to those brilliant, twinkling dots.
ascend Gerund UNKNOWN 4132 Elbryan had stopped at the top of the hillock, but he felt as if he were still going up, still ascending to those brilliant, twinkling dots.
spiritually Adverb UNKNOWN 4133 Though he was back on earth, spiritually, the music remained, soft and wonderful, emanating from every shadow, from every tree, from the ground itself.
singer Noun UNKNOWN 4134 His direction chosen, he started off, determined to find the singer.
glimpsed Verb UNKNOWN 4135 Inside, Avelyn glimpsed Siherton and Jojonah with the Father Abbot, the old man livid about the mishap in the stone room.
oak Noun UNKNOWN 4136 Juraviel found him at dawn, curled in a hollow at the base of a wide oak.
unanswer Verb UNKNOWN 4137 They are to me the shining symbol of all the unanswered questions of human existence, of our place in this vast sky, of our purpose, of death itself.
bathe Verb UNKNOWN 4138 Elbryan was expected to bathe daily, to keep his clothing clean, and since his beard was splotchy and uneven, not yet that of a man, to keep his face clean shaven.
temporary Adjective UNKNOWN 4139 I had ascended from this temporary existence, from a place of constant change to a place of eternity.
breech Noun UNKNOWN 4140 CHAPTER 10 Made of Tougher Stuff Elbryan rolled his breeches up over his knees - not that the worn and ragged pants would stay that way for long!
11 singsong conical Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 4141 4110 From somewhere in the thick brush behind him, he heard a call, "Be quick about it!" The words were not spoken in the common tongue of Honce-the-Bear but in the singsong, melodious language of the elves, a language Elbryan was already beginning to comprehend. And beyond the masses loomed a single dark silhouette, a conical mountain tipped by a steady stream of dark smoke.
12 reckon vegetation Verb Singular UNKNOWN 4142 4111 By his reckoning, the winter solstice had passed, and he knew Dundalis, or what was left of the village, was likely under several feel of snow. Gray became green as they closed, lush vegetation thick on the slopes.
13 gusting luxury Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 4143 4112 He remembered well the hardships, and the excitement, of Dundalis in the winter, the gusting wind throwing icy particles against the side of the cabin, the piles of blowing snow, sometimes so deep that he and his father had to break through a drift just to get outside! To keep them out now, with land so close and inviting - land likely covered with fruit trees and other luxuries they had not known on the open sea - was foolhardy indeed.
14 pant mentally Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 4144 4113 She stood before him, panting. Finally, Elbryan found that crease between breastplate and girdle, mentally marking the spot.
15 waded unbearable Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 4145 4114 He picked up his basket, cursed when one pant leg slipped down into the water, then waded out through the reeds. All the world was blackness, was searing heat and unbearable agony, and Quintall knew no more.
16 reed agitation Noun Singular UNKNOWN 4146 4115 Parting one patch of reeds, the boy found his first stone of the day, bobbing low in the water. The stallion showed no sign of pain or even agitation other than a sudden elation.
17 flavored splashing Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 4147 4116 When he squeezed them, extracting the now-flavored liquid, the elves would inevitably complain about how little he had collected. Everything seemed to stop, all movement, all splashing.
18 ironically hail Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 4148 4117 The monk had found peace within himself, ironically, in the midst of a war, a battle that Avelyn knew justified the actions that had weighed so heavily on him these last years. He hail never held any love for brutish Quintall, but still he pitied the man.
19 sticky deluge Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 4149 4118 those silken elven strands, which, Elbryan found out soon enough, could be made as sticky and clingy as a spiderweb. And through the deluge, Avelyn heard his name.
20 steaming foliage Verb Noun UNKNOWN 4150 4119 He looked at the brush helplessly, at the steaming stew, just a few strides away. He peered out, stunned, as a torn and battered Thagraine came into view beyond the thinned foliage, the man bleeding in so many places that he seemed one great wound.
21 sped pitifully PastTense Adverb UNKNOWN 4151 4120 Laughter trailed him as he sped away, and Elbryan sensed that there was some measure of admiration in it. He stumbled forward pitifully, holding out his arms toward the cave.
22 impossible befall Adjective Verb UNKNOWN 4152 4121 Here, high stones lined both sides of the trail, making passage off the path nearly impossible unless Elbryan took a circuitous route quite deep into the underbrush. How many times had the ranger told himself that he would not allow such a tragedy to befall Dundalis again?
