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"lemma","pos","cefr_level","coverage_rank","global_frequency","context_sentence","context_sentence_zh","definition_zh"
"staring","Noun","UNKNOWN","2701","4","It had come so fluidly, so fast, that Elbryan was still staring at the elf when he heard the third arrow hit.","",""
"maniacal","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2702","4","Father Abbot Markwart appeared wickedly intense, the gleam in his eyes seeming almost maniacal, and certainly frightening.","",""
"lighter","Noun","UNKNOWN","2703","4","And then he felt lighter, strangely so, almost as light as he did when spirit-walking with hematite.","",""
"depression","Noun","UNKNOWN","2704","4","Just inside, Elbryan noted the hooflike depression of the centaur's track.","",""
"sear","Gerund","UNKNOWN","2705","4","All the world was blackness, was searing heat and unbearable agony, and Quintall knew no more.","",""
"central","Noun","UNKNOWN","2706","4","The central stone of the broach was a hematite, as he had suspected, an oval of liquid gray, deep and smooth.","",""
"hiss","Verb","UNKNOWN","2707","4","But then came the worst thing of all - a hissing, sizzling noise.","",""
"verge","Noun","UNKNOWN","2708","4","And so it was with a true jumble of emotions, a purely teenage churning of confusion, fear and warmth, happiness and the verge of terror, that the young woman, no longer Cat-the-Stray, drifted off to a sleep of the sweetest dreams and the starkest nightmares.","",""
"exertion","Singular","UNKNOWN","2709","4","Then came a sound not so far below them, a deep breath as one might take after great exertion.","",""
"downward","Noun","UNKNOWN","2710","4","The downward chop connected squarely on the head of the center goblin, the spearwielder, Hawkwing's incredible hardness splitting wide the creature's skull with a resounding crack!","",""
"frozen","Noun","UNKNOWN","2711","4","Jojonah held the diamond close to Avelyn, and the young monk felt its warmth flowing into his aching, frozen form.","",""
"bathe","Verb","UNKNOWN","2712","4","Elbryan realized that he was bathed in a cold sweat.","",""
"bank","Noun","UNKNOWN","2713","4","Soon the basket was full, so Elbryan hauled it back to the bank and collected another one.","",""
"sunset","Noun","UNKNOWN","2714","4","The boy believed the sun to be in the west, halfway from noon to sunset.","",""
"cryptic","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2715","4","Elbryan glared at Juraviel, in no mood for cryptic talk.","",""
"scowl","Noun","UNKNOWN","2716","4","Elbryan's scowl melted away in curiosity.","",""
"unpreparedness","Noun","UNKNOWN","2717","4","All of it: the cancer that had grown in his world, the unpreparedness, the ungodliness of St.-Mere-Abelle.","",""
"misty","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2718","4","Not so far down, they moved beneath the misty canopy, and the forested valley came clear to Elbryan.","",""
"lush","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2719","4","Gray became green as they closed, lush vegetation thick on the slopes.","",""
"unseen","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2720","4","Up on the balcony, unseen by the victim and his pair of torturers, Master Jojonah sighed and shook his head.","",""
"replay","Verb","UNKNOWN","2721","4","He forced himself to remember Dundalis, to replay the horror, that he might find a fighting edge.","",""
"false","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2722","4","For Jill, her face was a mask of paint and false smiles.","",""
"excitedly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","2723","4","""My young human!"" he said suddenly, excitedly, clapping his delicate hands together in mock glee.","",""
"promising","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2724","4","Despite the promising events, the demon now paced about its obsidian throne anxiously.","",""
"detachment","Noun","UNKNOWN","2725","4","Certainly an emotional detachment would prove healthier for this young human who had been through so much and who had so many more trying experiences ahead of him.","",""
"contemplate","Verb","B2","2726","4","Even after the showers ceased, the pair would have to wait some time before handling the heated stones, and then the work would be too furious and desperate to pause and contemplate God.","",""
"darkest","Noun","UNKNOWN","2727","4","Then he forced himself to stare at the darkest spot he could find, that his eyes could adjust more completely.","",""
"fleet","Gerund","UNKNOWN","2728","4","That notion was lost along with so many others, fleeting thoughts banging into a wall of images.","",""
"drawing","Noun","UNKNOWN","2729","4","Quintall's grasp was the darkness of the demo cold, drawing the very life force from his opponent.","",""
"boundary","Noun","UNKNOWN","2730","4","The fog had receded now to the edges of the vale, and there it hung, blurring the dark shadows of the towering mountains, blurring the boundary between earth and sky.","",""
"icy","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2731","4","Winter's icy grip weakened at last, more than three weeks after the vernal equinox.","",""
"wad","Verb","UNKNOWN","2732","4","He picked up his basket, cursed when one pant leg slipped down into the water, then waded out through the reeds.","",""
"laden","Noun","UNKNOWN","2733","4","And their poles were laden with the deer they would need, and with ...","",""
"deceivingly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","2734","4","The stream flowed around one of the deceivingly high rises, turning out of sight just a couple dozen yards from where he stood.","",""
"cling","Verb","UNKNOWN","2735","4","Avelyn clung to the powrie's sword arm, for all his life.","",""
"heritage","Noun","UNKNOWN","2736","4","It took him some time to heal, but he was strong, as is the way of your heritage.","",""
"painfully","Adverb","UNKNOWN","2737","4","The next arrow razored painfully across the back of his neck, drawing a line of bright blood.","",""
"wheel","Verb","UNKNOWN","2738","4","He wheeled, but Tuntun turned with him, staying behind him and punching out a veritable drum roll on his upper back.","",""
"groin","Noun","UNKNOWN","2739","4","A shift of the angle sent his staff poking straight up, smacking the man's groin.","",""
"clutching","Noun","UNKNOWN","2740","4","The boy went down hard, clutching and groaning, feeling suddenly weak and nauseous.","",""
"lick","Verb","UNKNOWN","2741","4","There came a bright flash and then the monk lay still, low flames licking his lifeless body.","",""
"attain","Verb","UNKNOWN","2742","4","And, in the end, it is a sense of accomplishment, of purpose, and not the wealth attained by such accomplishment, that equates to fulfillment and happiness.","",""
"agility","Noun","UNKNOWN","2743","4","A combination of strength and agility, a balanced, thinking warrior.","",""
"benefit","Noun","B2","2744","4","But it was not without its benefits.","",""
"load","Noun","UNKNOWN","2745","4","His legs grew strong and agile from carrying loads and dodging traps.","",""
"establishment","Noun","UNKNOWN","2746","4","He liked the money the establishment brought in, though, and the young woman already understood that if Graevis and.","",""
"cheap","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2747","4","Brother Justice found their stories, sputtered for the price of a few cheap ales, quite interesting.","",""
"paying","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2748","4","Elbryan held steady his breath, paying close attention, for though he could understand the melodic language, many individual words might elude him if he was not careful.","",""
