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"lemma","pos","cefr_level","coverage_rank","context_sentence","context_sentence_zh","definition_zh"
"swimming","Noun","UNKNOWN","4301","There were indeed powries on her deck now, some with heavy crossbows; taking potshots at the swimming monks.","",""
"rule","Verb","UNKNOWN","4302","He had to set the ground rules right away or this would be a long and perilous journey indeed.","",""
"slave","Noun","UNKNOWN","4303","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.","",""
"pirate","Verb","UNKNOWN","4304","""To be in sight of land would mean to be in sight of pirates."" He snorted and walked away, but paused, looked back, and motioned to them.","",""
"unknowing","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4305","Only unknowing blackness.","",""
"approval","Noun","UNKNOWN","4306","Quintall nodded his approval and Thagraine led the eager Pellimar away.","",""
"climbing","Noun","UNKNOWN","4307","Jill sheathed her sword instead, pulled her belt off, and leaped out from the wall, beyond the climbing dwarf.","",""
"expense","Noun","UNKNOWN","4308","The other three townsfolk joined in the laughter, more than willing to do so at Elbryan's expense.","",""
"urges","Noun","UNKNOWN","4309","He had never expected such a thing, could not comprehend that his companions, on the most important journey of their lives should they live a century, would surrender to such base urges.","",""
"diversion","Plural","UNKNOWN","4310","All his adult life had been devoted to his studies; there had been no time for such diversions.","",""
"bien","Noun","UNKNOWN","4311","Those wicked stories of Bien deLouisa flitted through his memory.","",""
"delouisa","Noun","UNKNOWN","4312","Those wicked stories of Bien deLouisa flitted through his memory.","",""
"stateroom","Noun","UNKNOWN","4313","Every time he passed that cabin door, a small stateroom just behind the quarters of Captain Adjonas, he trembled.","",""
"fitful","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4314","He awoke, from his fitful sleep before the dawn.","",""
"tossing","Noun","UNKNOWN","4315","His sleep every night was fitful, tossing and turning even more than did the Windrunner on the rough swells.","",""
"meld","Verb","UNKNOWN","4316","All his dreams melded into that singular, mounting fear.","",""
"caricature","Noun","UNKNOWN","4317","The cave seemed a gigantic caricature of a king's throne room.","",""
"amble","Verb","UNKNOWN","4318","The old man ambled away on bowed legs.","",""
"aft","Noun","UNKNOWN","4319","He rubbed his hands together and started aft.","",""
"gravely","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4320","Avelyn nodded gravely, not liking where this was going.","",""
"shipboard","Noun","UNKNOWN","4321","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.","",""
"dealing","Noun","UNKNOWN","4322","His actions now carried serious consequences concerning his future dealings with his three companions.","",""
"cute","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4323","Her face seemed tiny, framed by the voluminous hair, but cute, if not beautiful, and her frame, too, was small and thin.","",""
"hem","Noun","UNKNOWN","4324","""Well, good enough then,"" she said, and she tossed the blanket onto the bed, then reached for the hem of her short shirt, pulling it up.","",""
"elevate","Verb","UNKNOWN","4325","This fifth target, some hundred yards away, was the first for which Elbryan had to elevate his shot.","",""
"mankind","Noun","UNKNOWN","4326","The weakness of mankind, the impiety of.","",""
"itchy","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4327","""A bit itchy?""
"disarming","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4301","""I am hunting a dangerous fugitive, one who employs the magic of the stones,"" he explained, turning back to the merchant, a disarming look on his face.","",""
"rousing","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4302","On they charged, Bradwarden singing a rousing song and Chipmunk forcing away his tears, locking them behind a wall of sheer anger.","",""
"naught","Noun","UNKNOWN","4303","But fruits and berries are naught but ticklings.","",""
"droppings","Verb","UNKNOWN","4304","A hoofprint or me droppings?","",""
"bearded","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4305","""Ye'll have a tougher time with that one,"" Bradwarden remarked, lifting his bearded chin toward Tol Yuganick, who was still standing in the small field, looking none too happy.","",""
"sly","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4306","And,"" he paused and offered a sly wink, ""don't ye fear, for I'm not overly fond o' human flesh.""
""I am a man,"" Avelyn assured her in all confidence.","",""
"southwest","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4328","The Windrunner made great time, cutting southwest from the southern reaches of the Mantis Arm in a direct run to Freeport.","",""
"undertow","Noun","UNKNOWN","4329","So she shed her red Coastpoint jacket and her heavy boots and went over the side, fighting the undertow every inch of the way through the icy water.","",""
"sooner","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4330","Sooner or later, one of the pairs, or perhaps both, would stumble upon the dactyl or some of its deadly minions.","",""
"safely","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4331","Finally came the welcome sound of oars and the boat, all three safely aboard.","",""
"uncharacteristic","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4332","Who might this leader of the herd be to inspire such uncharacteristic respect from cocky Bradwarden?","",""
"landscape","Noun","UNKNOWN","4333","The wind rushed past his ears, the landscape flying along beneath, such a thrill of the run, such a smoothness of stride, that Elbryan would have sworn he was flying across a cushion of air.","",""
"bulging","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4334","- halfway around the bulging forearm.","",""
"stance","Noun","UNKNOWN","4335","Elbryan found that he could not possibly maintain such a stance.","",""
"tragic","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4336","All the world, save Avelyn and the perpetrators, would think this a tragic accident.","",""
"cheat","Verb","UNKNOWN","4337","When the ways of merchants turn cheating,
""You have tasted it then?"" Elbryan reasoned, not taking the bait.","",""
"overly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4307","Brother Avelyn was not overly concerned when he returned to his room to find that Jill was not about.","",""
"differ","Verb","UNKNOWN","4308","In Pireth Tulme, even the winter was one long gray sheet of clouds and cold rain, differing from the summer only in terms of temperature.","",""
"kinship","Noun","UNKNOWN","4309","Jill had taken the image of the mad friar back with her, could hear his words still, and found in them a kinship to that which lay in her own heart.","",""
"activity","Noun","UNKNOWN","4310","She could see the activity on the deck of the sailing ship now, small forms darting this way and that, tacking hard to put the large caravel in between the bay's many sentry stones.","",""
"scoring","Noun","UNKNOWN","4311","Another shot came thundering in, this one scoring a hit on Pireth Tulme's front wall, taking down some stones.","",""
"parapet","Noun","UNKNOWN","4312","Jill dodged easily, then kicked out behind the flying weapon, just nicking the powrie on the back but solidly enough so the overbalanced dwarf fell from the parapet eight feet to the ground below.","",""
"crotch","Noun","UNKNOWN","4313","Gothra stared down at the line of blood running from forehead to crotch, then looked back at the demon.","",""
"sheathed","Noun","UNKNOWN","4314","Jill sheathed her sword instead, pulled her belt off, and leaped out from the wall, beyond the climbing dwarf.","",""
"havoc","Noun","UNKNOWN","4315","If she could get across the deck to the stern catapult or more particularly, to the cauldrons of pitch and the firepit near the catapult, then she might be able to cause more than a little havoc.","",""
