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"lemma","pos","cefr_level","coverage_rank","global_frequency","context_sentence","context_sentence_zh","definition_zh"
"fortify","Verb","UNKNOWN","2901","4","The two giants banged against the fortified wall for a moment, then simply stepped over it.","",""
"emissary","Noun","UNKNOWN","2902","4","This time, though, more than a few of the village folk were considering their options should an emissary approach.","",""
"telepathically","Adverb","UNKNOWN","2903","4","You have destroyed the fool Dosey, then, the creature telepathically imparted to the monk, and have stolen his treasure.","",""
"guided","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2904","4","Elbryan could hardly believe that he hadn't found this grove before, that his ranger instincts hadn't guided him to a place so naturally perfect, so in tune with the harmony of the forest.","",""
"nicker","Verb","UNKNOWN","2905","4","The horse nickered and threw back his head.","",""
"conventional","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2906","4","At first, the monk used the conventional methods, the same lessons that had been given to him in St.-Mere-Abelle.","",""
"confront","Verb","B2","2907","4","She was confronting her past, the monk knew, and he was glad of that, though he wished he could be of more help to the young woman.","",""
"underestimate","Verb","UNKNOWN","2908","4","But still she feared that his decision was folly, based on his underestimating the pain within her.","",""
"creak","Gerund","UNKNOWN","2909","4","As if on cue, the burning catapult creaked again and slanted over farther.","",""
"kicking","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2910","4","Those monsters that did make it down found Bradwarden and his cudgel waiting for them, the centaur kicking and smashing with abandon.","",""
"sidestep","Gerund","UNKNOWN","2911","4","She dodged each, sidestepping, then came in hard with a thrust of her own.","",""
"dizzying","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2912","4","His power, sheer strength, was dizzying, overwhelming.","",""
"flurry","Noun","UNKNOWN","2913","4","Then the ranger went into a flurry: poking, swishing the staff side to side, then pulling it straight across, and alternating a series of heavy blows, left hand leading, right hand leading.","",""
"descending","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2914","4","Pony looked to the fight as she rose, saw Elbryan, Hawkwing in one hand, Tempest in the other, jump out of the path of a fast descending club, then leap back suddenly as a sword swished across.","",""
"dizziness","Noun","UNKNOWN","2915","4","It went down hard, groaning, trying to shake the dizziness, growling against the searing pain.","",""
"shorten","Verb","UNKNOWN","2916","4","The ranger elbowed through the brawl, blocking punches whenever necessary, felling with three shortened blows yet another villager who tried to pounce upon him.","",""
"prop","Verb","UNKNOWN","2917","4","Less than ten steps into the woods, he heard a single thump, a centaur's kick against a head propped by a tree trunk, and he knew that it was finished.","",""
"harshly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","2918","4","He ran about, kicking at feet, whispering harshly, until all the humans were roused.","",""
"puddle","Noun","UNKNOWN","2919","4","Every so often, the pair crossed a low spot, a muddy puddle, and Elbryan spotted the deep tracks of Bradwarden.","",""
"scattered","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2920","4","Goblins and powries scattered or were crushed beneath the charge, a hundred wild horses stampeding along the ravine.","",""
"appreciation","Singular","UNKNOWN","2921","4","- bow and a long dagger - and with a final look Symphony's way, a final nod of appreciation, she ran off into the night.","",""
"repay","Verb","UNKNOWN","2922","4","I told you that I meant to repay a debt.""","",""
"afore","Adverb","UNKNOWN","2923","4","I've waited them out afore, and I'll wait them out again!'.""","",""
"hum","Verb","UNKNOWN","2924","4","Hawkwing's bowstring hummed, the arrow flying true, diving into the back of the peeing goblin's head.","",""
"bark","Noun","UNKNOWN","2925","4","One of the powries stood tall on the first catapult, barking out commands.","",""
"stampede","Noun","UNKNOWN","2926","4","Goblins and powries scattered or were crushed beneath the charge, a hundred wild horses stampeding along the ravine.","",""
"haven","Noun","UNKNOWN","2927","4","Eventually, if they cannot find a haven, they will be killed, one at a time, perhaps, as was poor Cric, or perhaps the goblins will discover their camp in the night and slaughter them all.","",""
"unmistakable","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2928","4","Avelyn and Bradwarden were thrilled to see their companions again, but their smiles could not hold against the tears running down Pony's cheeks and the unmistakable mist in Elbryan's eyes.","",""
"thorn","Noun","UNKNOWN","2929","4","They had become a large thorn in the side of the invading army, and no doubt the monstrous leaders in Dundalis and the other villages wanted to get the secretive band out in the open and deal with them once and for all.","",""
"lodestone","Noun","UNKNOWN","2930","4","Lodestone was highly magnetic; its enchantment would send it fast to a metal surface.","",""
"praying","Noun","UNKNOWN","2931","4","Avelyn lay across the centaur's back, staring more behind than ahead, praying for his companions.","",""
"hoping","Noun","UNKNOWN","2932","4","No other options; the ranger decided, and so he scrambled ahead, hoping to get a firm handhold, that he might propel Pony over him, over the stone, out to freedom in the dark night.","",""
"passageway","Noun","UNKNOWN","2933","4","Elbryan slammed hard, into the wall of the narrow passageway with his already broken arm.","",""
"volatile","Adjective","C1","2934","4","Elbryan looked at Bradwarden, and the centaur only shrugged, not about to disagree with the volatile friar's estimation of himself.","",""
"subject","Noun","A2","2935","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?","",""
"healthy","Adjective","A2","2936","3","Elbryan lifted Tempest with his healthy arm.","",""
"develop","Verb","A2","2937","3","Jojonah didn't really doubt that - he just wondered why in the name of God such a technique had ever been developed!","",""
"funny","Adjective","A2","2938","3","It is a funny thing, memory.","",""
"influence","Noun","B1","2939","3","It had awakened, darkness rising, and already its influence was spreading throughout Corona.","",""
"involve","Verb","B1","2940","3","Pony, who hadn't been involved in the previous discussion at Avelyn's bedside, seemed not to understand.","",""
"quality","Noun","B1","2941","3","Elbryan had that same impish quality about him as Mather, a love and luster of life, lurking just below the surface.","",""
"society","Noun","B1","2942","3","Cat realized that she should have appeared more impressed, but in truth, little about society had ever meant anything to her.","",""
"disturb","Verb","B1","2943","3","The pair slowed as they approached, knowing that to disturb Paulson usually meant a slap on the head.","",""
"background","Noun","B1","2944","3","He knew it was music, though it seemed too soft, too much in the background for him to actually hear it.","",""
"average","Adjective","B1","2945","3","Though diminutive in stature, they were said to be stronger than an average man and with incredible stamina.","",""
"social","Adjective","B1","2946","3","She would dress in the finest gowns and attend the highest social events in Palmaris, even in Ursal!","",""
"address","Verb","B1","2947","3","""Wait until they close,"" the ranger said again, addressing the whole group.","",""
"lonely","Adjective","B1","2948","3","A short while later one haggard-looking soldier - a man of forty years by the name of Gofflaw, who had spent more than half his wretched life in the Kingsmen, including a dozen years in the Coastpoint Guards shuffling from one lonely outpost to another came staggering out to the wall, making his way toward Jill.","",""