"erase","Verb","UNKNOWN","2749","4","The young woman sighed deeply, paused a moment, then consciously worked hard to erase the perpetual frown from her face as she made her way to the three men calling her from the corner table.","",""
"bustle","Noun","UNKNOWN","2750","4","The moment ended all too soon, Cat-the-Stray tuning back to the bustle of the lively room about her.","",""
"gliding","Noun","UNKNOWN","2751","4","Suddenly he was off balance, and then he was sitting on the floor, the pretty barmaid gliding out of reach.","",""
"differently","Adverb","UNKNOWN","2752","4","Cat suffered his insults, but couldn't dismiss the realization that Pettibwa would have handled it differently, better.","",""
"apology","Noun","UNKNOWN","2753","4","Cat suffered the inevitable apology, the insincere man only offering it at the end of his twisted arm.","",""
"leaving","Noun","UNKNOWN","2754","4","The flight stopped, leaving Brother Justice standing right before the dais.","",""
"polite","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2755","4","To Cat-the-Stray, his adopted sister, he was always polite, too polite.","",""
"populous","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2756","4","The real challenge lay in the south, in the most prosperous and populous kingdom, in Honce-the-Bear.","",""
"fleeting","Noun","UNKNOWN","2757","4","I remembered her so very vividly that she was indeed beside me once again for a few fleeting moments.","",""
"predicament","Noun","UNKNOWN","2758","4","The reminder of Jill's predicament bolstered the monk's failing courage.","",""
"pelt","Noun","UNKNOWN","2759","4","Then came the long journey, tagging along with a merchant caravan that had swapped crafted items to the people of the small frontier village in exchange for pelts and great trees that would be used as masts for the sailing ships built in Palmaris.","",""
"orphan","Noun","UNKNOWN","2760","4","Any reservations that the nobleman's family had held toward the peasant orphan girl had been washed away when they met Jill, truly beautiful both inside and out.","",""
"splinter","Verb","UNKNOWN","2761","4","The leg had splintered in the fall; Cat could see the jagged edge of a bone poking through the skin.","",""
"jagged","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2762","4","The leg had splintered in the fall; Cat could see the jagged edge of a bone poking through the skin.","",""
"midnight","Noun","UNKNOWN","2763","4","The hours were endless, up before the dawn and not to bed again until the midnight hour had passed.","",""
"religious","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2764","4","From his lessons, years of religious training, years of his masters imparting the fears of that which opposed their God.","",""
"garish","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2765","4","Adjonas straightened, the blood rushing to his face, making that garish scar seem all the more imposing.","",""
"baldric","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2766","4","The rest of his dress, though weathered, was rich, particularly a golden brocade and jewel-studded baldric.","",""
"perilous","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2767","4","He had to set the ground rules right away or this would be a long and perilous journey indeed.","",""
"offend","Verb","UNKNOWN","2768","4","To hear his fellow monks speaking of something as sacred as love in such crude terms did surprise and offend him.","",""
"impart","Verb","UNKNOWN","2769","4","Quintall seemed disgusted, but Siherton was unbending, silently imparting to the aggravated Quintall that his.","",""
"drifting","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2770","4","Pellimar reached the drifting boat first, pulling himself cautiously up its slick, rounded side.","",""
"mainmast","Noun","UNKNOWN","2771","4","The other end of the rope was fixed to the yard of the mainmast.","",""
"observe","Verb","UNKNOWN","2772","4","He had learned to observe the world through the senses of each animal, understood now each creature's fears and needs.","",""
"twig","Noun","UNKNOWN","2773","4","A single great leap sent the beast flying away, disappearing so quickly into the twigs and branches of the forest lining the small meadow that it was lost to Elbryan's sight before he ever recovered from his lunging roll.","",""
"elm","Noun","UNKNOWN","2774","4","The giant was near a wide-branching elm with thick, solid limbs.","",""
"stature","Noun","UNKNOWN","2775","4","Though diminutive in stature, they were said to be stronger than an average man and with incredible stamina.","",""
"sparring","Noun","UNKNOWN","2776","4","But in the weekly sparring contests, Jill released enough enemies from her memories to carry her through with a ferocity that had astonished her superiors.","",""
"intend","Verb","UNKNOWN","2777","4","He forgot all about his game of surprising the pair then, and used his stealth ability to extract himself from the area, return to his tree house - which was closer to the ground than the sky - to shave and to prepare himself for his next sparring session, one he suddenly intended to win.","",""
"overrun","Noun","UNKNOWN","2778","4","The monstrous troop in the south had been overrun, so it seemed.","",""
"abrupt","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2779","4","The would be attacker skidded to an abrupt stop, recognizing the man.","",""
"correctly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","2780","4","He turned a corner within a triangle of tight pines, expecting correctly that the zombie would be there.","",""
"pivot","Noun","UNKNOWN","2781","4","The eager young man rushed through the opening, shuffling a few steps past Tallareyish's right flank, then cut a swift pivot, grabbing his pole down low with both hands and sweeping it back.","",""
"conclude","Verb","UNKNOWN","2782","4","He studied the bow as he walked, and concluded at once that this was not formed of the darkfern such as he had cut, but from a smaller plant.","",""
"shy","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2783","4","For her part, Cat kept her distance, offering a shy smile once or twice but mostly looking the other way.","",""
"disturbing","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2784","4","Cat-the-Stray shook her head violently, as if trying to launch the disturbing half memories right out of her ear.","",""
"bold","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2785","4","Avelyn and Pellimar held their breath at the bold words.","",""
"faraway","Noun","UNKNOWN","2786","4","He had hoped simply to drive the bear faraway into the deeper woodlands.","",""
"pleasant","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2787","4","Jill went to bed that night full of warm feelings, some pleasant, others too intense, too uncomfortable for her to understand.","",""
"rigging","Noun","UNKNOWN","2788","4","Smealy sent them far out on the yard, and they went easily, hanging under, hand over hand, adjusting the rigging and then sliding down the ropes to stand on the deck right beside the first hand.","",""
"feathered","Noun","UNKNOWN","2789","4","To the relief of the monks - though Quintall felt a bit of disappointment Adjonas tipped his great feathered hat to the monk and nodded slightly, a clear sign of respect.","",""
"wholly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","2790","4","Avelyn, who had worked so closely with Quintall for more than four years, found that he believed the man wholly.","",""
"clasp","PastTense","UNKNOWN","2791","4","They were not clasped, rather, his right hand was cupped, fingers set tight, forearm muscles twitching from the strain.","",""