"deserting","Noun","UNKNOWN","4316","He could hardly believe that Bradwarden would so leave their friends behind, deserting the pair in so perilous a situation.","",""
"evade","Noun","UNKNOWN","4317","With a howl, it finally let go, scrambling about to evade the jabbing dagger.","",""
"jabbing","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4318","With a howl, it finally let go, scrambling about to evade the jabbing dagger.","",""
"mischief","Noun","UNKNOWN","4319","She turned to the catapult, its arm low and ready to fire, then looked at the vats of burning pitch, wondering what mischief she might cause.","",""
"capstan","Noun","UNKNOWN","4320","She kicked over the pitch barrels, spilling one onto the capstan that held the anchor line and knocking another down the stairs to the lower main deck.","",""
"conspicuous","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4321","She tried to straighten her still-damp clothes, but realized that she would be conspicuous indeed to any, walking as she was without boots, and without the dirtied, calloused feet of a peasant woman.","",""
"stories","Verb","UNKNOWN","4322","The man rambled on and on, telling mostly stories of his dealings with the various monasteries of Honce-the-Bear, even with St.","",""
"precede","Verb","UNKNOWN","4323","Perhaps word of the disaster had preceded her.","",""
"foaming","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4324","She found a tavern, its sign too worn for her even to make out the name, though the image of a foaming mug was clear enough.","",""
"estimate","Noun","UNKNOWN","4325","Estimates of the enemy force ranged from a thousand warriors to a thousand ships full of warriors.","",""
"swig","Noun","UNKNOWN","4326","He reached into a pocket of his robe and produced a small flask, popping the top and sucking a huge swig.","",""
"confide","Verb","UNKNOWN","4327","""I am Brother Avelyn Desbris, formerly of St.-Mere-Abelle,"" he confided, and Jill understood she was probably the first person he had told his true name in a long, long time.","",""
"oppose","Verb","UNKNOWN","4328","In these general rows, as opposed to the occasions when all in the bar teamed up against the monk, Avelyn more than held his ground.","",""
"holler","Gerund","UNKNOWN","4329","The huge bear of a man tossed his attackers with ease, punched and twisted deftly, hollering ""Ho, ho, what!"" every time he felled another.","",""
"raging","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4330","It wasn't until they had exited the tavern, the fight raging still, that Avelyn suddenly stopped and looked at his beautiful companion a most curious expression on his face.","",""
"intimate","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4331","Juraviel's tone intimated something more profound to the ranger, that not only was there a mere place for shelter, but a very special place indeed.","",""
"wheeze","Gerund","UNKNOWN","4332","Are you prepared for such a joining?""
When the legs of women bow,
""I hardly think you are in condition - ""
When gain is ill not just.","",""
"awakening","Noun","UNKNOWN","4338","Then he turned his attention to the awakening world about him.","",""
"trench","Noun","UNKNOWN","4339","There are reports of a trench, a great upheaval, not twenty miles beyond our valley.""
""Not physically, oh no, not that!"" Avelyn quickly corrected, wheezing out a laugh despite his obvious agony.","",""
"user","Noun","UNKNOWN","4333","With practice, and more joinings, she could quickly rival all but the most powerful stone users of St.-Mere-Abelle
Juraviel looked to the north, to the wild lands beyond his elven home and far beyond the settlements of any humans.","",""
"upheaval","Noun","UNKNOWN","4340","There are reports of a trench, a great upheaval, not twenty miles beyond our valley.""
- and all because of this simple technique.","",""
"sheepishly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4334","He was sitting upright now, smiling sheepishly, the cloud of pain and death gone from his plump features.","",""
"deserter","Noun","UNKNOWN","4335","All of that was, of course, tempered by her realization that she was, in effect, a deserter.","",""
"complicate","Verb","UNKNOWN","4336","Up here, Jill was Cat-the-Stray again, a younger girl in a world less complicated, with feelings less confusing.","",""
"lazy","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4337","She spent all night watching the stars, the gentle drift of Sheila, the occasional lazy cloud.","",""
"garnet","Noun","UNKNOWN","4338","CHAPTER 29 Of Singular Purpose
Juraviel looked to the north, to the wild lands beyond his elven home and far beyond the settlements of any humans.","",""
"stickler","Noun","UNKNOWN","4341","At first, Jill thought the new warder more her style, a stickler for detail and duty.","",""
"attune","Verb","UNKNOWN","4342","Compelled I say, pulled by the magic of the stones, by a distant power that long ago attuned itself to these special stones.""
They gave him but two stones: a smooth yellow-hued sunstone and a cabochon garnet, a carbuncle, the deepest shade of red.","",""
"mare","Noun","UNKNOWN","4339","He set out from the abbey one dark and dreary morning, riding an ash-gray mare, not swift of hoof but long in heart.","",""
"efficiently","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4340","Paulson stepped inside the range and caught the spear by the shaft and rushed up its length, quickly and efficiently embedding his sword deep in the creature's chest.","",""
"staggering","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4341","The man fell away a couple of staggering steps, grabbed the back of a chair for support, and then fell over anyway, the chair tumbling down about him.","",""
"pitfall","Noun","UNKNOWN","4342","Brother Justice knew the pitfalls, though.","",""
"gwendolyn","Noun","UNKNOWN","4343","Gwendolyn of the Sea since the fight,"" the bartender of the tavern added.","",""
"skirmish","Noun","UNKNOWN","4344","They ran all the morning, fighting often, but only quick skirmishes.","",""
"assortment","Singular","UNKNOWN","4345","He was a bit apprehensive when he got to the gates of the indicated house, a huge structure of imported materials: smooth white marble from the south, dark wooden beams from the Timberlands, and an assortment of garden artwork that could only have come from the galleries of the finest sculptors in Ursal.","",""
"jester","Noun","UNKNOWN","4346","Brother Justice's first thought was that Avelyn had hired on with this obviously wealthy merchant, perhaps to perform some necessary feat with the stones, perhaps merely as a court jester.","",""
"yelp","Noun","UNKNOWN","4347","The dog's legs splayed wide; it gave one yelp, then lay still, its back broken, its lungs collapsing.","",""
"foyer","Noun","UNKNOWN","4348","The man pointed toward a door across the foyer.","",""
"corn","Gerund","UNKNOWN","4349","He had crossed the Moorlands, corning from the west.","",""
"yellowish","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4350","In an instant, a yellowish glow surrounded the monk, and the waves of intrusion were halted.","",""
"jamb","Noun","UNKNOWN","4351","He kicked again and again, repeatedly slamming the lock, until finally, the wood of the jamb gave way, the door flying wide to reveal a portly man, richly dressed, standing behind a large oaken desk, a loaded crossbow in hand.","",""
"fugitive","Noun","UNKNOWN","4352","Likely, the man was in no way connected to Avelyn, but still the fugitive monk remained concerned.","",""
"familiarity","Noun","UNKNOWN","4353","""How fares old Markwart?"" he asked, his tone one of familiarity.","",""
"garner","Verb","UNKNOWN","4354","Obviously he had dealt with Markwart - where else would he have garnered so powerful a stone?","",""
"accomplish","Verb","UNKNOWN","4355","Many things could be accomplished with such a stone.","",""
"integrity","Noun","UNKNOWN","4356","Juicy lamb and thick cuts of venison buried in brown sauces and mushrooms, oranges that exploded in a shower of juice as soon as the integrity of their peels was breached, and large, round, yellow melons that the monk had never before seen but that were sweeter than anything he had ever tasted.","",""