"audience","Singular","B1","2949","3","She went in expecting a brewing row, but found instead that the mad friar, this time, had a fairly attentive audience.","",""
"stirring","Noun","UNKNOWN","2950","3","It didn't seem such a momentous thing, just a gradual stirring in a deep cave in a far, empty mountain.","",""
"wandering","Noun","UNKNOWN","2951","3","The tangible, corporeal body felt good to the wandering spirit.","",""
"rend","Gerund","UNKNOWN","2952","3","Hooves of music rend the gloom","",""
"grown","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2953","3","Obviously the man, or elf or whatever it might be, was important to the Touel'alfar; obviously they had graced this place, this cairn and the grove that had grown about it, with more than a small measure of their magic.","",""
"horn","Noun","UNKNOWN","2954","3","Neither did that hair hide the creature's horns, thumb sized and curling in toward each other at the top of the demon's brow.","",""
"reddish","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2955","3","The texture of its skin was rough and thick, an armored hide, reddish in hue and shiny, as if lit by its own inner glow.","",""
"humanlike","Noun","UNKNOWN","2956","3","The demon spread wide its black wings and reached back with one humanlike arm, claws extended toward the flowing lava, grabbing the power and channeling it.","",""
"hooked","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2957","3","The demon extended its fingernails, transformed them into hooked claws, and grew its teeth-two pointed canines extending down over its bottom lip.","",""
"devastate","Verb","UNKNOWN","2958","3","Every part of the demon was a weapon, devastating and deadly.","",""
"rally","Verb","UNKNOWN","2959","3","It cursed aloud the name of Terranen Dinoniel, who had rallied the humans and the elves, chasing the dactyl's armies back to the base of this mountain, Aida.","",""
"sickening","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2960","3","A sickening feeling washed over Elbryan.","",""
"scurry","Gerund","UNKNOWN","2961","3","She scurried away, suddenly uncomfortable.","",""
"strap","PastTense","UNKNOWN","2962","3","When he got there, Juraviel handed him a full pack, a fine knife strapped on one side, a balanced hand axe on the other.","",""
"birthday","Noun","UNKNOWN","2963","3","Next spring would bring his thirteenth birthday, the passage from childhood in the hardy land that was the northern wilderness.","",""
"wilderness","Noun","UNKNOWN","2964","3","Next spring would bring his thirteenth birthday, the passage from childhood in the hardy land that was the northern wilderness.","",""
"absence","Singular","UNKNOWN","2965","3","Let the younger boys and girls see him then, and afford him the respect he deserved, and let the older men see that the village, under his watchful eye, had fared well in their absence.","",""
"muffle","Noun","UNKNOWN","2966","3","Elbryan tried to muffle his snicker; the girl hated that nickname, Jilly, though nearly everyone in town called her that.","",""
"nickname","Noun","UNKNOWN","2967","3","He screwed up his face, the ridiculous nickname sounding foolish in his ears.","",""
"illuminate","Verb","B2","2968","3","Candlelight spilled out onto the road, softly illuminating the girl.","",""
"softness","Noun","UNKNOWN","2969","3","Still, there was a delicate aura about her, a softness that a younger Elbryan had viewed as weakness, but the older Elbryan viewed as oddly distracting.","",""
"oddly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","2970","3","He put a hand to his chin, an oddly human gesture.","",""
"sadness","Noun","UNKNOWN","2971","3","When Pony's eyes showed sadness, Elbryan felt it in his heart; when they soared with sparkling joy, Elbryan's feet moved involuntarily in dance.","",""
"sparkling","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2972","3","When Pony's eyes showed sadness, Elbryan felt it in his heart; when they soared with sparkling joy, Elbryan's feet moved involuntarily in dance.","",""
"dismissively","Adverb","UNKNOWN","2973","3","Tol snorted and waved his hand dismissively.","",""
"vibrant","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2974","3","How much younger and more vibrant Annalisa had seemed!","",""
"piping","Noun","UNKNOWN","2975","3","Then they heard a distant piping, soft music, perfect melody.","",""
"enchanting","Noun","UNKNOWN","2976","3","So now here he was, in a land enchanting and terrifying, sharing the forest with these creatures that he could not understand and could not defeat.","",""
"sensible","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2977","3","His mind drifted up from the ridge, from the solid ground, from the sensible experiences of his existence into the unknown, exhilarating joy of spirituality.","",""
"turmoil","Noun","UNKNOWN","2978","3","Despite that turmoil, Elbryan found himself nodding.","",""
"horrifying","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2979","3","And then suddenly, it was gone, destroyed by a horrified, and horrifying, scream.","",""
"feverish","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2980","3","What struck Jill most about him was his almost feverish intensity, his brown eyes showing a luster, a life, beyond anything she had seen in many years.","",""
"crunch","Gerund","UNKNOWN","2981","3","Elbryan froze as he heard the crusty snow crunch under his feet.","",""
"relish","Verb","UNKNOWN","2982","3","Pony had won that battle by accepting, even relishing, those private feelings, the warmth that washed over her whenever she looked upon Elbryan.","",""
"fading","Noun","UNKNOWN","2983","3","Tuntun turned in accord with the punch, her head fading back across to Elbryan's right, her right hand catching the boy's wrist and pushing outward, her left hand coming back in and catching the outside of his elbow, driving in.","",""
"post","Noun","UNKNOWN","2984","3","Pony realized that she could make out more of the village, could discern the individual houses, even the individual posts of Bunker Crawyer's corral.","",""
"shoe","Noun","UNKNOWN","2985","3","Every time he gazed upon the white carpet, he wanted to take off his shoes and pants and run through it barefoot and bare legged, to feel its softness between his toes and brushing against his shins.","",""
"barefoot","Verb","UNKNOWN","2986","3","Every time he gazed upon the white carpet, he wanted to take off his shoes and pants and run through it barefoot and bare legged, to feel its softness between his toes and brushing against his shins.","",""
"legged","Verb","UNKNOWN","2987","3","Every time he gazed upon the white carpet, he wanted to take off his shoes and pants and run through it barefoot and bare legged, to feel its softness between his toes and brushing against his shins.","",""
"deciduous","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2988","3","Autumn was well advanced, and all the leaves of the deciduous trees, particularly the sugar maples, were bright with colors, shining red and orange and yellow, painting the ridge.","",""
"northeastern","Noun","UNKNOWN","2989","3","The month had turned to Parvespers, the last month of the autumn, when the Windrunner swept around the northeastern reach of the Mantis Arm, past Pireth Tulme and into the Gulf of Corona.","",""
"chatter","Gerund","UNKNOWN","2990","3","This was a place of natural noises: running streams, cackling birds, and chattering animals.","",""
"prickly","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2991","3","Pony caught up to him, even passed him over that last expanse, leading the way through the tangle of two wide pines, pushing aside the prickly branches and bursting into a clearing right beside the returning party.","",""
"blank","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2992","3","Expressions ran from excitement to awkward fear to blank amazement as the villagers took stock of the kills, especially the last carcass on the shoulder poles, a smallish humanoid form.","",""
"crook","Verb","UNKNOWN","2993","3","Elbryan walked a crooked path to the food and stubbornly salvaged what he could.","",""