"league","Noun","UNKNOWN","2792","4","For now Avelyn, had his duties, and his goal was growing closer with each gliding league.","",""
"chewing","Noun","UNKNOWN","2793","4","Quintall would say no more about it, leaving Avelyn chewing his lip in frustration for the rest of the afternoon.","",""
"smelly","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2794","4","A bear or a porcupine or even a smelly skunk might have slipped in here, and it was with great relief that Elbryan found the cave apparently empty, and not so large.","",""
"solace","Noun","UNKNOWN","2795","4","His only solace came in his many discussions with Master Jojonah, to whom he still felt a bond.","",""
"nightshirt","Noun","UNKNOWN","2796","4","Pony came through the brush lightly, wearing only a soft silken nightshirt that didn't reach her knees.","",""
"local","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2797","4","Pellimar suggested that they pay a visit to the local abbey.","",""
"impose","Verb","UNKNOWN","2798","4","Adjonas straightened, the blood rushing to his face, making that garish scar seem all the more imposing.","",""
"sentiment","Noun","UNKNOWN","2799","4","Brother Justice narrowed his eyes, not appreciating the sentiment, the way the foolish merchant tried to dominate him by referring to his superior in such familiar terms.","",""
"marriage","Noun","UNKNOWN","2800","4","The reaction of Pettibwa and Graevis to the news of the marriage was not hard to predict.","",""
"astronomical","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2701","3","They studied the Halo, the charts that determined the astronomical data which would indicate the time of the showers.","",""
"girdle","Noun","UNKNOWN","2702","3","Perhaps he would shine in the heavens above, a fifth light on the girdle of Progos-Behemoth!","",""
"groove","Noun","UNKNOWN","2703","3","Looking closer, Avelyn noted grooves in the wall.","",""
"lever","Verb","UNKNOWN","2704","3","Jill did see that a detachment of six soldiers was at the catapult, three working the levers, three desperately trying to hold a handful of powries at bay.","",""
"effortlessly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","2705","3","He understood the command and willed himself off the ground, drifting effortlessly toward the ceiling.","",""
"whispering","Noun","B2","2706","3","To the left came a titter, a tiny voice whispering softly.","",""
"tenfold","Noun","UNKNOWN","2707","3","The ominous growling increased tenfold, a hundredfold, deafening Avelyn, blocking the sounds of the dactyl's shrieks.","",""
"hidden","Adjective","B2","2708","3","When he was gone, Master Jojonah replaced the stones, closed the case, then went to the wall and moved the hidden switch to lock it fast.","",""
"slanting","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2709","3","A slanting ray cut in through the smoke, a single shaft of light that beckoned the girl back to the land of the living.","",""
"multitude","Noun","UNKNOWN","2710","3","Elbryan took it and, ignoring the multitude of questions that again swirled in his thoughts, silently followed.","",""
"stiffen","Verb","B2","2711","3","The elf straightened and stiffened, and leaned forward over the lunging boy's head and shoulders.","",""
"uncertain","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2712","3","Torn and uncertain, the ranger fitted an arrow to Hawkwing.","",""
"exhaustion","Singular","UNKNOWN","2713","3","Mercifully, Elbryan's grief had brought with it exhaustion, and the boy had found some sleep.","",""
"moist","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2714","3","It was warm; Elbryan felt that first, felt a soft, moist sensation gently touching all his skin.","",""
"transfer","Verb","B2","2715","3","News that she would soon be transferred to Pireth Vanguard far to the north, did little to change Jill's sullen mood.","",""
"lace","Noun","UNKNOWN","2716","3","Now, seeing her adorned in a white gown of satin and lace, her long, thick blond mane pinned up on one side and hanging loose on the other, she seemed made for royalty.","",""
"chief","Adjective","B2","2717","3","Juraviel, Elbryan's chief sponsor with Lady Dasslerond, took it lightly.","",""
"casting","Noun","B2","2718","3","The moon was above the easternmost boughs, casting slanted rays upon him, and he realized how foolish he had been and how vulnerable he now was.","",""
"flustered","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2719","3","He looked at the flustered young monk, then across the deck at the other three.","",""
"soothing","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2720","3","Soothing sounds, and that made defiant Elbryan panic even more.","",""
"pirouette","Singular","UNKNOWN","2721","3","Sometimes they held hands, and other times they let go long enough for every other elf to turn a graceful pirouette.","",""
"navigate","Verb","UNKNOWN","2722","3","Elbryan still could not navigate this area, but he was gaining some understanding.","",""
"dread","Noun","B2","2723","3","As the year progressed, as Avelyn further separated himself from the other three candidate Preparers, he came to dread his daytime matches against any of them, particularly Quintall.","",""
"mishap","Verb","UNKNOWN","2724","3","Inside, Avelyn glimpsed Siherton and Jojonah with the Father Abbot, the old man livid about the mishap in the stone room.","",""
"severe","Adjective","B2","2725","3","Thagraine and Avelyn exchanged grave looks, given the man's uncharacteristic tone and the severe look on Quintall's face.","",""
"procedure","Noun","B2","2726","3","Sometimes that work entailed exhaustive study, reading text after text and reciting procedures so many times in rapid succession that Avelyn would often continue reciting them after he had gone to sleep.","",""
"distinguish","Verb","B2","2727","3","Their fear isolates them, and they often cannot distinguish friend from foe.","",""
"rival","Adjective","B2","2728","3","By the third year, Master Siherton also became invaluable as a mediator between the two rivals from the class of God's Year 816, coaxing Quintall into easing up on his jealousy of Avelyn.","",""
"astonish","Verb","UNKNOWN","2729","3","But in the weekly sparring contests, Jill released enough enemies from her memories to carry her through with a ferocity that had astonished her superiors.","",""
"vigorously","Adverb","UNKNOWN","2730","3","The hard-headed powrie shook its head vigorously, lips flapping.","",""
"accusing","Adjective","B2","2731","3","Its head snapped about, an accusing glare falling over the trembling goblin.","",""
"urgently","Adverb","B2","2732","3","So they went on, even more urgently, accepting the grate as a sure sign that they were in an important area, probably the dactyl's own.","",""
"onlooker","Noun","UNKNOWN","2733","3","The bells of the abbey pealed repeatedly, drawing curious onlookers from the nearby village of St.-Mere-Abelle.","",""
"surf","Noun","UNKNOWN","2734","3","As he neared the pounding surf, Avelyn shifted the amber into the hand holding the malachite and brought forth its powers as well.","",""
"horizontally","Adverb","UNKNOWN","2735","3","Elbryan presented his long pole horizontally in front of him; the elf responded by crossing his two smaller poles, replicas of slender elvish swords, in the air before him.","",""
"wharf","Noun","UNKNOWN","2736","3","A new wharf had been constructed, reaching far enough out into the bay so that the Windrunner could dock.","",""
"drip","Verb","UNKNOWN","2737","3","Avelyn's brown robes were tattered and dripping; he had the stench of burned hair about him.","",""
"dunk","Noun","UNKNOWN","2738","3","He put Elbryan's head under the liquid, brought him up, sputtering, then dunked him again.","",""