"sheerest","Noun","UNKNOWN","4357","He recalled Dosey's fearful expression when he hinted that he would make the journey, a mixture, it seemed, of the sheerest horror and the highest titillation.","",""
"infinite","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4358","It seemed as if an hour went by, but then as if only a second had passed; what appeared as an infinite plain was crossed by a single step.","",""
"collide","Verb","UNKNOWN","4359","So many times he thought he would collide with jags of stone only to watch them rush under him at the last possible second.","",""
"ant","Noun","UNKNOWN","4360","Below him, massed like ants, were the campsites of armies.","",""
"monstrosity","Noun","UNKNOWN","4361","But that spectacle couldn't hold Brother Justice's attention for any length of time, not with this huge monstrosity leering at him from on high.","",""
"redemption","Singular","UNKNOWN","4362","The man had passed the point of redemption and had perhaps awakened a dangerous curiosity in the demon.","",""
"feeble","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4363","The monk drove the feeble merchant to his knees and held fast long after the struggling stopped, long after the merchant's arms fell slack at his sides.","",""
"belonging","Noun","UNKNOWN","4364","""I am at peace, a greater sense of belonging than I have ever known,"" the ranger said at length after more than half an hour sitting in his wooden chair in the darkness, staring at the barely perceptible mirror.","",""
"philosophical","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4365","That was the way it always happened, the needs of the day dispatching the spirit soon before the dawn, turning Elbryan's thoughts from philosophical to pragmatic.","",""
"platform","Noun","UNKNOWN","4366","Mounted sidelong on a platform, the thing would have passed for a fair-sized ballista!","",""
"grant","Verb","UNKNOWN","4367","Normally in a test of archery, each contestant would be granted a specified number of shots, with the best total score serving as the measure.","",""
"victorious","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4368","Elbryan clenched a fist, thinking himself victorious as he marked the flight.","",""
"roam","Verb","UNKNOWN","4369","His eyes betrayed his idea, roaming to the centaur's strong back.","",""
"giving","Noun","UNKNOWN","4370","A chair shattered against his back, but while Belster O'Comely groaned at the hit, the monk only laughed all the louder, giving his habitual cry, ""Ho, ho, what!""
Pony looked at him curiously, not really understanding.","",""
"uncanny","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4343","Around and around the weapons went, reminding Elbryan of her uncanny dexterity.","",""
"precision","Noun","UNKNOWN","4344","But that quickness and precision would not be enough, Elbryan told himself.","",""
"underhand","Noun","UNKNOWN","4345","Perfect height for an underhand swing.","",""
"vertical","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4346","The elf squealed and threw her sword out to the side, blade vertical, its tip nearly touching the ground.","",""
"occur","Verb","UNKNOWN","4347","And so they fought, evenly matched, for a long while, poles sometimes slapping together so rapidly that it occurred to Elbryan that, if they had some kindling, they might light a fire from friction alone!","",""
"err","Verb","UNKNOWN","4348","I feared that I had erred in my course, that I had returned home by memory, not by vision.","",""
"unpredictable","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4349","He thought himself foolish as he neared the unpredictable Tuntun, expecting that she would find the strength to drive her dirk into his face, thus claiming a draw.","",""
"thunderstorm","Noun","UNKNOWN","4350","Earthquakes and thunderstorms, swirling tornadoes, even exploding volcanoes, were more often than not natural events.","",""
"volcano","Noun","UNKNOWN","4351","Earthquakes and thunderstorms, swirling tornadoes, even exploding volcanoes, were more often than not natural events.","",""
"magnetic","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4352","Lodestone was highly magnetic; its enchantment would send it fast to a metal surface.","",""
"brothel","Noun","UNKNOWN","4353","His other needs could be taken care of in the many brothels that openly offered their wares in the city, but of course he didn't need to tell Jill, his Jilly, about that.","",""
"ware","Noun","UNKNOWN","4354","His other needs could be taken care of in the many brothels that openly offered their wares in the city, but of course he didn't need to tell Jill, his Jilly, about that.","",""
"refuge","Noun","UNKNOWN","4355","She couldn't look at the man but kept her eyes locked on the stars, as if seeking refuge high above.","",""
"proposal","Noun","UNKNOWN","4356","Her first instinct told her to refuse the proposal.","",""
"considering","Noun","UNKNOWN","4357","She believed him with all her heart, and she had come to love him, so she thought: What else could it be called, after all, considering that her smile came so easily whenever he was in sight?","",""
"hopping","Noun","UNKNOWN","4358","Pettibwa was distinctly more animated, hopping up and down, breasts and belly bouncing wildly, and clapping her hands together, her cheeks fast streaking with an outburst of tears.","",""
"plush","Noun","UNKNOWN","4359","No longer did the island seem so plush and inviting.","",""
"discard","Verb","UNKNOWN","4360","Grady knew too much about Connor's nighttime pursuits for the nobleman to discard him, and though Grady had never even hinted at blackmail, Connor understood him well enough to fear him.","",""
"applaud","Verb","UNKNOWN","4361","Putting your maidenhead on a barbed hook and jiggling it before the baron's nephew.""
Elbryan leaned on his staff, thinking this quite a show.","",""
"arse","Noun","UNKNOWN","4371","""And I could put an arrow up your arse from a hundred paces,"" Elbryan retorted.","",""
"killer","Noun","UNKNOWN","4372","""Ye've got yerself one dragon-killer of a bow, me friend,"" Bradwarden offered.","",""
"naturally","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4373","Jill was naturally strong, but surely not as strong as he had been.","",""
"converge","Verb","UNKNOWN","4374","The hundreds of purplish rings converged in the middle of the room.","",""
"homage","Noun","UNKNOWN","4375","Elbryan went right to the heart of the grove, paying homage to whoever was buried there, then came back to the edge, wanting to feel the breeze in his face.","",""
"downwind","Verb","UNKNOWN","4376","It was taking his measure, Elbryan knew, though he was not downwind and too far for most horses even to notice him.","",""
"steed","Noun","UNKNOWN","4377","He knew the magnificent steed would not return that day, and so he walked away, not in the direction in which the horse had run but back toward Dundalis.","",""
"silly","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4378","""If we missed them, I'll beat ye silly,"" the large man huffed at Chipmunk, who wisely shifted to the side, out of arm's reach.","",""
"swear","Verb","UNKNOWN","4379","The wind rushed past his ears, the landscape flying along beneath, such a thrill of the run, such a smoothness of stride, that Elbryan would have sworn he was flying across a cushion of air.","",""
"aimlessly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4380","Brother Justice had not gained on his intended prey -
Grady silently applauded his conniving little sister, though his perception of her actions almost scared him; he had never thought her capable of such a beautifully treacherous play.","",""
"feigning","Noun","UNKNOWN","4362","The monk leaped ahead, feigning a punch and kicking straight out for Elbryan's knee.","",""
"royalty","Noun","UNKNOWN","4363","""A lady must be well practiced in the ways of lovemaking for royalty,"" one of them remarked.","",""
"nonsense","Noun","UNKNOWN","4364","One of the giants continued to stammer on about bad luck and other such nonsense, trying hard to concoct some excuse that might keep its skin attached to its body.","",""
"tonight","Noun","UNKNOWN","4365","""Tonight.""