"credence","Singular","UNKNOWN","2994","3","Avelyn's lack of initial response to the news that his mother had died had lent credence to Siherton's complaints.","",""
"oft","Noun","UNKNOWN","2995","3","This gloom that had come to Honce-the-Bear had come before in a definite shape and manner that was oft-told in the historical volumes at St.-Mere-Abelle.","",""
"derisive","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2996","3","Pony didn't miss her companion's derisive snort.","",""
"snag","Verb","UNKNOWN","2997","3","Earlier that year, at the beginning of summer, some of the younger children had snagged a badger in a noose.","",""
"injure","Verb","UNKNOWN","2998","3","After a moment of shock, the goblins had thrown their spears, injuring one man.","",""
"reluctantly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","2999","3","The cheer went up, and Shane McMichael, a quiet, slender young man just a few years older than Elbryan, reluctantly came forward to stand beside Olwan in front of the blazing hearth: With much prodding, the man was prompted to tell of the fight, of the cunning twist and parry and the straightforward thrust that had come too soon for the goblin to completely dodge.","",""
"blazing","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3000","3","Avelyn undressed and wrapped a blanket about himself, then sat alone with his thoughts in front of a blazing fire.","",""
"pliable","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2901","3","Elbryan thought on that for a moment, particularly on Juraviel's last claim that the plants were pliable.","",""
"praise","Verb","B2","2902","3","Juraviel praised him once, then started away, Elbryan in tow.","",""
"stripe","Noun","UNKNOWN","2903","3","The twirling elf tossed several puffs of powder upon the plant, then bent low and with some reddish gel painted a stripe around the base of the stem just an inch or two from the ground.","",""
"scrub","Noun","UNKNOWN","2904","3","Every time his concentration wavered even a bit, his arrow flew wide of the mark, disappearing into the forest scrub.","",""
"demise","Noun","UNKNOWN","2905","3","In so pointedly reminding Elbryan and the others of the higher goal, the centaur helped them to put Tuntun's demise in proper perspective.","",""
"tilt","Verb","UNKNOWN","2906","3","Elbryan tilted back his head, considering the stars, the few rushing clouds.","",""
"tied","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2907","3","A quick tug showed Elbryan that it was tied off a short distance up the ledge.","",""
"don","Gerund","UNKNOWN","2908","3","With a trusting nod, the woman donned the mask, as did Elbryan, the ranger eyeing Pony all the while, admiring her gumption.","",""
"territory","Noun","B2","2909","3","However, Elbryan was not in any human settlement, not in any land claimed by his kind, and quite possibly was within the boundaries of goblin territory.","",""
"justify","Verb","B2","2910","3","If that was the case, would he be justified in waging battle with these six?","",""
"begrudge","Verb","UNKNOWN","2911","3","Elbryan didn't really begrudge the man his excitement, though.","",""
"swath","Noun","UNKNOWN","2912","3","The beast had run off from the farmhouse, creating a swath of devastation through the brush, even knocking over small trees, venting a rage that the ranger had never before witnessed in an animal.","",""
"muzzle","Noun","UNKNOWN","2913","3","He waited a while to make sure that it would not stir, then moved to its muzzle, lifting its upper lip.","",""
"swordsman","Noun","UNKNOWN","2914","3","Avelyn, grasping at the opening, was quick to retrieve Tempest, but he was no swordsman.","",""
"brew","Verb","UNKNOWN","2915","3","What fool brewed such a magic as that?","",""
"overbalanced","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2916","3","Now he launched his attack, dropping down to one knee, slapping his staff across to catch the inside of the overbalanced man's leg.","",""
"cauldron","Noun","UNKNOWN","2917","3","The ranger went around to the back and dumped out the cauldron of poison.","",""
"shortage","Noun","B2","2918","3","Has no shortage of money, I can assure you!","",""
"loin","Noun","UNKNOWN","2919","3","He wore only a loincloth and stood defensively, shoulders hunched, arms crossed to cover his belly and loins.","",""
"accustom","Verb","UNKNOWN","2920","3","And Maiyer Dek, among the largest of his giant kind, was not accustomed to being dwarfed.","",""
"emblem","Noun","UNKNOWN","2921","3","The three went back to the trap first, Paulson unceremoniously cutting the goblin down, then slicing off its ears and putting them in a pouch, pausing only to note that the creature was surprisingly well armed for one of its kind and that it wore an insignia on its leather jerkin, a black emblem of a batlike creature on a light gray background.","",""
"stolen","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2922","3","The only concern any in St.-Mere-Abelle's hierarchy held about the stolen stones was for the giant amethyst crystal, and that only because it was a stone whose magic they had not yet deciphered.","",""
"ramble","Verb","UNKNOWN","2923","3","Elbryan merely smiled and let the centaur ramble on and on, considering the creature's words carefully so that he could discover many hints about Bradwarden.","",""
"brisk","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2924","3","By all reports, the weather was better on the northern side of the Gulf of Corona, more alive, with brisk winds and a greater change of the season.","",""
"grapnel","Noun","UNKNOWN","2925","3","Jill first tried to dislodge the grapnel, but found that it was too tightly secured, with too much weight on the heavy line.","",""
"protrude","Verb","UNKNOWN","2926","3","A long arrow protruded from its back, an arrow with fletchings familiar to the woman.","",""
"outdistance","Verb","UNKNOWN","2927","3","The powrie, apparently realizing that it could not possibly outdistance the long-legged human, skidded to a stop arid turned about, a gleaming, serrated sword in hand.","",""
"struggling","Noun","B2","2928","3","Jill started to climb into the boat, but had to stop and turn to strike again at the struggling powrie.","",""
"straggler","Plural","UNKNOWN","2929","3","Jill found herself circumventing the town and approaching it from the west, not from the east the way any stragglers fleeing Pireth Tulme would.","",""
"avenge","Noun","UNKNOWN","2930","3","Few in Dundalis would have left even if they knew a goblin force was coming to avenge the goblin that had been killed by the hunting party.","",""
"dire","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2931","3","Before she entered, a familiar voice, raised in dire warning, assaulted her.","",""
"sift","Verb","UNKNOWN","2932","3","Elbryan absorbed all their words, sifted through their suggestions.","",""
"assistance","Noun","B2","2933","3","But it was too late; he had pushed past the fear and into the realm of anger, and when the barkeep called for assistance, the man found no shortage of volunteers.","",""
"sourly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","2934","3","Jill regarded him sourly, then rose and offered an arm.","",""
"lamb","Noun","UNKNOWN","2935","3","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.","",""
"mirth","Noun","UNKNOWN","2936","3","They laughed again, all the louder, using the very sound of mirth as a shield against tears.","",""
"joined","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2937","3","They were joined and the monk fed as a vampire would feed.","",""
"mixed","Adjective","B2","2938","3","It was with mixed feelings that Jill followed Brother Avelyn into Palmaris.","",""
"ensure","Verb","B2","2939","3","Elbryan gathered up Paulson and Chipmunk and called to Juraviel, the four moving out from the gathering to ensure the goblins were not rallying for any counterattack.","",""
"snore","Gerund","UNKNOWN","2940","3","As if on cue, the snoozing monk rolled over and snored loudly.","",""
"detect","Infinitive","B2","2941","3","Only two short days later, Brother Justice used his Dragon Sight stone to detect the use of strong magic, coming from the northeastern quarter of the city, the high ground of rich houses overlooking the Masur Delaval.","",""