"semiconscious","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2739","3","For the boy who had just witnessed such carnage and loss, the semiconscious state was preferable.","",""
"mossy","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2740","3","He was on a mossy bank, a gentle slope that put his head comfortably above his feet.","",""
"aroma","Noun","UNKNOWN","2741","3","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 ...","",""
"discomfort","Noun","UNKNOWN","2742","3","The crew were blaming the monks for their discomfort, for this whole journey.","",""
"perpetual","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2743","3","Each day seemed as the last, an existence of perpetual watch and work.","",""
"proved","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2744","3","He started to run, first left, then up, then, when that course proved too difficult, back to the right, all the while calling out for his father or mother or for anyone.","",""
"bony","Noun","UNKNOWN","2745","3","Its limbs were incredibly slender, but they weren't bumpy and bony like Jilseponie's had been when she was much younger.","",""
"solidity","Noun","UNKNOWN","2746","3","Far from it; there was a sureness, a fluid solidity to the creature that warned Elbryan this tiny foe would be more difficult than any of the goblins he had battled, perhaps more difficult even than the giant.","",""
"treetop","Noun","UNKNOWN","2747","3","Elbryan had the distinct feeling the mist and the treetops were somehow connected.","",""
"raw","Adjective","B2","2748","3","The elf politely kept the question to himself, though, understanding the wounds were too raw in this young one.","",""
"brook","Noun","UNKNOWN","2749","3","This grove - every flower, every bush, every tree and stone, and the trickling brook that crossed it - was something more than the ordinary forests of the region.","",""
"angrily","Adverb","UNKNOWN","2750","3","Cric started to respond, eagerly and angrily, it seemed to Elbryan, but the tall man went silent as Paulson stormed back over to the fire.","",""
"godliness","Noun","UNKNOWN","2751","3","It was the end, the end of hope, of any pretense of godliness.","",""
"considerably","Adverb","B2","2752","3","Juraviel's smile calmed Elbryan considerably.","",""
"anxiety","Noun","B2","2753","3","For Juraviel's anxiety was clearly etched on his fine features - how could it have been otherwise when he had been speaking to his protégé Elbryan about this very subject not a week's time past?","",""
"conduct","Noun","B2","2754","3","Had they heeded their own code of conduct, the powries would have been repulsed.","",""
"stoically","Adverb","UNKNOWN","2755","3","Even when giant footsteps were noted mingled in with those of the wretched smaller humanoids, the village leaders only shrugged stoically and began sharpening their long broadswords and heavy axes.","",""
"bobbing","Noun","UNKNOWN","2756","3","Avelyn finally reached Pellimar and hooked his arm around the bobbing man's shoulder.","",""
"beacon","Noun","UNKNOWN","2757","3","They are sparkles of unanswerable wonder, and, too, the beacons of hope.","",""
"ragged","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2758","3","Elbryan rolled his breeches up over his knees - not that the worn and ragged pants would stay that way for long!","",""
"singsong","Noun","UNKNOWN","2759","3","""Yes, mad brother Avelyn Desbris,"" she replied in the same singsong voice,","",""
"solstice","Noun","UNKNOWN","2760","3","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.","",""
"hardship","Noun","UNKNOWN","2761","3","And, again as befitted the race, they were undeniably hardy, tall and square shouldered, accustomed to hardship.","",""
"chilly","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2762","3","Thus it went for the bulk of the morning, for the bulk of every morning: the boy moving carefully about the chilly bog, collecting ten baskets of milk-stones.","",""
"leafy","Noun","UNKNOWN","2763","3","With the aid of a slanting sunbeam poking down through a break in the leafy boughs, he then spotted a series of nearly translucent trip lines, of height ranging from ankle to knee, blocking one long straight section of the trail.","",""
"zip","PastTense","UNKNOWN","2764","3","Something zipped by him, just under his chin.","",""
"entangle","Gerund","UNKNOWN","2765","3","He twisted his staff around the man's arm, hooking him under the armpit, stepped with his left foot across his body behind the man's entangled side, then heaved with all his strength, launching the wretch into the air to land heavily on his back and the back of his head.","",""
"coward","Noun","UNKNOWN","2766","3","Only a coward would shoot from the boughs.","",""
"tantalizing","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2767","3","He found, however, that as soon as his left arm extended, his fist flying so tantalizing near Tuntun's swaying head, that his moment of control had passed.","",""
"isolated","Adjective","B2","2768","3","He felt so alone and isolated, felt as if he would have been better off had these vile elves not come and rescued him from the fomorian.","",""
"sip","Noun","UNKNOWN","2769","3","She smiled at him again, pushed the wineglass, from which she had not sipped, back in front of him, and took her leave.","",""
"rein","Noun","UNKNOWN","2770","3","Elbryan slipped down from Symphony and handed his reins to Bradwarden.","",""
"fluidity","Noun","UNKNOWN","2771","3","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.","",""
"recognizable","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2772","3","The monk's body was hardly recognizable, a charred, smoldering thing.","",""
"frequent","Adjective","B2","2773","3","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.","",""
"coo","PastTense","UNKNOWN","2774","3","hair aside, and gently kissed the nape of her neck, the soft kiss turning slowly more urgent, a harder kiss, a gentle bite, and when she cooed quietly, a harder bite still.","",""
"smirk","Noun","B2","2775","3","The four crewmen of the Windrunner's boat, which was bouncing noisily against the wooden dock, sat through it all with smirking faces, thoroughly amused and certainly not impressed.","",""
"tray","Noun","UNKNOWN","2776","3","Pettibwa was forever laughing, dancing with her tray from one table to the next.","",""
"buttock","Noun","UNKNOWN","2777","3","One arm slipped down to the back of her bare leg, then up under the nightshirt, over the smooth skin of her buttocks, gently up her back, bracing her as Elbryan slowly shifted her down to the ground.","",""
"unsuspecting","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2778","3","And it was all done in such good fun that neither Graevis nor any suitor of her unsuspecting dance partner ever seemed to care.","",""
"unthreatening","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2779","3","The young woman closed her eyes and felt the gentle, unthreatening stroke on her hair.","",""
"subtly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","2780","3","One of his senses subtly called out a warning to him.","",""
"tow","Noun","UNKNOWN","2781","3","Adjonas gave a curt nod, and Quintall paced by him, the other three monks in tow.","",""
"inspired","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2782","3","The young woman made her way around the back of the inn, down a dark alley that inspired no fear, and up a gutter, to the one section of Fellowship Way's roof that was not slanted.","",""
"slug","Verb","UNKNOWN","2783","3","Jill changed tactics and began slugging the dwarf in the face instead, then poking for its eyes.","",""