had, in fact, lost ground, wandering aimlessly about the large city.","",""
"deter","Verb","UNKNOWN","4381","The brave woman was not easily deterred.","",""
"nip","PastTense","UNKNOWN","4382","The demon's arms shot forward, fingers extended, and black tendrils of crackling electricity spouted from them, biting against the wall and running the length of the straight passage, nipping and snapping at Elbryan and Avelyn, at Pony and Bradwarden as they followed their friends around the bend.","",""
"shrink","Verb","UNKNOWN","4383","The name
And then he had left Jill with the thought.","",""
"inhibition","Plural","UNKNOWN","4366","He was trying to loosen up her inhibitions, and she was, too.","",""
"comments","Noun","UNKNOWN","4367","The ball ended far too soon, at Connor's insistence, which brought more than a few randy comments.","",""
"mansion","Noun","UNKNOWN","4368","And then the night, spent in the mansion of Baron Bildeborough!","",""
"obscene","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4369","For Jill, who had spent her life so simply, it seemed somehow obscene; a dozen people could sleep comfortably on that bed, and she needed a stepping stool to even get onto it!","",""
"kissing","Noun","UNKNOWN","4370","Jill felt her knees buckle and she would have gone down, except Connor was on her again, squeezing her tight, kissing her all about the face and neck.","",""
"tenderness","Noun","UNKNOWN","4371","Even worse, there was no love, no tenderness in his face as he stalked back to her, just heated desire, an almost angry passion.","",""
"hesitance","Noun","UNKNOWN","4372","Her hesitance incited his rage once more.","",""
"incite","Verb","UNKNOWN","4373","Her hesitance incited his rage once more.","",""
"log","Noun","UNKNOWN","4374","She saw the ember fall from a log, orange glowing like the eye of some hideous night creature.","",""
"pleadingly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4375","She looked up pleadingly at the two women that held her, but both seemed impassive, even somehow pleased by it all, by the sight of her, and of Connor - seemed pleased by her helplessness and their part in it.","",""
"helplessness","Noun","UNKNOWN","4376","The centaur understood what the man was feeling, the sense of his own loss those years before and the helplessness now in the face of a repeat of that disaster.","",""
"magistrate","Noun","UNKNOWN","4377","""We shall let the magistrate, Abbot Dobrinion, determine her fate in the morning.","",""
"blister","Verb","UNKNOWN","4378","He burned and blistered, then browned, darker and darker, taking on the leathery appearance of those seasoned sailors around him.","",""
"leathery","Noun","UNKNOWN","4379","He burned and blistered, then browned, darker and darker, taking on the leathery appearance of those seasoned sailors around him.","",""
"scraggly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4380","He tried to keep clean shaven, as did his monk companions, but there was no blade fine enough, and soon all three had scraggly beards.","",""
"romantic","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4381","All romantic notions Avelyn had held concerning sea voyages were long gone, washed away by the slow, creaking, rolling reality.","",""
"forbid","Verb","UNKNOWN","4382","Even to utter the, name of the island without Father Abbot's permission was forbidden.","",""
"including","Noun","UNKNOWN","4383","Even if he beat these two, others were coming fast, including the one with the glowing spike!","",""
"crimson","Noun","UNKNOWN","4384","Soft blues and purples, vivid oranges and sometimes a deep crimson lined the night sky, lifting hearts and spirits.","",""
"unrelenting","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4385","Adjonas' voice was grim and unrelenting.","",""
"waylay","Verb","UNKNOWN","4386","""They waylay ships simply to kill.","",""
"newfound","Noun","UNKNOWN","4387","A light snow had begun to fall all across the forest, but it seemed to shy from the ranger's camp, from the heat of the ranger's fire, from the warmth of Brother Avelyn's newfound home.","",""
"pillage","Noun","UNKNOWN","4388","They attack only to pillage enough stores to get them to the next ship and for the simple thrill of the hunt and torture.""","",""
"mister","Noun","UNKNOWN","4389","""Fill our sails, Mister Smealy,"" he instructed.","",""
"hooks","Noun","UNKNOWN","4390","""Oh, damn,"" she sputtered; seeing many of the hooks gaining a firm hold on the walls.","",""
"trader","Noun","UNKNOWN","4391","""Yach, trader, give her up!","",""
"hinged","Verb","UNKNOWN","4392","He hated risking them all but realized the success of the mission hinged on their actions right now.","",""
"operation","Singular","UNKNOWN","4393","Adjonas motioned to Bunkus Smealy; this was Quintall's operation now, and the Windrunner captain, with no other apparent options, was more than willing to give the sturdy monk his chance.","",""
"smoothly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4394","The barrelboat closed - fifty yards, forty, twenty - cutting the water smoothly.","",""
"diagonal","Noun","UNKNOWN","4395","Then it jerked suddenly and its straight run shifted to the diagonal.","",""
"ladder","Noun","UNKNOWN","4396","The dwarf caught the gem securely, but surrendered his hold on the ladder.","",""
"hatchway","Noun","UNKNOWN","4397","He had one hand below him and managed to push the hatch back as they descended, Avelyn rolling right over the hatchway, the deceivingly agile powrie hopping to its feet atop the now-closed portal.","",""
"evilly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4398","The dwarf lifted its sword, grinning evilly, and let out a wail that shook Avelyn to the marrow of his bones :as he lay prone not far away.","",""
"spindly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4399","With their heavy bodies and spindly limbs, powries were not strong swimmers, and Quintall easily overtook the dazed creature, pushing it under the water and gaining a seat atop its shoulders.","",""
"temporarily","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4400","The barrelboat was disabled temporarily, but the fight was hardly over.","",""
""Elbryan"" nipped at the edges of her mind, but with it came an overwhelming sense of grief and loss: that black wall of pain that caused her to shrink away, that had made her put the glowing ember in Connor Bildeborough's face.","",""
"bet","Verb","UNKNOWN","4384","""We would climb up to the top rail and bet on how long we could walk it.""