"breadth","Noun","UNKNOWN","2942","3","Its armies, led by Maiyer Dek and Kos-kosio Begulne were pressing fast for Palmaris, while Ubba Banrock's northern force had crossed the breadth of Alpinador, right to the coast, cutting the northern kingdom in half.","",""
"instantly","Adverb","B2","2943","3","The glow went away instantly, but the arm remained, extended.","",""
"din","Verb","UNKNOWN","2944","3","""But not until we have dined,"" Dosey said, falling back in his chair.","",""
"captive","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2945","3","Elbryan looked down to his diminutive captive.","",""
"plausible","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2946","3","But Brother Justice needed the merchant, as well, or at least it seemed plausible that the man might aid the monk in his all-important quest.","",""
"wry","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2947","3","Elbryan turned a wry gaze on the centaur.","",""
"appreciated","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2948","3","The huge man had never appreciated Belster's relationship with the strange Nightbird and had said so often and loudly.","",""
"converse","Noun","UNKNOWN","2949","3","Yes, Elbryan would like to converse with Pony, to see her again, to remember that innocent time when patrolling was play and nightmares were not real.","",""
"herd","Noun","UNKNOWN","2950","3","Who might this leader of the herd be to inspire such uncharacteristic respect from cocky Bradwarden?","",""
"unerringly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","2951","3","The monk fell back, nearly toppling, as the stone suddenly zipped away, flying unerringly for the armored chest of the giant closest behind Bradwarden.","",""
"tutor","Noun","UNKNOWN","2952","3","Over the next couple of weeks, as they marched along the trails, Avelyn showed Jill just how much he had come to trust her, for he began formally tutoring her in the ways of the stones.","",""
"evergreens","Verb","UNKNOWN","2953","3","Elkenbrook was a village not unlike Dundalis or Weedy Meadow, except that, being on the western border of Alpinador, it was a colder place, with more hardy evergreens and fewer deciduous trees.","",""
"whinny","Verb","UNKNOWN","2954","3","The stallion pawed the ground, then reared and whinnied.","",""
"muscled","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2955","3","Symphony had gone perfectly still, his head raised high, his magnificent, muscled chest presented openly to the two men.","",""
"urgent","Adjective","B2","2956","3","The kiss became more urgent, and gradually Pony's fears melted away, swept up in the sudden torrent of passion that overcame her.","",""
"reclusive","Adjective","B2","2957","3","It is likely that most of the giants, normally reclusive beasts, will turn back for their mountain homes, far from the villages of humans.","",""
"resonate","Verb","UNKNOWN","2958","3","Jill's deep breath resonated like a growl and she turned, pulling free of the monk, staring hard at the tavern, at its stone foundation.","",""
"barricade","Noun","UNKNOWN","2959","3","Normally the goblins would have come in as a mob, a rushing horde, barreling past the trees and scrub, throwing themselves wildly against the pickets and barricades.","",""
"maraud","Gerund","UNKNOWN","2960","3","Often marauding goblins would send in a messenger before the attack to ask for surrender, to barter for a bribe, warning that battle would otherwise be joined.","",""
"nook","Noun","UNKNOWN","2961","3","More images came rushing to her as soon as she sat in the nook of those pines.","",""
"rowdy","Noun","UNKNOWN","2962","3","The dwarf was telling some rowdy story, the two goblins laughing riotously at every grotesque detail.","",""
"contort","Verb","UNKNOWN","2963","3","Tol bowed his head, his face contorting as he struggled, pragmatism against conscience.","",""
"brawl","Noun","UNKNOWN","2964","3","The ranger elbowed through the brawl, blocking punches whenever necessary, felling with three shortened blows yet another villager who tried to pounce upon him.","",""
"adversary","Noun","UNKNOWN","2965","3","Hardly thinking of the motion, knowing only that he could not lose this advantage against so deadly an adversary, Elbryan popped the feathered tip onto his Weapon and bent it low, quickly setting the bowstring.","",""
"outcropping","Noun","UNKNOWN","2966","3","Elbryan scrambled to get to the spot, saw the monk land heavily atop one rocky outcropping and then tumble right over it, a fifteen-foot plummet to bard stone.","",""
"moonlit","Noun","UNKNOWN","2967","3","Then he set off, riding hard through the moonlit woods.","",""
"graze","Verb","UNKNOWN","2968","3","They went off together into the night, finding Symphony in a moonlit field, grazing calmly.","",""
"jerkin","Noun","UNKNOWN","2969","3","Paulson didn't think too much of it, figuring that the jerkin was stolen anyway.","",""
"scare","Verb","B2","2970","3","But a bloody cap tossed in their midst, proof that powries were in the region, might scare more than a few folk from their homes, might send them running down the road to the south.","",""
"extended","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2971","3","The glow went away instantly, but the arm remained, extended.","",""
"improvise","Verb","UNKNOWN","2972","3","Always ready to improvise, Elbryan eased his muscles and ran straight ahead into the dwarf, turning his staff to smash its tip into the dwarf's face once more.","",""
"unearthly","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2973","3","And given the unearthly strength of the dwarf, Elbryan wondered if the creature might actually do so!","",""
"pitchfork","Noun","UNKNOWN","2974","3","Pony grabbed a pitchfork from one of the men nearby and ran to the eastern gate, bravely throwing it open.","",""
"hoofbeats","Noun","UNKNOWN","2975","3","A moment later came the thunder of hoofbeats to the east, many hoofbeats accompanied by the screams of those unfortunate goblins caught in front of the wild horse stampede.","",""
"avalanche","Noun","UNKNOWN","2976","3","Though she didn't understand its source, Tuntun watched the growing spectacle of the fiery avalanche with satisfaction.","",""
"stomp","Gerund","UNKNOWN","2977","3","The ranger found a giant coming hard his way, stomping across the village, outraged and already hurt by one of the monk's lightning blasts.","",""
"shawno","Noun","UNKNOWN","2978","3","The boy from End-o'-the-World, Shawno, had been of little help, but Elbryan remained convinced that it was indeed the Touel'alfar who had rescued that fleeing group from the monstrous hordes.","",""
"unblinking","Verb","UNKNOWN","2979","3","Paulson stared at him long and hard, finally relenting under the ranger's unblinking stare.","",""
"rustle","Noun","UNKNOWN","2980","3","Pony was honored, and she moved to kiss Elbryan again, but a rustle at the side caught her attention.","",""
"dome","Noun","UNKNOWN","2981","3","He moved slowly and carefully about the field, building domes of snow the size of his two cupped hands.","",""
"extinguish","Verb","UNKNOWN","2982","3","The fire on that particular dwarf was indeed extinguished as a huge booted foot crushed the diminutive creature flat.","",""
"sanctuary","Noun","UNKNOWN","2983","3","The three trappers were at a loss; Brother Avelyn could think of no sanctuary closer than St.","",""
"slush","Noun","UNKNOWN","2984","3","A drenching rain fell all about the region, turning the last of the snow to slush and softening the ground.","",""
"invading","Adjective","B2","2985","3","Tuntun and a couple of others had remained in the area, though, to continue their survey of the invading army.","",""
"occupied","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2986","3","It was as they had feared the monsters using the occupied towns as base and supply camps while they sent their dark tendrils further south, first in probes, but soon, so Paulson believed, in great numbers.","",""
"advancing","Adjective","B2","2987","3","The remaining band would cease its hit-and-hide warfare and concentrate on getting all the folk to safer points in the south, trying to parallel the advancing army without engaging it.","",""