"gag","Verb","UNKNOWN","2784","3","It was a dagger, small but nasty, and thrown perfectly to hit the gagged and bound woman right in the throat, just under her jawbone.","",""
"salute","Noun","UNKNOWN","2785","3","Elbryan gave a salute to that place on the forest's edge where the stallion had disappeared, a motion of respect and understanding that he and Symphony had their own separate lives but were joined now.","",""
"rooftop","Noun","UNKNOWN","2786","3","It was up on that rooftop, under a sky that was streaked by clouds and stars, that Connor first mentioned the prospect of marriage.","",""
"civilize","Verb","UNKNOWN","2787","3","Were the fifteen Holy Orders of God, the rules of righteousness, truly God inspired, or were they merely rules of keeping order within a civilized society?","",""
"leverage","Noun","UNKNOWN","2788","3","The man was impossibly strong, his stocky frame and low center of gravity giving him the leverage he needed to punish Avelyn endlessly.","",""
"unsettling","Noun","UNKNOWN","2789","3","To the small group whose very lives depended on absolute secrecy, there could have been no more unsettling possibility than that of a traitor in their midst.","",""
"ferocious","Adjective","B2","2790","3","When she wouldn't - couldn't - tell him anything about the staff-wielding stranger who had intervened in the inn, the ferocious monk had beaten her again, and now one of her eyes was swollen closed.","",""
"isle","Noun","UNKNOWN","2791","3","What Avelyn focused on, therefore, was the destination, the isle itself.","",""
"stud","Verb","UNKNOWN","2792","3","Then Avelyn saw the reason, saw clearly the powrie's studded bracers, glowing fiercely with enchantment.","",""
"garment","Noun","UNKNOWN","2793","3","His hand came up and unlaced her cloak; and she let the garment drop without protest, cool air on her skin.","",""
"crop","Verb","B2","2794","3","The crack of the crop brought Jojonah's attention back to the scene at hand.","",""
"glisten","Verb","UNKNOWN","2795","3","The ceremony began before dawn, intensified as the sun glistened on the horizon across the waters, then went on and on, one prayer after another, each song louder than the previous.","",""
"disturb","Verb","B2","2796","3","The pair slowed as they approached, knowing that to disturb Paulson usually meant a slap on the head.","",""
"curt","Noun","UNKNOWN","2797","3","Adjonas gave a curt nod, and Quintall paced by him, the other three monks in tow.","",""
"skittish","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2798","3","And to a deer, perhaps the most skittish creature of all ...","",""
"twitch","Gerund","UNKNOWN","2799","3","The deer's head came up, ears twitching, scanning; Elbryan's smile vanished.","",""
"uneven","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2800","3","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.","",""
1 lemma pos cefr_level coverage_rank global_frequency context_sentence context_sentence_zh definition_zh
2 staring astronomical Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 2701 4 3 It had come so fluidly, so fast, that Elbryan was still staring at the elf when he heard the third arrow hit. They studied the Halo, the charts that determined the astronomical data which would indicate the time of the showers.
3 maniacal girdle Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 2702 4 3 Father Abbot Markwart appeared wickedly intense, the gleam in his eyes seeming almost maniacal, and certainly frightening. Perhaps he would shine in the heavens above, a fifth light on the girdle of Progos-Behemoth!
4 lighter groove Noun UNKNOWN 2703 4 3 And then he felt lighter, strangely so, almost as light as he did when spirit-walking with hematite. Looking closer, Avelyn noted grooves in the wall.
5 depression lever Noun Verb UNKNOWN 2704 4 3 Just inside, Elbryan noted the hooflike depression of the centaur's track. Jill did see that a detachment of six soldiers was at the catapult, three working the levers, three desperately trying to hold a handful of powries at bay.
6 sear effortlessly Gerund Adverb UNKNOWN 2705 4 3 All the world was blackness, was searing heat and unbearable agony, and Quintall knew no more. He understood the command and willed himself off the ground, drifting effortlessly toward the ceiling.
7 central whispering Noun UNKNOWN B2 2706 4 3 The central stone of the broach was a hematite, as he had suspected, an oval of liquid gray, deep and smooth. To the left came a titter, a tiny voice whispering softly.
8 hiss tenfold Verb Noun UNKNOWN 2707 4 3 But then came the worst thing of all - a hissing, sizzling noise. The ominous growling increased tenfold, a hundredfold, deafening Avelyn, blocking the sounds of the dactyl's shrieks.
9 verge hidden Noun Adjective UNKNOWN B2 2708 4 3 And so it was with a true jumble of emotions, a purely teenage churning of confusion, fear and warmth, happiness and the verge of terror, that the young woman, no longer Cat-the-Stray, drifted off to a sleep of the sweetest dreams and the starkest nightmares. When he was gone, Master Jojonah replaced the stones, closed the case, then went to the wall and moved the hidden switch to lock it fast.
10 exertion slanting Singular Adjective UNKNOWN 2709 4 3 Then came a sound not so far below them, a deep breath as one might take after great exertion. A slanting ray cut in through the smoke, a single shaft of light that beckoned the girl back to the land of the living.
11 downward multitude Noun UNKNOWN 2710 4 3 The downward chop connected squarely on the head of the center goblin, the spearwielder, Hawkwing's incredible hardness splitting wide the creature's skull with a resounding crack! Elbryan took it and, ignoring the multitude of questions that again swirled in his thoughts, silently followed.
12 frozen stiffen Noun Verb UNKNOWN B2 2711 4 3 Jojonah held the diamond close to Avelyn, and the young monk felt its warmth flowing into his aching, frozen form. The elf straightened and stiffened, and leaned forward over the lunging boy's head and shoulders.
13 bathe uncertain Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 2712 4 3 Elbryan realized that he was bathed in a cold sweat. Torn and uncertain, the ranger fitted an arrow to Hawkwing.
14 bank exhaustion Noun Singular UNKNOWN 2713 4 3 Soon the basket was full, so Elbryan hauled it back to the bank and collected another one. Mercifully, Elbryan's grief had brought with it exhaustion, and the boy had found some sleep.
15 sunset moist Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 2714 4 3 The boy believed the sun to be in the west, halfway from noon to sunset. It was warm; Elbryan felt that first, felt a soft, moist sensation gently touching all his skin.
16 cryptic transfer Adjective Verb UNKNOWN B2 2715 4 3 Elbryan glared at Juraviel, in no mood for cryptic talk. News that she would soon be transferred to Pireth Vanguard far to the north, did little to change Jill's sullen mood.
17 scowl lace Noun UNKNOWN 2716 4 3 Elbryan's scowl melted away in curiosity. Now, seeing her adorned in a white gown of satin and lace, her long, thick blond mane pinned up on one side and hanging loose on the other, she seemed made for royalty.
18 unpreparedness chief Noun Adjective UNKNOWN B2 2717 4 3 All of it: the cancer that had grown in his world, the unpreparedness, the ungodliness of St.-Mere-Abelle. Juraviel, Elbryan's chief sponsor with Lady Dasslerond, took it lightly.
19 misty casting Adjective Noun UNKNOWN B2 2718 4 3 Not so far down, they moved beneath the misty canopy, and the forested valley came clear to Elbryan. The moon was above the easternmost boughs, casting slanted rays upon him, and he realized how foolish he had been and how vulnerable he now was.