""My friends,"" Jill said, without really thinking about her answer.","",""
"suffocate","Gerund","UNKNOWN","4385","Though she was outside, she felt as if she were suffocating, closed within a space that was too tight.","",""
"downstairs","Noun","UNKNOWN","4386","He was downstairs soon enough, drinking and talking amid a huge crowd, for many of the area trappers had come in to lay in provisions in preparation of the coming winter.","",""
"arguing","Noun","UNKNOWN","4387","They were a tough bunch indeed, reclusive and opinionated, men and a few women who lived by their weapons and their cunning, and Avelyn was soon enough arguing with one rake that a town whose history was as dark as that of Dundalis should be better prepared to face the danger.","",""
"hateful","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4388","The folk of Elkenbrook had never known such a huge gathering of goblins, could not conceive of the notion that the hateful, selfish creatures could ever band together in such numbers.","",""
"astride","Noun","UNKNOWN","4389","Out from the gaps in the line came the next surprise, a goblin cavalry, the diminutive creatures astride shaggy ponies.","",""
"disciplined","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4390","And working in concert,"" he added, sweeping his arm across the panorama of the encampment, indicating the disciplined manner in which the creatures were organizing their camp.","",""
"toll","Noun","UNKNOWN","4391","The folk recognized the dramatic movement as a signal and braced for the charge, determined to take their toll, whatever the final outcome.","",""
"massacre","Noun","UNKNOWN","4392","So fast and complete was the massacre that Avelyn never used his magic.","",""
"masse","Noun","UNKNOWN","4393","And beyond the masses loomed a single dark silhouette, a conical mountain tipped by a steady stream of dark smoke.","",""
"misshapen","Noun","UNKNOWN","4394","Jill's eyes opened wide, the memory suddenly too vivid, the recollection of that ugly, misshapen dead thing assaulting her, telling her mind to run away.","",""
"unwanted","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4395","Might the mad friar's increasing reputation have brought unwanted recognition from the strict order?","",""
"deft","Noun","UNKNOWN","4396","A deft twist by the woman turned the sword out of harm's way, allowing Brother Justice merely a glancing hit that forced Jill back a step.","",""
"ruse","Noun","UNKNOWN","4397","She understood then that his mental attack had been but a ruse, a distraction from which he could recover much faster than she.","",""
"enthusiastically","Adverb","UNKNOWN","4398","of that marauding black bear?""
asked Belster O'Comely, moving down to that end of the bar, wiping it rather enthusiastically to force two of the men away.","",""
"lately","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4399","Lately, though, Belster had begun changing that.","",""
"sick","Adjective","UNKNOWN","4400","""The bear was sick and dying anyway,"" Tol Yuganick blustered on.","",""
1 lemma pos cefr_level coverage_rank context_sentence context_sentence_zh definition_zh
2 swimming disarming Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 4301 There were indeed powries on her deck now, some with heavy crossbows; taking potshots at the swimming monks. "I am hunting a dangerous fugitive, one who employs the magic of the stones," he explained, turning back to the merchant, a disarming look on his face.
3 rule rousing Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 4302 He had to set the ground rules right away or this would be a long and perilous journey indeed. On they charged, Bradwarden singing a rousing song and Chipmunk forcing away his tears, locking them behind a wall of sheer anger.
4 slave naught Noun UNKNOWN 4303 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. But fruits and berries are naught but ticklings.
5 pirate droppings Verb UNKNOWN 4304 "To be in sight of land would mean to be in sight of pirates." He snorted and walked away, but paused, looked back, and motioned to them. A hoofprint or me droppings?
6 unknowing bearded Adjective UNKNOWN 4305 Only unknowing blackness. "Ye'll have a tougher time with that one," Bradwarden remarked, lifting his bearded chin toward Tol Yuganick, who was still standing in the small field, looking none too happy.
7 approval sly Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 4306 Quintall nodded his approval and Thagraine led the eager Pellimar away. And," he paused and offered a sly wink, "don't ye fear, for I'm not overly fond o' human flesh." "You have tasted it then?" Elbryan reasoned, not taking the bait.
climbing Noun UNKNOWN 4307 Jill sheathed her sword instead, pulled her belt off, and leaped out from the wall, beyond the climbing dwarf.
expense Noun UNKNOWN 4308 The other three townsfolk joined in the laughter, more than willing to do so at Elbryan's expense.
urges Noun UNKNOWN 4309 He had never expected such a thing, could not comprehend that his companions, on the most important journey of their lives should they live a century, would surrender to such base urges.
diversion Plural UNKNOWN 4310 All his adult life had been devoted to his studies; there had been no time for such diversions.
bien Noun UNKNOWN 4311 Those wicked stories of Bien deLouisa flitted through his memory.
delouisa Noun UNKNOWN 4312 Those wicked stories of Bien deLouisa flitted through his memory.
stateroom Noun UNKNOWN 4313 Every time he passed that cabin door, a small stateroom just behind the quarters of Captain Adjonas, he trembled.
fitful Adjective UNKNOWN 4314 He awoke, from his fitful sleep before the dawn.
tossing Noun UNKNOWN 4315 His sleep every night was fitful, tossing and turning even more than did the Windrunner on the rough swells.
meld Verb UNKNOWN 4316 All his dreams melded into that singular, mounting fear.
caricature Noun UNKNOWN 4317 The cave seemed a gigantic caricature of a king's throne room.
amble Verb UNKNOWN 4318 The old man ambled away on bowed legs.
aft Noun UNKNOWN 4319 He rubbed his hands together and started aft.
gravely Adverb UNKNOWN 4320 Avelyn nodded gravely, not liking where this was going.
shipboard Noun UNKNOWN 4321 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.
dealing Noun UNKNOWN 4322 His actions now carried serious consequences concerning his future dealings with his three companions.
cute Adjective UNKNOWN 4323 Her face seemed tiny, framed by the voluminous hair, but cute, if not beautiful, and her frame, too, was small and thin.
hem Noun UNKNOWN 4324 "Well, good enough then," she said, and she tossed the blanket onto the bed, then reached for the hem of her short shirt, pulling it up.
elevate Verb UNKNOWN 4325 This fifth target, some hundred yards away, was the first for which Elbryan had to elevate his shot.
mankind Noun UNKNOWN 4326 The weakness of mankind, the impiety of.
itchy Adjective UNKNOWN 4327 "A bit itchy?" "I am a man," Avelyn assured her in all confidence.
8 southwest overly Adjective Adverb UNKNOWN 4328 4307 The Windrunner made great time, cutting southwest from the southern reaches of the Mantis Arm in a direct run to Freeport. Brother Avelyn was not overly concerned when he returned to his room to find that Jill was not about.
9 undertow differ Noun Verb UNKNOWN 4329 4308 So she shed her red Coastpoint jacket and her heavy boots and went over the side, fighting the undertow every inch of the way through the icy water. In Pireth Tulme, even the winter was one long gray sheet of clouds and cold rain, differing from the summer only in terms of temperature.