"wedge","PastTense","UNKNOWN","2988","3","He was in a sitting position, wedged in tightly against the hard trunk.","",""
"focused","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2989","3","It was not a difficult enchantment, actually; and one that powerful Avelyn could maintain with the focused sunstone for h very long time without severely taxing his energies for other magics.","",""
"unsteady","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2990","3","Several humans had been injured, as had Bradwarden - though the tough centaur thought little of his cuts and bruises - and Avelyn returned to them shortly, on unsteady legs, carrying the worst headache the monk had ever known.","",""
"cracking","Noun","B2","2991","3","Bestesbulzibar began a long, slow chant in a language the spirit did not understand, a guttural, cracking language of clicks and sounds that could only be equated with an old man clearing his phlegm-filled throat.","",""
"devour","Verb","UNKNOWN","2992","3","Not a sound came from about the beast as, clothing and all, the dactyl devoured the torn skin of Gothra.","",""
"scour","Gerund","UNKNOWN","2993","3","Lower went the demon, and slower, turning tight circles, sharp eyes scouring the terrain, keen ears tuning to every sound.","",""
"serenity","Noun","UNKNOWN","2994","3","It was a cruel lie: the quiet, the serenity, the spring breeze.","",""
"jutting","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2995","3","Elbryan scanned in that direction, but had to move out from his rock even to spot the jutting stone.","",""
"crackling","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2996","3","Pony's graphite defeated that maneuver, though, sent a crackling bolt of energy along the monster's inner thighs that left it swaying, legs widespread, as the woman worked her way out the back.","",""
"deafen","Verb","UNKNOWN","2997","3","The ominous growling increased tenfold, a hundredfold, deafening Avelyn, blocking the sounds of the dactyl's shrieks.","",""
"horn","Noun","C1","2998","3","Neither did that hair hide the creature's horns, thumb sized and curling in toward each other at the top of the demon's brow.","",""
"devastate","Verb","C1","2999","3","Every part of the demon was a weapon, devastating and deadly.","",""
"rally","Verb","C1","3000","3","It cursed aloud the name of Terranen Dinoniel, who had rallied the humans and the elves, chasing the dactyl's armies back to the base of this mountain, Aida.","",""
1 lemma pos cefr_level coverage_rank global_frequency context_sentence context_sentence_zh definition_zh
2 fortify pliable Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 2901 4 3 The two giants banged against the fortified wall for a moment, then simply stepped over it. Elbryan thought on that for a moment, particularly on Juraviel's last claim that the plants were pliable.
3 emissary praise Noun Verb UNKNOWN B2 2902 4 3 This time, though, more than a few of the village folk were considering their options should an emissary approach. Juraviel praised him once, then started away, Elbryan in tow.
4 telepathically stripe Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 2903 4 3 You have destroyed the fool Dosey, then, the creature telepathically imparted to the monk, and have stolen his treasure. The twirling elf tossed several puffs of powder upon the plant, then bent low and with some reddish gel painted a stripe around the base of the stem just an inch or two from the ground.
5 guided scrub Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 2904 4 3 Elbryan could hardly believe that he hadn't found this grove before, that his ranger instincts hadn't guided him to a place so naturally perfect, so in tune with the harmony of the forest. Every time his concentration wavered even a bit, his arrow flew wide of the mark, disappearing into the forest scrub.
6 nicker demise Verb Noun UNKNOWN 2905 4 3 The horse nickered and threw back his head. In so pointedly reminding Elbryan and the others of the higher goal, the centaur helped them to put Tuntun's demise in proper perspective.
7 conventional tilt Adjective Verb UNKNOWN 2906 4 3 At first, the monk used the conventional methods, the same lessons that had been given to him in St.-Mere-Abelle. Elbryan tilted back his head, considering the stars, the few rushing clouds.
8 confront tied Verb Adjective B2 UNKNOWN 2907 4 3 She was confronting her past, the monk knew, and he was glad of that, though he wished he could be of more help to the young woman. A quick tug showed Elbryan that it was tied off a short distance up the ledge.
9 underestimate don Verb Gerund UNKNOWN 2908 4 3 But still she feared that his decision was folly, based on his underestimating the pain within her. With a trusting nod, the woman donned the mask, as did Elbryan, the ranger eyeing Pony all the while, admiring her gumption.
10 creak territory Gerund Noun UNKNOWN B2 2909 4 3 As if on cue, the burning catapult creaked again and slanted over farther. However, Elbryan was not in any human settlement, not in any land claimed by his kind, and quite possibly was within the boundaries of goblin territory.
11 kicking justify Adjective Verb UNKNOWN B2 2910 4 3 Those monsters that did make it down found Bradwarden and his cudgel waiting for them, the centaur kicking and smashing with abandon. If that was the case, would he be justified in waging battle with these six?
12 sidestep begrudge Gerund Verb UNKNOWN 2911 4 3 She dodged each, sidestepping, then came in hard with a thrust of her own. Elbryan didn't really begrudge the man his excitement, though.
13 dizzying swath Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 2912 4 3 His power, sheer strength, was dizzying, overwhelming. The beast had run off from the farmhouse, creating a swath of devastation through the brush, even knocking over small trees, venting a rage that the ranger had never before witnessed in an animal.
14 flurry muzzle Noun UNKNOWN 2913 4 3 Then the ranger went into a flurry: poking, swishing the staff side to side, then pulling it straight across, and alternating a series of heavy blows, left hand leading, right hand leading. He waited a while to make sure that it would not stir, then moved to its muzzle, lifting its upper lip.
15 descending swordsman Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 2914 4 3 Pony looked to the fight as she rose, saw Elbryan, Hawkwing in one hand, Tempest in the other, jump out of the path of a fast descending club, then leap back suddenly as a sword swished across. Avelyn, grasping at the opening, was quick to retrieve Tempest, but he was no swordsman.
16 dizziness brew Noun Verb UNKNOWN 2915 4 3 It went down hard, groaning, trying to shake the dizziness, growling against the searing pain. What fool brewed such a magic as that?
17 shorten overbalanced Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 2916 4 3 The ranger elbowed through the brawl, blocking punches whenever necessary, felling with three shortened blows yet another villager who tried to pounce upon him. Now he launched his attack, dropping down to one knee, slapping his staff across to catch the inside of the overbalanced man's leg.
18 prop cauldron Verb Noun UNKNOWN 2917 4 3 Less than ten steps into the woods, he heard a single thump, a centaur's kick against a head propped by a tree trunk, and he knew that it was finished. The ranger went around to the back and dumped out the cauldron of poison.
19 harshly shortage Adverb Noun UNKNOWN B2 2918 4 3 He ran about, kicking at feet, whispering harshly, until all the humans were roused. Has no shortage of money, I can assure you!
20 puddle loin Noun UNKNOWN 2919 4 3 Every so often, the pair crossed a low spot, a muddy puddle, and Elbryan spotted the deep tracks of Bradwarden. He wore only a loincloth and stood defensively, shoulders hunched, arms crossed to cover his belly and loins.
21 scattered accustom Adjective Verb UNKNOWN 2920 4 3 Goblins and powries scattered or were crushed beneath the charge, a hundred wild horses stampeding along the ravine. And Maiyer Dek, among the largest of his giant kind, was not accustomed to being dwarfed.