23 circuitous period Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 4153 4122 Here, high stones lined both sides of the trail, making passage off the path nearly impossible unless Elbryan took a circuitous route quite deep into the underbrush. The conditioning ranged from sleep deprivation to long periods of hunger.
24 trellis pulp Noun UNKNOWN 4154 4123 - and had cleverly covered it with a layer of dirt and fallen leaves, supported by a trellis of woven sticks. Where trees and thick brush had grown was now only battered pulp and blasted stone.
25 woven strew Noun Verb UNKNOWN 4155 4124 Into the spike, the beast sent its vision, the telltale tracings of human-woven magic. On another note, Avelyn could not help but laugh at the absurd, useless treasure that lay strewn all about him.
26 phony permanently Adjective Adverb UNKNOWN 4156 4125 He would have leaped clear of the phony, only to drop heavily into the real one. Others had to be treated with oils for many days, that their magic be locked permanently within them.
27 dimension acceptable Plural Adjective UNKNOWN 4157 4126 Now it was Elbryan's turn to laugh, as he discerned the dimensions of the true trap, then easily leaped it, leaving the last few feet of the path, the last expanse to the food, open to him. He felt as if he was giving a bit of himself to the stone each time, but that was acceptable, as if it were soiree communion with his God.
28 fletching tumbling Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 4158 4127 A long arrow protruded from its back, an arrow with fletchings familiar to the woman. "I have to get a sword," the ranger lamented, glad that the branches had softened his tumbling fall.
29 cowards appendage Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 4159 4128 Are you cowards, then? The surprised, confused creature stumbled backward, its other, normal appendage grabbing at its torn face.
30 mess efficiency Noun UNKNOWN 4160 4129 It struck the bowl of stew, overturning it and making a mess of the meal. This was not the way of the Abellican Church, at least not in Avelyn's mind, and yet the efficiency of the executions of Taddy Sway and now of Bunkus Smealy made Avelyn suspect that Quintall was acting as he had been instructed by the masters before they had left port.
31 miserably putting Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 4161 4130 Surely Tuntun would have to come to him, if for no other reason than to tell him how miserably he had failed in protecting the three towns! "But first, ye got to do something for me." As she finished talking, she leaned closer, putting her lips to his.
32 veritable worthless Adjective UNKNOWN 4162 4131 He wheeled, but Tuntun turned with him, staying behind him and punching out a veritable drum roll on his upper back. Not even with me worthless husband - might that be why he threw me out!" The thought that Dansally had never loved caught Avelyn off his guard and settled him back for a bit.
33 indignantly inexperienced Adverb Verb UNKNOWN 4163 4132 "He fights like a human," Tuntun answered indignantly. Though he was completely inexperienced in physical lovemaking, he understood what she was saying.
34 porous cinnamon Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 4164 4133 His spirit walked free of his body, passed through the porous wood of the door and past the pair of oblivious guards. The last bite, of a cinnamon roll turned over in Avelyn's stomach, a sinking feeling.
juices Noun UNKNOWN 4165 The combination of bog water and milk-stones, as the elves called them, produced some of the sweetest juices in all of Corona.
intoxicating Adjective UNKNOWN 4166 From this raw product, the elves would make their intoxicating wine, Questel ni'touel to the elves, but known to the wide world simply as "boggle." The swamplike connotation of the name was usually completely lost on the humans, who thought the term a mere reference to their state of mind after but a few sips of the potent liquid.
contacts Noun UNKNOWN 4167 I have friends here, valuable friends." "Take care that your questions do not lead your contacts to the way to Pimaninicuit," Quintall whispered ominously.
bard Noun UNKNOWN 4168 Their contacts in the wide human world were discrete and few, but the elves did enough trading so that they could bring desired items, curiosity pieces mostly, and a sampling of songs of the few human bards who could bring them pleasure, into their valley.
defiance Noun UNKNOWN 4169 The monk snarled in defiance and kicked at the heavy door.
35 finality festivity Noun Plural UNKNOWN 4170 4134 "It was God's will," Markwart said with finality. With the tides, the ship could not put out Until after midnight, so why hadn't the thirty, or at least the captain, been included in the much deserved festivities?