20 lush flustered Adjective UNKNOWN 2719 4 3 Gray became green as they closed, lush vegetation thick on the slopes. He looked at the flustered young monk, then across the deck at the other three.
21 unseen soothing Adjective UNKNOWN 2720 4 3 Up on the balcony, unseen by the victim and his pair of torturers, Master Jojonah sighed and shook his head. Soothing sounds, and that made defiant Elbryan panic even more.
22 replay pirouette Verb Singular UNKNOWN 2721 4 3 He forced himself to remember Dundalis, to replay the horror, that he might find a fighting edge. Sometimes they held hands, and other times they let go long enough for every other elf to turn a graceful pirouette.
23 false navigate Adjective Verb UNKNOWN 2722 4 3 For Jill, her face was a mask of paint and false smiles. Elbryan still could not navigate this area, but he was gaining some understanding.
24 excitedly dread Adverb Noun UNKNOWN B2 2723 4 3 "My young human!" he said suddenly, excitedly, clapping his delicate hands together in mock glee. As the year progressed, as Avelyn further separated himself from the other three candidate Preparers, he came to dread his daytime matches against any of them, particularly Quintall.
25 promising mishap Adjective Verb UNKNOWN 2724 4 3 Despite the promising events, the demon now paced about its obsidian throne anxiously. Inside, Avelyn glimpsed Siherton and Jojonah with the Father Abbot, the old man livid about the mishap in the stone room.
26 detachment severe Noun Adjective UNKNOWN B2 2725 4 3 Certainly an emotional detachment would prove healthier for this young human who had been through so much and who had so many more trying experiences ahead of him. Thagraine and Avelyn exchanged grave looks, given the man's uncharacteristic tone and the severe look on Quintall's face.
27 contemplate procedure Verb Noun B2 2726 4 3 Even after the showers ceased, the pair would have to wait some time before handling the heated stones, and then the work would be too furious and desperate to pause and contemplate God. Sometimes that work entailed exhaustive study, reading text after text and reciting procedures so many times in rapid succession that Avelyn would often continue reciting them after he had gone to sleep.
28 darkest distinguish Noun Verb UNKNOWN B2 2727 4 3 Then he forced himself to stare at the darkest spot he could find, that his eyes could adjust more completely. Their fear isolates them, and they often cannot distinguish friend from foe.
29 fleet rival Gerund Adjective UNKNOWN B2 2728 4 3 That notion was lost along with so many others, fleeting thoughts banging into a wall of images. By the third year, Master Siherton also became invaluable as a mediator between the two rivals from the class of God's Year 816, coaxing Quintall into easing up on his jealousy of Avelyn.
30 drawing astonish Noun Verb UNKNOWN 2729 4 3 Quintall's grasp was the darkness of the demo cold, drawing the very life force from his opponent. But in the weekly sparring contests, Jill released enough enemies from her memories to carry her through with a ferocity that had astonished her superiors.
31 boundary vigorously Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 2730 4 3 The fog had receded now to the edges of the vale, and there it hung, blurring the dark shadows of the towering mountains, blurring the boundary between earth and sky. The hard-headed powrie shook its head vigorously, lips flapping.
32 icy accusing Adjective UNKNOWN B2 2731 4 3 Winter's icy grip weakened at last, more than three weeks after the vernal equinox. Its head snapped about, an accusing glare falling over the trembling goblin.
33 wad urgently Verb Adverb UNKNOWN B2 2732 4 3 He picked up his basket, cursed when one pant leg slipped down into the water, then waded out through the reeds. So they went on, even more urgently, accepting the grate as a sure sign that they were in an important area, probably the dactyl's own.
34 laden onlooker Noun UNKNOWN 2733 4 3 And their poles were laden with the deer they would need, and with ... The bells of the abbey pealed repeatedly, drawing curious onlookers from the nearby village of St.-Mere-Abelle.
35 deceivingly surf Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 2734 4 3 The stream flowed around one of the deceivingly high rises, turning out of sight just a couple dozen yards from where he stood. As he neared the pounding surf, Avelyn shifted the amber into the hand holding the malachite and brought forth its powers as well.
36 cling horizontally Verb Adverb UNKNOWN 2735 4 3 Avelyn clung to the powrie's sword arm, for all his life. Elbryan presented his long pole horizontally in front of him; the elf responded by crossing his two smaller poles, replicas of slender elvish swords, in the air before him.
37 heritage wharf Noun UNKNOWN 2736 4 3 It took him some time to heal, but he was strong, as is the way of your heritage. A new wharf had been constructed, reaching far enough out into the bay so that the Windrunner could dock.
38 painfully drip Adverb Verb UNKNOWN 2737 4 3 The next arrow razored painfully across the back of his neck, drawing a line of bright blood. Avelyn's brown robes were tattered and dripping; he had the stench of burned hair about him.
39 wheel dunk Verb Noun UNKNOWN 2738 4 3 He wheeled, but Tuntun turned with him, staying behind him and punching out a veritable drum roll on his upper back. He put Elbryan's head under the liquid, brought him up, sputtering, then dunked him again.
40 groin semiconscious Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 2739 4 3 A shift of the angle sent his staff poking straight up, smacking the man's groin. For the boy who had just witnessed such carnage and loss, the semiconscious state was preferable.
41 clutching mossy Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 2740 4 3 The boy went down hard, clutching and groaning, feeling suddenly weak and nauseous. He was on a mossy bank, a gentle slope that put his head comfortably above his feet.
42 lick aroma Verb Noun UNKNOWN 2741 4 3 There came a bright flash and then the monk lay still, low flames licking his lifeless body. 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 ...
43 attain discomfort Verb Noun UNKNOWN 2742 4 3 And, in the end, it is a sense of accomplishment, of purpose, and not the wealth attained by such accomplishment, that equates to fulfillment and happiness. The crew were blaming the monks for their discomfort, for this whole journey.
44 agility perpetual Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 2743 4 3 A combination of strength and agility, a balanced, thinking warrior. Each day seemed as the last, an existence of perpetual watch and work.
45 benefit proved Noun Adjective B2 UNKNOWN 2744 4 3 But it was not without its benefits. He started to run, first left, then up, then, when that course proved too difficult, back to the right, all the while calling out for his father or mother or for anyone.
46 load bony Noun UNKNOWN 2745 4 3 His legs grew strong and agile from carrying loads and dodging traps. Its limbs were incredibly slender, but they weren't bumpy and bony like Jilseponie's had been when she was much younger.
47 establishment solidity Noun UNKNOWN 2746 4 3 He liked the money the establishment brought in, though, and the young woman already understood that if Graevis and. Far from it; there was a sureness, a fluid solidity to the creature that warned Elbryan this tiny foe would be more difficult than any of the goblins he had battled, perhaps more difficult even than the giant.