10 sooner kinship Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 4330 4309 Sooner or later, one of the pairs, or perhaps both, would stumble upon the dactyl or some of its deadly minions. Jill had taken the image of the mad friar back with her, could hear his words still, and found in them a kinship to that which lay in her own heart.
11 safely activity Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 4331 4310 Finally came the welcome sound of oars and the boat, all three safely aboard. She could see the activity on the deck of the sailing ship now, small forms darting this way and that, tacking hard to put the large caravel in between the bay's many sentry stones.
12 uncharacteristic scoring Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 4332 4311 Who might this leader of the herd be to inspire such uncharacteristic respect from cocky Bradwarden? Another shot came thundering in, this one scoring a hit on Pireth Tulme's front wall, taking down some stones.
13 landscape parapet Noun UNKNOWN 4333 4312 The wind rushed past his ears, the landscape flying along beneath, such a thrill of the run, such a smoothness of stride, that Elbryan would have sworn he was flying across a cushion of air. Jill dodged easily, then kicked out behind the flying weapon, just nicking the powrie on the back but solidly enough so the overbalanced dwarf fell from the parapet eight feet to the ground below.
14 bulging crotch Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 4334 4313 - halfway around the bulging forearm. Gothra stared down at the line of blood running from forehead to crotch, then looked back at the demon.
15 stance sheathed Noun UNKNOWN 4335 4314 Elbryan found that he could not possibly maintain such a stance. Jill sheathed her sword instead, pulled her belt off, and leaped out from the wall, beyond the climbing dwarf.
16 tragic havoc Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 4336 4315 All the world, save Avelyn and the perpetrators, would think this a tragic accident. If she could get across the deck to the stern catapult or more particularly, to the cauldrons of pitch and the firepit near the catapult, then she might be able to cause more than a little havoc.
17 cheat deserting Verb Noun UNKNOWN 4337 4316 When the ways of merchants turn cheating, When the legs of women bow, When gain is ill not just. He could hardly believe that Bradwarden would so leave their friends behind, deserting the pair in so perilous a situation.
18 awakening evade Noun UNKNOWN 4338 4317 Then he turned his attention to the awakening world about him. With a howl, it finally let go, scrambling about to evade the jabbing dagger.
19 trench jabbing Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 4339 4318 There are reports of a trench, a great upheaval, not twenty miles beyond our valley." Juraviel looked to the north, to the wild lands beyond his elven home and far beyond the settlements of any humans. With a howl, it finally let go, scrambling about to evade the jabbing dagger.
20 mischief Noun UNKNOWN 4319 She turned to the catapult, its arm low and ready to fire, then looked at the vats of burning pitch, wondering what mischief she might cause.
21 capstan Noun UNKNOWN 4320 She kicked over the pitch barrels, spilling one onto the capstan that held the anchor line and knocking another down the stairs to the lower main deck.
22 conspicuous Adjective UNKNOWN 4321 She tried to straighten her still-damp clothes, but realized that she would be conspicuous indeed to any, walking as she was without boots, and without the dirtied, calloused feet of a peasant woman.
23 stories Verb UNKNOWN 4322 The man rambled on and on, telling mostly stories of his dealings with the various monasteries of Honce-the-Bear, even with St.
24 precede Verb UNKNOWN 4323 Perhaps word of the disaster had preceded her.
25 foaming Adjective UNKNOWN 4324 She found a tavern, its sign too worn for her even to make out the name, though the image of a foaming mug was clear enough.
26 estimate Noun UNKNOWN 4325 Estimates of the enemy force ranged from a thousand warriors to a thousand ships full of warriors.
27 swig Noun UNKNOWN 4326 He reached into a pocket of his robe and produced a small flask, popping the top and sucking a huge swig.
28 confide Verb UNKNOWN 4327 "I am Brother Avelyn Desbris, formerly of St.-Mere-Abelle," he confided, and Jill understood she was probably the first person he had told his true name in a long, long time.
29 oppose Verb UNKNOWN 4328 In these general rows, as opposed to the occasions when all in the bar teamed up against the monk, Avelyn more than held his ground.
30 holler Gerund UNKNOWN 4329 The huge bear of a man tossed his attackers with ease, punched and twisted deftly, hollering "Ho, ho, what!" every time he felled another.
31 raging Adjective UNKNOWN 4330 It wasn't until they had exited the tavern, the fight raging still, that Avelyn suddenly stopped and looked at his beautiful companion a most curious expression on his face.
32 intimate Adjective UNKNOWN 4331 Juraviel's tone intimated something more profound to the ranger, that not only was there a mere place for shelter, but a very special place indeed.
33 wheeze Gerund UNKNOWN 4332 Are you prepared for such a joining?" "I hardly think you are in condition - " "Not physically, oh no, not that!" Avelyn quickly corrected, wheezing out a laugh despite his obvious agony.
34 user Noun UNKNOWN 4333 With practice, and more joinings, she could quickly rival all but the most powerful stone users of St.-Mere-Abelle - and all because of this simple technique.
35 sheepishly Adverb UNKNOWN 4334 He was sitting upright now, smiling sheepishly, the cloud of pain and death gone from his plump features.
36 upheaval deserter Noun UNKNOWN 4340 4335 There are reports of a trench, a great upheaval, not twenty miles beyond our valley." Juraviel looked to the north, to the wild lands beyond his elven home and far beyond the settlements of any humans. All of that was, of course, tempered by her realization that she was, in effect, a deserter.
37 stickler complicate Noun Verb UNKNOWN 4341 4336 At first, Jill thought the new warder more her style, a stickler for detail and duty. Up here, Jill was Cat-the-Stray again, a younger girl in a world less complicated, with feelings less confusing.
38 attune lazy Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 4342 4337 Compelled I say, pulled by the magic of the stones, by a distant power that long ago attuned itself to these special stones." Pony looked at him curiously, not really understanding. She spent all night watching the stars, the gentle drift of Sheila, the occasional lazy cloud.
39 uncanny garnet Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 4343 4338 Around and around the weapons went, reminding Elbryan of her uncanny dexterity. CHAPTER 29 Of Singular Purpose They gave him but two stones: a smooth yellow-hued sunstone and a cabochon garnet, a carbuncle, the deepest shade of red.
40 precision mare Noun UNKNOWN 4344 4339 But that quickness and precision would not be enough, Elbryan told himself. He set out from the abbey one dark and dreary morning, riding an ash-gray mare, not swift of hoof but long in heart.
underhand Noun UNKNOWN 4345 Perfect height for an underhand swing.
41 vertical efficiently Adjective Adverb UNKNOWN 4346 4340 The elf squealed and threw her sword out to the side, blade vertical, its tip nearly touching the ground. Paulson stepped inside the range and caught the spear by the shaft and rushed up its length, quickly and efficiently embedding his sword deep in the creature's chest.