22 appreciation emblem Singular Noun UNKNOWN 2921 4 3 - bow and a long dagger - and with a final look Symphony's way, a final nod of appreciation, she ran off into the night. The three went back to the trap first, Paulson unceremoniously cutting the goblin down, then slicing off its ears and putting them in a pouch, pausing only to note that the creature was surprisingly well armed for one of its kind and that it wore an insignia on its leather jerkin, a black emblem of a batlike creature on a light gray background.
23 repay stolen Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 2922 4 3 I told you that I meant to repay a debt." The only concern any in St.-Mere-Abelle's hierarchy held about the stolen stones was for the giant amethyst crystal, and that only because it was a stone whose magic they had not yet deciphered.
24 afore ramble Adverb Verb UNKNOWN 2923 4 3 I've waited them out afore, and I'll wait them out again!'." Elbryan merely smiled and let the centaur ramble on and on, considering the creature's words carefully so that he could discover many hints about Bradwarden.
25 hum brisk Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 2924 4 3 Hawkwing's bowstring hummed, the arrow flying true, diving into the back of the peeing goblin's head. By all reports, the weather was better on the northern side of the Gulf of Corona, more alive, with brisk winds and a greater change of the season.
26 bark grapnel Noun UNKNOWN 2925 4 3 One of the powries stood tall on the first catapult, barking out commands. Jill first tried to dislodge the grapnel, but found that it was too tightly secured, with too much weight on the heavy line.
27 stampede protrude Noun Verb UNKNOWN 2926 4 3 Goblins and powries scattered or were crushed beneath the charge, a hundred wild horses stampeding along the ravine. A long arrow protruded from its back, an arrow with fletchings familiar to the woman.
28 haven outdistance Noun Verb UNKNOWN 2927 4 3 Eventually, if they cannot find a haven, they will be killed, one at a time, perhaps, as was poor Cric, or perhaps the goblins will discover their camp in the night and slaughter them all. The powrie, apparently realizing that it could not possibly outdistance the long-legged human, skidded to a stop arid turned about, a gleaming, serrated sword in hand.
29 unmistakable struggling Adjective Noun UNKNOWN B2 2928 4 3 Avelyn and Bradwarden were thrilled to see their companions again, but their smiles could not hold against the tears running down Pony's cheeks and the unmistakable mist in Elbryan's eyes. Jill started to climb into the boat, but had to stop and turn to strike again at the struggling powrie.
30 thorn straggler Noun Plural UNKNOWN 2929 4 3 They had become a large thorn in the side of the invading army, and no doubt the monstrous leaders in Dundalis and the other villages wanted to get the secretive band out in the open and deal with them once and for all. Jill found herself circumventing the town and approaching it from the west, not from the east the way any stragglers fleeing Pireth Tulme would.
31 lodestone avenge Noun UNKNOWN 2930 4 3 Lodestone was highly magnetic; its enchantment would send it fast to a metal surface. Few in Dundalis would have left even if they knew a goblin force was coming to avenge the goblin that had been killed by the hunting party.
32 praying dire Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 2931 4 3 Avelyn lay across the centaur's back, staring more behind than ahead, praying for his companions. Before she entered, a familiar voice, raised in dire warning, assaulted her.
33 hoping sift Noun Verb UNKNOWN 2932 4 3 No other options; the ranger decided, and so he scrambled ahead, hoping to get a firm handhold, that he might propel Pony over him, over the stone, out to freedom in the dark night. Elbryan absorbed all their words, sifted through their suggestions.
34 passageway assistance Noun UNKNOWN B2 2933 4 3 Elbryan slammed hard, into the wall of the narrow passageway with his already broken arm. But it was too late; he had pushed past the fear and into the realm of anger, and when the barkeep called for assistance, the man found no shortage of volunteers.
35 volatile sourly Adjective Adverb C1 UNKNOWN 2934 4 3 Elbryan looked at Bradwarden, and the centaur only shrugged, not about to disagree with the volatile friar's estimation of himself. Jill regarded him sourly, then rose and offered an arm.
36 subject lamb Noun A2 UNKNOWN 2935 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? 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.
37 healthy mirth Adjective Noun A2 UNKNOWN 2936 3 Elbryan lifted Tempest with his healthy arm. They laughed again, all the louder, using the very sound of mirth as a shield against tears.
38 develop joined Verb Adjective A2 UNKNOWN 2937 3 Jojonah didn't really doubt that - he just wondered why in the name of God such a technique had ever been developed! They were joined and the monk fed as a vampire would feed.
39 funny mixed Adjective A2 B2 2938 3 It is a funny thing, memory. It was with mixed feelings that Jill followed Brother Avelyn into Palmaris.
40 influence ensure Noun Verb B1 B2 2939 3 It had awakened, darkness rising, and already its influence was spreading throughout Corona. Elbryan gathered up Paulson and Chipmunk and called to Juraviel, the four moving out from the gathering to ensure the goblins were not rallying for any counterattack.
41 involve snore Verb Gerund B1 UNKNOWN 2940 3 Pony, who hadn't been involved in the previous discussion at Avelyn's bedside, seemed not to understand. As if on cue, the snoozing monk rolled over and snored loudly.
42 quality detect Noun Infinitive B1 B2 2941 3 Elbryan had that same impish quality about him as Mather, a love and luster of life, lurking just below the surface. Only two short days later, Brother Justice used his Dragon Sight stone to detect the use of strong magic, coming from the northeastern quarter of the city, the high ground of rich houses overlooking the Masur Delaval.
43 society breadth Noun B1 UNKNOWN 2942 3 Cat realized that she should have appeared more impressed, but in truth, little about society had ever meant anything to her. Its armies, led by Maiyer Dek and Kos-kosio Begulne were pressing fast for Palmaris, while Ubba Banrock's northern force had crossed the breadth of Alpinador, right to the coast, cutting the northern kingdom in half.
44 disturb instantly Verb Adverb B1 B2 2943 3 The pair slowed as they approached, knowing that to disturb Paulson usually meant a slap on the head. The glow went away instantly, but the arm remained, extended.
45 background din Noun Verb B1 UNKNOWN 2944 3 He knew it was music, though it seemed too soft, too much in the background for him to actually hear it. "But not until we have dined," Dosey said, falling back in his chair.
46 average captive Adjective B1 UNKNOWN 2945 3 Though diminutive in stature, they were said to be stronger than an average man and with incredible stamina. Elbryan looked down to his diminutive captive.
47 social plausible Adjective B1 UNKNOWN 2946 3 She would dress in the finest gowns and attend the highest social events in Palmaris, even in Ursal! But Brother Justice needed the merchant, as well, or at least it seemed plausible that the man might aid the monk in his all-important quest.
48 address wry Verb Adjective B1 UNKNOWN 2947 3 "Wait until they close," the ranger said again, addressing the whole group. Elbryan turned a wry gaze on the centaur.
49 lonely appreciated Adjective B1 UNKNOWN 2948 3 A short while later one haggard-looking soldier - a man of forty years by the name of Gofflaw, who had spent more than half his wretched life in the Kingsmen, including a dozen years in the Coastpoint Guards shuffling from one lonely outpost to another came staggering out to the wall, making his way toward Jill. The huge man had never appreciated Belster's relationship with the strange Nightbird and had said so often and loudly.