36 angling review Noun Verb UNKNOWN 4171 4135 Juraviel took full advantage, put Elbryan off balance and kept on twisting, angling the boy over the trough. Avelyn closed his eyes, ignoring the call of his name by Pellimar, and reviewed his training.
37 illogic suspected Adjective UNKNOWN 4172 4136 If you fail in this, if you do not prove yourself worthy of elven friendship, you cannot be let out into the world with the knowledge you have attained of our home and of our ways." Even as Elbryan started to protest, horrified at the thought of becoming a prisoner, Juraviel finished grimly, "Nor can you stay." Elbryan's thoughts shifted to the illogic of it all. He didn't know the hour but suspected that midnight was near or that it had come and gone.
38 inhuman reef Noun UNKNOWN 4173 4137 Jojonah closed his eyes and remembered all the times Siherton had warned him about Avelyn's almost inhuman dedication. He watched helplessly; hopelessly, as the ship that had been his home for nearly eight months jolted and listed, then broke apart on the reef as still more missiles soared in.
39 substitute seeing Gerund Noun UNKNOWN 4174 4138 Yet measured against the speed and agility of the elves, the fluidity of their movements, substituting perfect balance for lack of weight and strength, Elbryan truly felt a novice. Avelyn winced, seeing men leaping from the deck, their doom at hand.
40 astounding freely Adjective Adverb UNKNOWN 4175 4139 Juraviel, lighter and smaller, had put him down with astounding ease, a simple movement for which Elbryan had no counter. Tears ran freely down his cheeks; he mumbled the name "Dansally," over and over.
41 benefits bombardment Noun UNKNOWN 4176 4140 But it was not without its benefits. Those folk who had survived the bombardment soon envied their dead companions.
42 assign Verb UNKNOWN 4141 Return now to the room that Master Siherton assigned to you.
43 catalogue Gerund UNKNOWN 4142 And so he worked, as he was instructed, penning the tale of his adventures in great detail, studying and cataloguing the newest stones, their type, their magic, their strength.
44 idealism Noun UNKNOWN 4143 He did not believe that Avelyn, so full of idealism and ridiculous faith, could be corralled.
45 fond Adjective UNKNOWN 4144 He would try, though, for he was fond of young Brother Avelyn and he knew the alternative.
46 pen Verb UNKNOWN 4145 And so he worked, as he was instructed, penning the tale of his adventures in great detail, studying and cataloguing the newest stones, their type, their magic, their strength.
47 justification Singular UNKNOWN 4146 There had to be a better way, he believed, and despite the potential for disaster, there could be no justification for murder.
48 completion Singular UNKNOWN 4147 The horse could go for many hours, and Brother Justice, so focused on the completion of his vital task, pushed her to her limits.
49 damaged Adjective UNKNOWN 4148 Elbryan hopped down from the centaur and pulled the sword blade near his face, sighing with relief when he noted it was not damaged, not even nicked.
50 theft Noun UNKNOWN 4149 How does one justify murder and theft, after all?
51 cell Noun UNKNOWN 4150 Back in his cell, Avelyn fell into the powers of the stone.
52 sinister Adjective UNKNOWN 4151 The thought of unbelieving merchants plying the gift of the stones, to amuse guests, perhaps, or even for sinister purposes, wounded Avelyn deeply.
53 lurch Gerund UNKNOWN 4152 The dais lurched; a great crack opened in the floor and a gout of steam hissed through.
54 carnallite Singular UNKNOWN 4153 Avelyn placed them in a bag, and in it he placed, as well, a small pouch of tiny carnallites, the one stone whose magic could be brought forth only a single time.
55 wagon Noun UNKNOWN 4154 At the first town he entered, he happened upon a caravan of several merchant wagons, and there he sold the common emerald, giving him all the funds he would need for a long, long time.
56 encroach Verb UNKNOWN 4155 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.
57 precedent Singular UNKNOWN 4156 Avelyn understood then - all of it - for it was not without precedent.
58 cancer Noun UNKNOWN 4157 All of it: the cancer that had grown in his world, the unpreparedness, the ungodliness of St.-Mere-Abelle.
59 brooding Adjective UNKNOWN 4158 The brooding demon that forever haunted the race of man had come back to the world.
60 studying Noun UNKNOWN 4159 The young man spent a long moment studying Juraviel.