48 cheap treetop Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 2747 4 3 Brother Justice found their stories, sputtered for the price of a few cheap ales, quite interesting. Elbryan had the distinct feeling the mist and the treetops were somehow connected.
49 paying raw Adjective UNKNOWN B2 2748 4 3 Elbryan held steady his breath, paying close attention, for though he could understand the melodic language, many individual words might elude him if he was not careful. The elf politely kept the question to himself, though, understanding the wounds were too raw in this young one.
50 erase brook Verb Noun UNKNOWN 2749 4 3 The young woman sighed deeply, paused a moment, then consciously worked hard to erase the perpetual frown from her face as she made her way to the three men calling her from the corner table. This grove - every flower, every bush, every tree and stone, and the trickling brook that crossed it - was something more than the ordinary forests of the region.
51 bustle angrily Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 2750 4 3 The moment ended all too soon, Cat-the-Stray tuning back to the bustle of the lively room about her. Cric started to respond, eagerly and angrily, it seemed to Elbryan, but the tall man went silent as Paulson stormed back over to the fire.
52 gliding godliness Noun UNKNOWN 2751 4 3 Suddenly he was off balance, and then he was sitting on the floor, the pretty barmaid gliding out of reach. It was the end, the end of hope, of any pretense of godliness.
53 differently considerably Adverb UNKNOWN B2 2752 4 3 Cat suffered his insults, but couldn't dismiss the realization that Pettibwa would have handled it differently, better. Juraviel's smile calmed Elbryan considerably.
54 apology anxiety Noun UNKNOWN B2 2753 4 3 Cat suffered the inevitable apology, the insincere man only offering it at the end of his twisted arm. For Juraviel's anxiety was clearly etched on his fine features - how could it have been otherwise when he had been speaking to his protégé Elbryan about this very subject not a week's time past?
55 leaving conduct Noun UNKNOWN B2 2754 4 3 The flight stopped, leaving Brother Justice standing right before the dais. Had they heeded their own code of conduct, the powries would have been repulsed.
56 polite stoically Adjective Adverb UNKNOWN 2755 4 3 To Cat-the-Stray, his adopted sister, he was always polite, too polite. Even when giant footsteps were noted mingled in with those of the wretched smaller humanoids, the village leaders only shrugged stoically and began sharpening their long broadswords and heavy axes.
57 populous bobbing Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 2756 4 3 The real challenge lay in the south, in the most prosperous and populous kingdom, in Honce-the-Bear. Avelyn finally reached Pellimar and hooked his arm around the bobbing man's shoulder.
58 fleeting beacon Noun UNKNOWN 2757 4 3 I remembered her so very vividly that she was indeed beside me once again for a few fleeting moments. They are sparkles of unanswerable wonder, and, too, the beacons of hope.
59 predicament ragged Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 2758 4 3 The reminder of Jill's predicament bolstered the monk's failing courage. Elbryan rolled his breeches up over his knees - not that the worn and ragged pants would stay that way for long!
60 pelt singsong Noun UNKNOWN 2759 4 3 Then came the long journey, tagging along with a merchant caravan that had swapped crafted items to the people of the small frontier village in exchange for pelts and great trees that would be used as masts for the sailing ships built in Palmaris. "Yes, mad brother Avelyn Desbris," she replied in the same singsong voice,
61 orphan solstice Noun UNKNOWN 2760 4 3 Any reservations that the nobleman's family had held toward the peasant orphan girl had been washed away when they met Jill, truly beautiful both inside and out. 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.
62 splinter hardship Verb Noun UNKNOWN 2761 4 3 The leg had splintered in the fall; Cat could see the jagged edge of a bone poking through the skin. And, again as befitted the race, they were undeniably hardy, tall and square shouldered, accustomed to hardship.
63 jagged chilly Adjective UNKNOWN 2762 4 3 The leg had splintered in the fall; Cat could see the jagged edge of a bone poking through the skin. Thus it went for the bulk of the morning, for the bulk of every morning: the boy moving carefully about the chilly bog, collecting ten baskets of milk-stones.
64 midnight leafy Noun UNKNOWN 2763 4 3 The hours were endless, up before the dawn and not to bed again until the midnight hour had passed. With the aid of a slanting sunbeam poking down through a break in the leafy boughs, he then spotted a series of nearly translucent trip lines, of height ranging from ankle to knee, blocking one long straight section of the trail.
65 religious zip Adjective PastTense UNKNOWN 2764 4 3 From his lessons, years of religious training, years of his masters imparting the fears of that which opposed their God. Something zipped by him, just under his chin.
66 garish entangle Adjective Gerund UNKNOWN 2765 4 3 Adjonas straightened, the blood rushing to his face, making that garish scar seem all the more imposing. He twisted his staff around the man's arm, hooking him under the armpit, stepped with his left foot across his body behind the man's entangled side, then heaved with all his strength, launching the wretch into the air to land heavily on his back and the back of his head.
67 baldric coward Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 2766 4 3 The rest of his dress, though weathered, was rich, particularly a golden brocade and jewel-studded baldric. Only a coward would shoot from the boughs.
68 perilous tantalizing Adjective UNKNOWN 2767 4 3 He had to set the ground rules right away or this would be a long and perilous journey indeed. He found, however, that as soon as his left arm extended, his fist flying so tantalizing near Tuntun's swaying head, that his moment of control had passed.
69 offend isolated Verb Adjective UNKNOWN B2 2768 4 3 To hear his fellow monks speaking of something as sacred as love in such crude terms did surprise and offend him. He felt so alone and isolated, felt as if he would have been better off had these vile elves not come and rescued him from the fomorian.
70 impart sip Verb Noun UNKNOWN 2769 4 3 Quintall seemed disgusted, but Siherton was unbending, silently imparting to the aggravated Quintall that his. She smiled at him again, pushed the wineglass, from which she had not sipped, back in front of him, and took her leave.
71 drifting rein Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 2770 4 3 Pellimar reached the drifting boat first, pulling himself cautiously up its slick, rounded side. Elbryan slipped down from Symphony and handed his reins to Bradwarden.
72 mainmast fluidity Noun UNKNOWN 2771 4 3 The other end of the rope was fixed to the yard of the mainmast. 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.
73 observe recognizable Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 2772 4 3 He had learned to observe the world through the senses of each animal, understood now each creature's fears and needs. The monk's body was hardly recognizable, a charred, smoldering thing.
74 twig frequent Noun Adjective UNKNOWN B2 2773 4 3 A single great leap sent the beast flying away, disappearing so quickly into the twigs and branches of the forest lining the small meadow that it was lost to Elbryan's sight before he ever recovered from his lunging roll. 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.
75 elm coo Noun PastTense UNKNOWN 2774 4 3 The giant was near a wide-branching elm with thick, solid limbs. hair aside, and gently kissed the nape of her neck, the soft kiss turning slowly more urgent, a harder kiss, a gentle bite, and when she cooed quietly, a harder bite still.