50 audience converse Singular Noun B1 UNKNOWN 2949 3 She went in expecting a brewing row, but found instead that the mad friar, this time, had a fairly attentive audience. Yes, Elbryan would like to converse with Pony, to see her again, to remember that innocent time when patrolling was play and nightmares were not real.
51 stirring herd Noun UNKNOWN 2950 3 It didn't seem such a momentous thing, just a gradual stirring in a deep cave in a far, empty mountain. Who might this leader of the herd be to inspire such uncharacteristic respect from cocky Bradwarden?
52 wandering unerringly Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 2951 3 The tangible, corporeal body felt good to the wandering spirit. The monk fell back, nearly toppling, as the stone suddenly zipped away, flying unerringly for the armored chest of the giant closest behind Bradwarden.
53 rend tutor Gerund Noun UNKNOWN 2952 3 Hooves of music rend the gloom Over the next couple of weeks, as they marched along the trails, Avelyn showed Jill just how much he had come to trust her, for he began formally tutoring her in the ways of the stones.
54 grown evergreens Adjective Verb UNKNOWN 2953 3 Obviously the man, or elf or whatever it might be, was important to the Touel'alfar; obviously they had graced this place, this cairn and the grove that had grown about it, with more than a small measure of their magic. Elkenbrook was a village not unlike Dundalis or Weedy Meadow, except that, being on the western border of Alpinador, it was a colder place, with more hardy evergreens and fewer deciduous trees.
55 horn whinny Noun Verb UNKNOWN 2954 3 Neither did that hair hide the creature's horns, thumb sized and curling in toward each other at the top of the demon's brow. The stallion pawed the ground, then reared and whinnied.
56 reddish muscled Adjective UNKNOWN 2955 3 The texture of its skin was rough and thick, an armored hide, reddish in hue and shiny, as if lit by its own inner glow. Symphony had gone perfectly still, his head raised high, his magnificent, muscled chest presented openly to the two men.
57 humanlike urgent Noun Adjective UNKNOWN B2 2956 3 The demon spread wide its black wings and reached back with one humanlike arm, claws extended toward the flowing lava, grabbing the power and channeling it. The kiss became more urgent, and gradually Pony's fears melted away, swept up in the sudden torrent of passion that overcame her.
58 hooked reclusive Adjective UNKNOWN B2 2957 3 The demon extended its fingernails, transformed them into hooked claws, and grew its teeth-two pointed canines extending down over its bottom lip. It is likely that most of the giants, normally reclusive beasts, will turn back for their mountain homes, far from the villages of humans.
59 devastate resonate Verb UNKNOWN 2958 3 Every part of the demon was a weapon, devastating and deadly. Jill's deep breath resonated like a growl and she turned, pulling free of the monk, staring hard at the tavern, at its stone foundation.
60 rally barricade Verb Noun UNKNOWN 2959 3 It cursed aloud the name of Terranen Dinoniel, who had rallied the humans and the elves, chasing the dactyl's armies back to the base of this mountain, Aida. Normally the goblins would have come in as a mob, a rushing horde, barreling past the trees and scrub, throwing themselves wildly against the pickets and barricades.
61 sickening maraud Adjective Gerund UNKNOWN 2960 3 A sickening feeling washed over Elbryan. Often marauding goblins would send in a messenger before the attack to ask for surrender, to barter for a bribe, warning that battle would otherwise be joined.
62 scurry nook Gerund Noun UNKNOWN 2961 3 She scurried away, suddenly uncomfortable. More images came rushing to her as soon as she sat in the nook of those pines.
63 strap rowdy PastTense Noun UNKNOWN 2962 3 When he got there, Juraviel handed him a full pack, a fine knife strapped on one side, a balanced hand axe on the other. The dwarf was telling some rowdy story, the two goblins laughing riotously at every grotesque detail.
64 birthday contort Noun Verb UNKNOWN 2963 3 Next spring would bring his thirteenth birthday, the passage from childhood in the hardy land that was the northern wilderness. Tol bowed his head, his face contorting as he struggled, pragmatism against conscience.
65 wilderness brawl Noun UNKNOWN 2964 3 Next spring would bring his thirteenth birthday, the passage from childhood in the hardy land that was the northern wilderness. The ranger elbowed through the brawl, blocking punches whenever necessary, felling with three shortened blows yet another villager who tried to pounce upon him.
66 absence adversary Singular Noun UNKNOWN 2965 3 Let the younger boys and girls see him then, and afford him the respect he deserved, and let the older men see that the village, under his watchful eye, had fared well in their absence. Hardly thinking of the motion, knowing only that he could not lose this advantage against so deadly an adversary, Elbryan popped the feathered tip onto his Weapon and bent it low, quickly setting the bowstring.
67 muffle outcropping Noun UNKNOWN 2966 3 Elbryan tried to muffle his snicker; the girl hated that nickname, Jilly, though nearly everyone in town called her that. Elbryan scrambled to get to the spot, saw the monk land heavily atop one rocky outcropping and then tumble right over it, a fifteen-foot plummet to bard stone.
68 nickname moonlit Noun UNKNOWN 2967 3 He screwed up his face, the ridiculous nickname sounding foolish in his ears. Then he set off, riding hard through the moonlit woods.
69 illuminate graze Verb B2 UNKNOWN 2968 3 Candlelight spilled out onto the road, softly illuminating the girl. They went off together into the night, finding Symphony in a moonlit field, grazing calmly.
70 softness jerkin Noun UNKNOWN 2969 3 Still, there was a delicate aura about her, a softness that a younger Elbryan had viewed as weakness, but the older Elbryan viewed as oddly distracting. Paulson didn't think too much of it, figuring that the jerkin was stolen anyway.
71 oddly scare Adverb Verb UNKNOWN B2 2970 3 He put a hand to his chin, an oddly human gesture. But a bloody cap tossed in their midst, proof that powries were in the region, might scare more than a few folk from their homes, might send them running down the road to the south.
72 sadness extended Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 2971 3 When Pony's eyes showed sadness, Elbryan felt it in his heart; when they soared with sparkling joy, Elbryan's feet moved involuntarily in dance. The glow went away instantly, but the arm remained, extended.
73 sparkling improvise Adjective Verb UNKNOWN 2972 3 When Pony's eyes showed sadness, Elbryan felt it in his heart; when they soared with sparkling joy, Elbryan's feet moved involuntarily in dance. Always ready to improvise, Elbryan eased his muscles and ran straight ahead into the dwarf, turning his staff to smash its tip into the dwarf's face once more.
74 dismissively unearthly Adverb Adjective UNKNOWN 2973 3 Tol snorted and waved his hand dismissively. And given the unearthly strength of the dwarf, Elbryan wondered if the creature might actually do so!
75 vibrant pitchfork Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 2974 3 How much younger and more vibrant Annalisa had seemed! Pony grabbed a pitchfork from one of the men nearby and ran to the eastern gate, bravely throwing it open.
76 piping hoofbeats Noun UNKNOWN 2975 3 Then they heard a distant piping, soft music, perfect melody. A moment later came the thunder of hoofbeats to the east, many hoofbeats accompanied by the screams of those unfortunate goblins caught in front of the wild horse stampede.