42 occur staggering Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 4347 4341 And so they fought, evenly matched, for a long while, poles sometimes slapping together so rapidly that it occurred to Elbryan that, if they had some kindling, they might light a fire from friction alone! The man fell away a couple of staggering steps, grabbed the back of a chair for support, and then fell over anyway, the chair tumbling down about him.
43 err pitfall Verb Noun UNKNOWN 4348 4342 I feared that I had erred in my course, that I had returned home by memory, not by vision. Brother Justice knew the pitfalls, though.
44 gwendolyn Noun UNKNOWN 4343 Gwendolyn of the Sea since the fight," the bartender of the tavern added.
45 skirmish Noun UNKNOWN 4344 They ran all the morning, fighting often, but only quick skirmishes.
46 assortment Singular UNKNOWN 4345 He was a bit apprehensive when he got to the gates of the indicated house, a huge structure of imported materials: smooth white marble from the south, dark wooden beams from the Timberlands, and an assortment of garden artwork that could only have come from the galleries of the finest sculptors in Ursal.
47 jester Noun UNKNOWN 4346 Brother Justice's first thought was that Avelyn had hired on with this obviously wealthy merchant, perhaps to perform some necessary feat with the stones, perhaps merely as a court jester.
48 unpredictable yelp Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 4349 4347 He thought himself foolish as he neared the unpredictable Tuntun, expecting that she would find the strength to drive her dirk into his face, thus claiming a draw. The dog's legs splayed wide; it gave one yelp, then lay still, its back broken, its lungs collapsing.
49 thunderstorm foyer Noun UNKNOWN 4350 4348 Earthquakes and thunderstorms, swirling tornadoes, even exploding volcanoes, were more often than not natural events. The man pointed toward a door across the foyer.
50 volcano corn Noun Gerund UNKNOWN 4351 4349 Earthquakes and thunderstorms, swirling tornadoes, even exploding volcanoes, were more often than not natural events. He had crossed the Moorlands, corning from the west.
51 magnetic yellowish Adjective UNKNOWN 4352 4350 Lodestone was highly magnetic; its enchantment would send it fast to a metal surface. In an instant, a yellowish glow surrounded the monk, and the waves of intrusion were halted.
52 jamb Noun UNKNOWN 4351 He kicked again and again, repeatedly slamming the lock, until finally, the wood of the jamb gave way, the door flying wide to reveal a portly man, richly dressed, standing behind a large oaken desk, a loaded crossbow in hand.
53 fugitive Noun UNKNOWN 4352 Likely, the man was in no way connected to Avelyn, but still the fugitive monk remained concerned.
54 familiarity Noun UNKNOWN 4353 "How fares old Markwart?" he asked, his tone one of familiarity.
55 garner Verb UNKNOWN 4354 Obviously he had dealt with Markwart - where else would he have garnered so powerful a stone?
56 accomplish Verb UNKNOWN 4355 Many things could be accomplished with such a stone.
57 integrity Noun UNKNOWN 4356 Juicy lamb and thick cuts of venison buried in brown sauces and mushrooms, oranges that exploded in a shower of juice as soon as the integrity of their peels was breached, and large, round, yellow melons that the monk had never before seen but that were sweeter than anything he had ever tasted.
58 sheerest Noun UNKNOWN 4357 He recalled Dosey's fearful expression when he hinted that he would make the journey, a mixture, it seemed, of the sheerest horror and the highest titillation.
59 infinite Adjective UNKNOWN 4358 It seemed as if an hour went by, but then as if only a second had passed; what appeared as an infinite plain was crossed by a single step.
60 collide Verb UNKNOWN 4359 So many times he thought he would collide with jags of stone only to watch them rush under him at the last possible second.
61 ant Noun UNKNOWN 4360 Below him, massed like ants, were the campsites of armies.
62 monstrosity Noun UNKNOWN 4361 But that spectacle couldn't hold Brother Justice's attention for any length of time, not with this huge monstrosity leering at him from on high.
63 redemption Singular UNKNOWN 4362 The man had passed the point of redemption and had perhaps awakened a dangerous curiosity in the demon.
64 feeble Adjective UNKNOWN 4363 The monk drove the feeble merchant to his knees and held fast long after the struggling stopped, long after the merchant's arms fell slack at his sides.
65 belonging Noun UNKNOWN 4364 "I am at peace, a greater sense of belonging than I have ever known," the ranger said at length after more than half an hour sitting in his wooden chair in the darkness, staring at the barely perceptible mirror.
66 philosophical Adjective UNKNOWN 4365 That was the way it always happened, the needs of the day dispatching the spirit soon before the dawn, turning Elbryan's thoughts from philosophical to pragmatic.
67 platform Noun UNKNOWN 4366 Mounted sidelong on a platform, the thing would have passed for a fair-sized ballista!
68 grant Verb UNKNOWN 4367 Normally in a test of archery, each contestant would be granted a specified number of shots, with the best total score serving as the measure.
69 victorious Adjective UNKNOWN 4368 Elbryan clenched a fist, thinking himself victorious as he marked the flight.
70 roam Verb UNKNOWN 4369 His eyes betrayed his idea, roaming to the centaur's strong back.
71 giving Noun UNKNOWN 4370 A chair shattered against his back, but while Belster O'Comely groaned at the hit, the monk only laughed all the louder, giving his habitual cry, "Ho, ho, what!" Elbryan leaned on his staff, thinking this quite a show.
72 arse Noun UNKNOWN 4371 "And I could put an arrow up your arse from a hundred paces," Elbryan retorted.
73 killer Noun UNKNOWN 4372 "Ye've got yerself one dragon-killer of a bow, me friend," Bradwarden offered.
74 naturally Adverb UNKNOWN 4373 Jill was naturally strong, but surely not as strong as he had been.
75 converge Verb UNKNOWN 4374 The hundreds of purplish rings converged in the middle of the room.
76 homage Noun UNKNOWN 4375 Elbryan went right to the heart of the grove, paying homage to whoever was buried there, then came back to the edge, wanting to feel the breeze in his face.
77 downwind Verb UNKNOWN 4376 It was taking his measure, Elbryan knew, though he was not downwind and too far for most horses even to notice him.
78 steed Noun UNKNOWN 4377 He knew the magnificent steed would not return that day, and so he walked away, not in the direction in which the horse had run but back toward Dundalis.
79 silly Adjective UNKNOWN 4378 "If we missed them, I'll beat ye silly," the large man huffed at Chipmunk, who wisely shifted to the side, out of arm's reach.
80 swear Verb UNKNOWN 4379 The wind rushed past his ears, the landscape flying along beneath, such a thrill of the run, such a smoothness of stride, that Elbryan would have sworn he was flying across a cushion of air.
81 aimlessly Adverb UNKNOWN 4380 Brother Justice had not gained on his intended prey - had, in fact, lost ground, wandering aimlessly about the large city.