61 prelude Noun UNKNOWN 4160 Finally, convinced that this was but a prelude to his lesson, and nothing dramatic, the young man looked up and did a quick count of the stars, noting four.
62 furrow Verb UNKNOWN 4161 "Your light and mine, and those of the stars." Elbryan's brow furrowed.
63 basis Singular UNKNOWN 4162 In elven philosophy, the first truth, the basis of reality was that the entire material, physical world was no more than the collection of perceptions by the observer.
64 elevation Singular UNKNOWN 4163 It was a difficult concept for Elbryan, because he had been brought up with the idea of community, and within that concept, such elevation of self was considered the worst of sins: pride.
65 typically Adverb UNKNOWN 4164 "The Waylaid Traveler," Barmine added in his typically curt manner.
66 meditative Adjective UNKNOWN 4165 Even Elbryan's sleeping habits changed, shifting to a more controlled, meditative process than a lumped time of uncontrollable unconsciousness.
67 gangly unconsciousness Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 4177 4166 As the weeks became months, and they became a year, and then two, Elbryan was hardly recognizable as the short gangly boy that Jilseponie had once beat up. The heat of battle had left her body and unconsciousness had descended over her like some great hunting bird, wings out wide to block the light of day.
68 proprietor fanciful Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 4178 4167 CHAPTER 11 Cat-the-Stray "Corner table, Cat," called Graevis Chilichunk, the barkeep and proprietor of Fellowship Way, reputedly the finest inn in all the great city of Palmaris. "And the memories of fanciful musing," Juraviel added.
69 treeless Adjective UNKNOWN 4168 He stood atop the treeless hillock and he waited, his eyes glued to the eastern horizon, to the tiny sliver of light heralding the approach of dawn.
70 tickle Noun UNKNOWN 4169 He was naked, every hair, every nerve feeling the tickle of the chill breeze.
71 pattern Noun UNKNOWN 4170 The young man continued for nearly an hour, his arms and weapon weaving ever more intricate patterns in the empty air.
72 swordsmen Noun UNKNOWN 4171 Both swordsmen came in fast; the goblin swished the spear back and forth, the weapon's sharp tip scratching Cries arm and holding him at bay.
73 counterattack Noun UNKNOWN 4172 On those occasions when he did spar, he not only understood how to defeat any attack, deflect, dodge, or block, but also knew which tactic would offer appropriate counterattacks or would keep his defensive posture strong against subsequent attacks from that foe, or even from others.
74 varied Adjective UNKNOWN 4173 His routines became more varied, more deadly, resembling in many instances the motions of an animal predator.
75 purposefully Adverb UNKNOWN 4174 The tracks were surely those of a medium-sized bear, but Elbryan felt as if he were tracking a fomorian giant or some other evil, reasoning creature, some creature purposefully bent on destruction.
76 drape Gerund UNKNOWN 4175 Then he went about draping the blanket over the cave entrance, darkening the room so that he could barely make out his hand if he held it in front of his face.
77 invade Verb UNKNOWN 4176 He lost all sense of the passing of time; soon nothing invaded his focus.
78 gulp Noun UNKNOWN 4177 The image nodded; Elbryan fought for a gulp of air.
79 indenture Noun UNKNOWN 4178 Short of that, there was the very real possibility that Abbot Dobrinion would bind Jill into indenture to Connor, perhaps for the remainder of her life.
80 sympathetically Adverb UNKNOWN 4179 Elbryan groaned sympathetically, running to get in view of the man once more.
81 unit Noun UNKNOWN 4180 One by one, her sparring partners had been dispatched, usually painfully, until clot a man or woman in the unit desired to go against her.
82 boring Adjective UNKNOWN 4181 All in all, it had been a boring year; castle guards were no more than showpieces, and the worst incident Jill had seen in four months with the cavalry patrol was a fight between two peasant brothers, when one' had bitten the other's ear off.
83 welfare Noun UNKNOWN 4182 To Jill, their mission seemed paramount, a stoic existence protecting the welfare of all the kingdom.
84 partying Noun UNKNOWN 4183 The partying had hardly slowed in all the four months Jill had been there.
85 outpost Noun UNKNOWN 4184 A short while later one haggard-looking soldier - a man of forty years by the name of Gofflaw, who had spent more than half his wretched life in the Kingsmen, including a dozen years in the Coastpoint Guards shuffling from one lonely outpost to another came staggering out to the wall, making his way toward Jill.