76 stature smirk Noun UNKNOWN B2 2775 4 3 Though diminutive in stature, they were said to be stronger than an average man and with incredible stamina. The four crewmen of the Windrunner's boat, which was bouncing noisily against the wooden dock, sat through it all with smirking faces, thoroughly amused and certainly not impressed.
77 sparring tray Noun UNKNOWN 2776 4 3 But in the weekly sparring contests, Jill released enough enemies from her memories to carry her through with a ferocity that had astonished her superiors. Pettibwa was forever laughing, dancing with her tray from one table to the next.
78 intend buttock Verb Noun UNKNOWN 2777 4 3 He forgot all about his game of surprising the pair then, and used his stealth ability to extract himself from the area, return to his tree house - which was closer to the ground than the sky - to shave and to prepare himself for his next sparring session, one he suddenly intended to win. One arm slipped down to the back of her bare leg, then up under the nightshirt, over the smooth skin of her buttocks, gently up her back, bracing her as Elbryan slowly shifted her down to the ground.
79 overrun unsuspecting Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 2778 4 3 The monstrous troop in the south had been overrun, so it seemed. And it was all done in such good fun that neither Graevis nor any suitor of her unsuspecting dance partner ever seemed to care.
80 abrupt unthreatening Adjective UNKNOWN 2779 4 3 The would be attacker skidded to an abrupt stop, recognizing the man. The young woman closed her eyes and felt the gentle, unthreatening stroke on her hair.
81 correctly subtly Adverb UNKNOWN 2780 4 3 He turned a corner within a triangle of tight pines, expecting correctly that the zombie would be there. One of his senses subtly called out a warning to him.
82 pivot tow Noun UNKNOWN 2781 4 3 The eager young man rushed through the opening, shuffling a few steps past Tallareyish's right flank, then cut a swift pivot, grabbing his pole down low with both hands and sweeping it back. Adjonas gave a curt nod, and Quintall paced by him, the other three monks in tow.
83 conclude inspired Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 2782 4 3 He studied the bow as he walked, and concluded at once that this was not formed of the darkfern such as he had cut, but from a smaller plant. The young woman made her way around the back of the inn, down a dark alley that inspired no fear, and up a gutter, to the one section of Fellowship Way's roof that was not slanted.
84 shy slug Adjective Verb UNKNOWN 2783 4 3 For her part, Cat kept her distance, offering a shy smile once or twice but mostly looking the other way. Jill changed tactics and began slugging the dwarf in the face instead, then poking for its eyes.
85 disturbing gag Adjective Verb UNKNOWN 2784 4 3 Cat-the-Stray shook her head violently, as if trying to launch the disturbing half memories right out of her ear. It was a dagger, small but nasty, and thrown perfectly to hit the gagged and bound woman right in the throat, just under her jawbone.
86 bold salute Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 2785 4 3 Avelyn and Pellimar held their breath at the bold words. Elbryan gave a salute to that place on the forest's edge where the stallion had disappeared, a motion of respect and understanding that he and Symphony had their own separate lives but were joined now.
87 faraway rooftop Noun UNKNOWN 2786 4 3 He had hoped simply to drive the bear faraway into the deeper woodlands. It was up on that rooftop, under a sky that was streaked by clouds and stars, that Connor first mentioned the prospect of marriage.
88 pleasant civilize Adjective Verb UNKNOWN 2787 4 3 Jill went to bed that night full of warm feelings, some pleasant, others too intense, too uncomfortable for her to understand. Were the fifteen Holy Orders of God, the rules of righteousness, truly God inspired, or were they merely rules of keeping order within a civilized society?
89 rigging leverage Noun UNKNOWN 2788 4 3 Smealy sent them far out on the yard, and they went easily, hanging under, hand over hand, adjusting the rigging and then sliding down the ropes to stand on the deck right beside the first hand. The man was impossibly strong, his stocky frame and low center of gravity giving him the leverage he needed to punish Avelyn endlessly.
90 feathered unsettling Noun UNKNOWN 2789 4 3 To the relief of the monks - though Quintall felt a bit of disappointment Adjonas tipped his great feathered hat to the monk and nodded slightly, a clear sign of respect. To the small group whose very lives depended on absolute secrecy, there could have been no more unsettling possibility than that of a traitor in their midst.
91 wholly ferocious Adverb Adjective UNKNOWN B2 2790 4 3 Avelyn, who had worked so closely with Quintall for more than four years, found that he believed the man wholly. When she wouldn't - couldn't - tell him anything about the staff-wielding stranger who had intervened in the inn, the ferocious monk had beaten her again, and now one of her eyes was swollen closed.
92 clasp isle PastTense Noun UNKNOWN 2791 4 3 They were not clasped, rather, his right hand was cupped, fingers set tight, forearm muscles twitching from the strain. What Avelyn focused on, therefore, was the destination, the isle itself.
93 league stud Noun Verb UNKNOWN 2792 4 3 For now Avelyn, had his duties, and his goal was growing closer with each gliding league. Then Avelyn saw the reason, saw clearly the powrie's studded bracers, glowing fiercely with enchantment.
94 chewing garment Noun UNKNOWN 2793 4 3 Quintall would say no more about it, leaving Avelyn chewing his lip in frustration for the rest of the afternoon. His hand came up and unlaced her cloak; and she let the garment drop without protest, cool air on her skin.
95 smelly crop Adjective Verb UNKNOWN B2 2794 4 3 A bear or a porcupine or even a smelly skunk might have slipped in here, and it was with great relief that Elbryan found the cave apparently empty, and not so large. The crack of the crop brought Jojonah's attention back to the scene at hand.
96 solace glisten Noun Verb UNKNOWN 2795 4 3 His only solace came in his many discussions with Master Jojonah, to whom he still felt a bond. The ceremony began before dawn, intensified as the sun glistened on the horizon across the waters, then went on and on, one prayer after another, each song louder than the previous.
97 nightshirt disturb Noun Verb UNKNOWN B2 2796 4 3 Pony came through the brush lightly, wearing only a soft silken nightshirt that didn't reach her knees. The pair slowed as they approached, knowing that to disturb Paulson usually meant a slap on the head.
98 local curt Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 2797 4 3 Pellimar suggested that they pay a visit to the local abbey. Adjonas gave a curt nod, and Quintall paced by him, the other three monks in tow.
99 impose skittish Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 2798 4 3 Adjonas straightened, the blood rushing to his face, making that garish scar seem all the more imposing. And to a deer, perhaps the most skittish creature of all ...
100 sentiment twitch Noun Gerund UNKNOWN 2799 4 3 Brother Justice narrowed his eyes, not appreciating the sentiment, the way the foolish merchant tried to dominate him by referring to his superior in such familiar terms. The deer's head came up, ears twitching, scanning; Elbryan's smile vanished.
101 marriage uneven Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 2800 4 3 The reaction of Pettibwa and Graevis to the news of the marriage was not hard to predict. 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.