82 brothel deter Noun Verb UNKNOWN 4353 4381 His other needs could be taken care of in the many brothels that openly offered their wares in the city, but of course he didn't need to tell Jill, his Jilly, about that. The brave woman was not easily deterred.
83 ware nip Noun PastTense UNKNOWN 4354 4382 His other needs could be taken care of in the many brothels that openly offered their wares in the city, but of course he didn't need to tell Jill, his Jilly, about that. The demon's arms shot forward, fingers extended, and black tendrils of crackling electricity spouted from them, biting against the wall and running the length of the straight passage, nipping and snapping at Elbryan and Avelyn, at Pony and Bradwarden as they followed their friends around the bend.
84 refuge shrink Noun Verb UNKNOWN 4355 4383 She couldn't look at the man but kept her eyes locked on the stars, as if seeking refuge high above. The name "Elbryan" nipped at the edges of her mind, but with it came an overwhelming sense of grief and loss: that black wall of pain that caused her to shrink away, that had made her put the glowing ember in Connor Bildeborough's face.
85 proposal bet Noun Verb UNKNOWN 4356 4384 Her first instinct told her to refuse the proposal. "We would climb up to the top rail and bet on how long we could walk it." "My friends," Jill said, without really thinking about her answer.
86 considering suffocate Noun Gerund UNKNOWN 4357 4385 She believed him with all her heart, and she had come to love him, so she thought: What else could it be called, after all, considering that her smile came so easily whenever he was in sight? Though she was outside, she felt as if she were suffocating, closed within a space that was too tight.
87 hopping downstairs Noun UNKNOWN 4358 4386 Pettibwa was distinctly more animated, hopping up and down, breasts and belly bouncing wildly, and clapping her hands together, her cheeks fast streaking with an outburst of tears. He was downstairs soon enough, drinking and talking amid a huge crowd, for many of the area trappers had come in to lay in provisions in preparation of the coming winter.
88 plush arguing Noun UNKNOWN 4359 4387 No longer did the island seem so plush and inviting. They were a tough bunch indeed, reclusive and opinionated, men and a few women who lived by their weapons and their cunning, and Avelyn was soon enough arguing with one rake that a town whose history was as dark as that of Dundalis should be better prepared to face the danger.
89 discard hateful Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 4360 4388 Grady knew too much about Connor's nighttime pursuits for the nobleman to discard him, and though Grady had never even hinted at blackmail, Connor understood him well enough to fear him. The folk of Elkenbrook had never known such a huge gathering of goblins, could not conceive of the notion that the hateful, selfish creatures could ever band together in such numbers.
90 applaud astride Verb Noun UNKNOWN 4361 4389 Putting your maidenhead on a barbed hook and jiggling it before the baron's nephew." Grady silently applauded his conniving little sister, though his perception of her actions almost scared him; he had never thought her capable of such a beautifully treacherous play. Out from the gaps in the line came the next surprise, a goblin cavalry, the diminutive creatures astride shaggy ponies.
91 feigning disciplined Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 4362 4390 The monk leaped ahead, feigning a punch and kicking straight out for Elbryan's knee. And working in concert," he added, sweeping his arm across the panorama of the encampment, indicating the disciplined manner in which the creatures were organizing their camp.
92 royalty toll Noun UNKNOWN 4363 4391 "A lady must be well practiced in the ways of lovemaking for royalty," one of them remarked. The folk recognized the dramatic movement as a signal and braced for the charge, determined to take their toll, whatever the final outcome.
93 nonsense massacre Noun UNKNOWN 4364 4392 One of the giants continued to stammer on about bad luck and other such nonsense, trying hard to concoct some excuse that might keep its skin attached to its body. So fast and complete was the massacre that Avelyn never used his magic.
tonight Noun UNKNOWN 4365 "Tonight." And then he had left Jill with the thought.
inhibition Plural UNKNOWN 4366 He was trying to loosen up her inhibitions, and she was, too.
comments Noun UNKNOWN 4367 The ball ended far too soon, at Connor's insistence, which brought more than a few randy comments.
mansion Noun UNKNOWN 4368 And then the night, spent in the mansion of Baron Bildeborough!
obscene Adjective UNKNOWN 4369 For Jill, who had spent her life so simply, it seemed somehow obscene; a dozen people could sleep comfortably on that bed, and she needed a stepping stool to even get onto it!
kissing Noun UNKNOWN 4370 Jill felt her knees buckle and she would have gone down, except Connor was on her again, squeezing her tight, kissing her all about the face and neck.
tenderness Noun UNKNOWN 4371 Even worse, there was no love, no tenderness in his face as he stalked back to her, just heated desire, an almost angry passion.
hesitance Noun UNKNOWN 4372 Her hesitance incited his rage once more.
incite Verb UNKNOWN 4373 Her hesitance incited his rage once more.
94 log masse Noun UNKNOWN 4374 4393 She saw the ember fall from a log, orange glowing like the eye of some hideous night creature. And beyond the masses loomed a single dark silhouette, a conical mountain tipped by a steady stream of dark smoke.
95 pleadingly misshapen Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 4375 4394 She looked up pleadingly at the two women that held her, but both seemed impassive, even somehow pleased by it all, by the sight of her, and of Connor - seemed pleased by her helplessness and their part in it. Jill's eyes opened wide, the memory suddenly too vivid, the recollection of that ugly, misshapen dead thing assaulting her, telling her mind to run away.
96 helplessness unwanted Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 4376 4395 The centaur understood what the man was feeling, the sense of his own loss those years before and the helplessness now in the face of a repeat of that disaster. Might the mad friar's increasing reputation have brought unwanted recognition from the strict order?
97 magistrate deft Noun UNKNOWN 4377 4396 "We shall let the magistrate, Abbot Dobrinion, determine her fate in the morning. A deft twist by the woman turned the sword out of harm's way, allowing Brother Justice merely a glancing hit that forced Jill back a step.
98 blister ruse Verb Noun UNKNOWN 4378 4397 He burned and blistered, then browned, darker and darker, taking on the leathery appearance of those seasoned sailors around him. She understood then that his mental attack had been but a ruse, a distraction from which he could recover much faster than she.
leathery Noun UNKNOWN 4379 He burned and blistered, then browned, darker and darker, taking on the leathery appearance of those seasoned sailors around him.
99 scraggly enthusiastically Adverb UNKNOWN 4380 4398 He tried to keep clean shaven, as did his monk companions, but there was no blade fine enough, and soon all three had scraggly beards. of that marauding black bear?" asked Belster O'Comely, moving down to that end of the bar, wiping it rather enthusiastically to force two of the men away.
100 romantic lately Adjective UNKNOWN 4381 4399 All romantic notions Avelyn had held concerning sea voyages were long gone, washed away by the slow, creaking, rolling reality. Lately, though, Belster had begun changing that.
101 forbid sick Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 4382 4400 Even to utter the, name of the island without Father Abbot's permission was forbidden. "The bear was sick and dying anyway," Tol Yuganick blustered on.
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