77 enchanting avalanche Noun UNKNOWN 2976 3 So now here he was, in a land enchanting and terrifying, sharing the forest with these creatures that he could not understand and could not defeat. Though she didn't understand its source, Tuntun watched the growing spectacle of the fiery avalanche with satisfaction.
78 sensible stomp Adjective Gerund UNKNOWN 2977 3 His mind drifted up from the ridge, from the solid ground, from the sensible experiences of his existence into the unknown, exhilarating joy of spirituality. The ranger found a giant coming hard his way, stomping across the village, outraged and already hurt by one of the monk's lightning blasts.
79 turmoil shawno Noun UNKNOWN 2978 3 Despite that turmoil, Elbryan found himself nodding. The boy from End-o'-the-World, Shawno, had been of little help, but Elbryan remained convinced that it was indeed the Touel'alfar who had rescued that fleeing group from the monstrous hordes.
80 horrifying unblinking Adjective Verb UNKNOWN 2979 3 And then suddenly, it was gone, destroyed by a horrified, and horrifying, scream. Paulson stared at him long and hard, finally relenting under the ranger's unblinking stare.
81 feverish rustle Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 2980 3 What struck Jill most about him was his almost feverish intensity, his brown eyes showing a luster, a life, beyond anything she had seen in many years. Pony was honored, and she moved to kiss Elbryan again, but a rustle at the side caught her attention.
82 crunch dome Gerund Noun UNKNOWN 2981 3 Elbryan froze as he heard the crusty snow crunch under his feet. He moved slowly and carefully about the field, building domes of snow the size of his two cupped hands.
83 relish extinguish Verb UNKNOWN 2982 3 Pony had won that battle by accepting, even relishing, those private feelings, the warmth that washed over her whenever she looked upon Elbryan. The fire on that particular dwarf was indeed extinguished as a huge booted foot crushed the diminutive creature flat.
84 fading sanctuary Noun UNKNOWN 2983 3 Tuntun turned in accord with the punch, her head fading back across to Elbryan's right, her right hand catching the boy's wrist and pushing outward, her left hand coming back in and catching the outside of his elbow, driving in. The three trappers were at a loss; Brother Avelyn could think of no sanctuary closer than St.
85 post slush Noun UNKNOWN 2984 3 Pony realized that she could make out more of the village, could discern the individual houses, even the individual posts of Bunker Crawyer's corral. A drenching rain fell all about the region, turning the last of the snow to slush and softening the ground.
86 shoe invading Noun Adjective UNKNOWN B2 2985 3 Every time he gazed upon the white carpet, he wanted to take off his shoes and pants and run through it barefoot and bare legged, to feel its softness between his toes and brushing against his shins. Tuntun and a couple of others had remained in the area, though, to continue their survey of the invading army.
87 barefoot occupied Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 2986 3 Every time he gazed upon the white carpet, he wanted to take off his shoes and pants and run through it barefoot and bare legged, to feel its softness between his toes and brushing against his shins. It was as they had feared the monsters using the occupied towns as base and supply camps while they sent their dark tendrils further south, first in probes, but soon, so Paulson believed, in great numbers.
88 legged advancing Verb Adjective UNKNOWN B2 2987 3 Every time he gazed upon the white carpet, he wanted to take off his shoes and pants and run through it barefoot and bare legged, to feel its softness between his toes and brushing against his shins. The remaining band would cease its hit-and-hide warfare and concentrate on getting all the folk to safer points in the south, trying to parallel the advancing army without engaging it.
89 deciduous wedge Adjective PastTense UNKNOWN 2988 3 Autumn was well advanced, and all the leaves of the deciduous trees, particularly the sugar maples, were bright with colors, shining red and orange and yellow, painting the ridge. He was in a sitting position, wedged in tightly against the hard trunk.
90 northeastern focused Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 2989 3 The month had turned to Parvespers, the last month of the autumn, when the Windrunner swept around the northeastern reach of the Mantis Arm, past Pireth Tulme and into the Gulf of Corona. It was not a difficult enchantment, actually; and one that powerful Avelyn could maintain with the focused sunstone for h very long time without severely taxing his energies for other magics.
91 chatter unsteady Gerund Adjective UNKNOWN 2990 3 This was a place of natural noises: running streams, cackling birds, and chattering animals. Several humans had been injured, as had Bradwarden - though the tough centaur thought little of his cuts and bruises - and Avelyn returned to them shortly, on unsteady legs, carrying the worst headache the monk had ever known.
92 prickly cracking Adjective Noun UNKNOWN B2 2991 3 Pony caught up to him, even passed him over that last expanse, leading the way through the tangle of two wide pines, pushing aside the prickly branches and bursting into a clearing right beside the returning party. Bestesbulzibar began a long, slow chant in a language the spirit did not understand, a guttural, cracking language of clicks and sounds that could only be equated with an old man clearing his phlegm-filled throat.
93 blank devour Adjective Verb UNKNOWN 2992 3 Expressions ran from excitement to awkward fear to blank amazement as the villagers took stock of the kills, especially the last carcass on the shoulder poles, a smallish humanoid form. Not a sound came from about the beast as, clothing and all, the dactyl devoured the torn skin of Gothra.
94 crook scour Verb Gerund UNKNOWN 2993 3 Elbryan walked a crooked path to the food and stubbornly salvaged what he could. Lower went the demon, and slower, turning tight circles, sharp eyes scouring the terrain, keen ears tuning to every sound.
95 credence serenity Singular Noun UNKNOWN 2994 3 Avelyn's lack of initial response to the news that his mother had died had lent credence to Siherton's complaints. It was a cruel lie: the quiet, the serenity, the spring breeze.
96 oft jutting Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 2995 3 This gloom that had come to Honce-the-Bear had come before in a definite shape and manner that was oft-told in the historical volumes at St.-Mere-Abelle. Elbryan scanned in that direction, but had to move out from his rock even to spot the jutting stone.
97 derisive crackling Adjective UNKNOWN 2996 3 Pony didn't miss her companion's derisive snort. Pony's graphite defeated that maneuver, though, sent a crackling bolt of energy along the monster's inner thighs that left it swaying, legs widespread, as the woman worked her way out the back.
98 snag deafen Verb UNKNOWN 2997 3 Earlier that year, at the beginning of summer, some of the younger children had snagged a badger in a noose. The ominous growling increased tenfold, a hundredfold, deafening Avelyn, blocking the sounds of the dactyl's shrieks.
99 injure horn Verb Noun UNKNOWN C1 2998 3 After a moment of shock, the goblins had thrown their spears, injuring one man. Neither did that hair hide the creature's horns, thumb sized and curling in toward each other at the top of the demon's brow.
100 reluctantly devastate Adverb Verb UNKNOWN C1 2999 3 The cheer went up, and Shane McMichael, a quiet, slender young man just a few years older than Elbryan, reluctantly came forward to stand beside Olwan in front of the blazing hearth: With much prodding, the man was prompted to tell of the fight, of the cunning twist and parry and the straightforward thrust that had come too soon for the goblin to completely dodge. Every part of the demon was a weapon, devastating and deadly.
101 blazing rally Adjective Verb UNKNOWN C1 3000 3 Avelyn undressed and wrapped a blanket about himself, then sat alone with his thoughts in front of a blazing fire. It cursed aloud the name of Terranen Dinoniel, who had rallied the humans and the elves, chasing the dactyl's armies back to the base of this mountain, Aida.