86 drunken Adjective UNKNOWN 4185 She wasn't particularly afraid; she didn't think the drunken slob would even get to her before he fell off the narrow walkway, dropping the eight feet to the fortress's small courtyard.
87 slob Noun UNKNOWN 4186 But he was a letch, a drooling, grabby slob, who took it personally when Jill refused his advances.
88 walkway Noun UNKNOWN 4187 She wasn't particularly afraid; she didn't think the drunken slob would even get to her before he fell off the narrow walkway, dropping the eight feet to the fortress's small courtyard.
89 outwardly Adverb UNKNOWN 4188 Brother Justice hardly paid the man any heed - at least outwardly.
90 conspiracy Noun UNKNOWN 4189 Even worse, for him to be out here fetching her, there was likely a conspiracy inside.
91 medium Noun UNKNOWN 4190 The tracks were surely those of a medium-sized bear, but Elbryan felt as if he were tracking a fomorian giant or some other evil, reasoning creature, some creature purposefully bent on destruction.
92 grabby Adjective UNKNOWN 4191 But he was a letch, a drooling, grabby slob, who took it personally when Jill refused his advances.
93 uniform Noun UNKNOWN 4192 "I choose to walk to honor the uniform I wear." Gofflaw snorted and wiped a greasy hand down the front of his own red jacket.
94 lass Noun UNKNOWN 4193 "A brave lass to the end," Bradwarden noted.
95 motto Noun UNKNOWN 4194 Èver vigilant, ever watchful,' " she finished, the motto of the once proud Coastpoint Guards.
96 decent Adjective UNKNOWN 4195 Also, it had surprised Jill how much she missed Constantine Presso, a decent man - by Pireth Tulme's standards, at least.
97 arrival Noun UNKNOWN 4196 On the very first night after her arrival, one of the men had tried to get too familiar with the fiery woman.
98 swollen Adjective UNKNOWN 4197 He had limped for a week, one foot swollen, one ankle and both his knees bruised, one eye closed and a lip too fat for him to drink anything without it dribbling down the front of his shirt.
99 acceptance Noun UNKNOWN 4198 Despite his acceptance of the behavior within Pireth Tulme, Jill recognized that he was a man of some honor.
100 reputedly solitary Adverb Adjective UNKNOWN 4179 4199 CHAPTER 11 Cat-the-Stray "Corner table, Cat," called Graevis Chilichunk, the barkeep and proprietor of Fellowship Way, reputedly the finest inn in all the great city of Palmaris. There were even reports of a smoke cloud rising lazily over the Barbacan, streaming from a solitary mountain known as Aida.
101 commonly underworld Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 4180 4200 Fellowship Way, or the Way, as it was commonly called, was not a large establishment, boasting only a dozen small, private rooms and a single common bedroom in the upstairs guest quarters, and a tavern that could hold no more than a hundred, and that with most folks standing. Into the spike, the demon sent its power, the strength of the underworld, the strength to burn.
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customer Noun UNKNOWN 4183 In the Way, a single piece of silver would get you a hot meal, and a mere smile, whether you were a paying customer or not, would coax from Graevis or from most of the other usual patrons or workers a marvelous tale.
worker Noun UNKNOWN 4184 He was a worker, a true frontiersman.
ample Adjective UNKNOWN 4185 They were about the same height, but Tol, with his barrel-like torso and ample belly, was heavier.
suitor Noun UNKNOWN 4186 And it was all done in such good fun that neither Graevis nor any suitor of her unsuspecting dance partner ever seemed to care.
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barmaid Noun UNKNOWN 4195 Suddenly he was off balance, and then he was sitting on the floor, the pretty barmaid gliding out of reach.
champion Noun UNKNOWN 4196 "Even as we speak, your mighty champion and your precious companion are dying.
precisely Adverb UNKNOWN 4197 their goal through honor, Cat knew; was precisely the same as the drunk had attempted through offered gold.
graciously Adverb UNKNOWN 4198 She worked for another hour, and when her smile did not return, Graevis graciously bade her to take an early night.
toast Noun UNKNOWN 4199 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 4200 Her rage bubbled away, and she turned from the alley, walking back into the solitude of the darkened rooftop.