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"lemma","pos","cefr_level","coverage_rank","global_frequency","context_sentence","context_sentence_zh","definition_zh"
"meaningless","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3501","3","Don't ye make me death a meaningless thing, me friends.","",""
"jerkin","Noun","UNKNOWN","3502","3","Paulson didn't think too much of it, figuring that the jerkin was stolen anyway.","",""
"readily","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3503","3","Pony looked at Avelyn, suddenly very appreciative of the training he had given her with the magical stones but somewhat surprised that she could call forth the magic of this cat's eye so readily.","",""
"confidently","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3504","3","Maiyer Dek smiled confidently.","",""
"scare","Verb","UNKNOWN","3505","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","3506","3","The glow went away instantly, but the arm remained, extended.","",""
"improvise","Verb","UNKNOWN","3507","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","3508","3","And given the unearthly strength of the dwarf, Elbryan wondered if the creature might actually do so!","",""
"machine","Plural","UNKNOWN","3509","3","Elbryan knew that, could hear it in the shriek of every bird, in the movements of squirrels, agitated by the presence of such numbers, by the thunder of a giant's step or the rolling war machines, by the croaks of powrie generals, the eager whines of bloodthirsty goblins.","",""
"leafless","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3510","3","All the trees that had been on Aida's slopes were laid out flat, leafless, most of their branches blown away.","",""
"pitchfork","Noun","UNKNOWN","3511","3","Pony grabbed a pitchfork from one of the men nearby and ran to the eastern gate, bravely throwing it open.","",""
"hoofbeats","Noun","UNKNOWN","3512","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","3513","3","Though she didn't understand its source, Tuntun watched the growing spectacle of the fiery avalanche with satisfaction.","",""
"stomp","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3514","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.","",""
"stupidly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3515","3","The ranger had to be satisfied with that; he and the refugees were in no position to take on a prisoner, especially one as fierce and stupidly bold as that powrie.","",""
"shawno","Noun","UNKNOWN","3516","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","3517","3","Paulson stared at him long and hard, finally relenting under the ranger's unblinking stare.","",""
"rustle","Noun","UNKNOWN","3518","3","Pony was honored, and she moved to kiss Elbryan again, but a rustle at the side caught her attention.","",""
"dome","Noun","UNKNOWN","3519","3","He moved slowly and carefully about the field, building domes of snow the size of his two cupped hands.","",""
"extinguish","Verb","UNKNOWN","3520","3","The fire on that particular dwarf was indeed extinguished as a huge booted foot crushed the diminutive creature flat.","",""
"sanctuary","Noun","UNKNOWN","3521","3","The three trappers were at a loss; Brother Avelyn could think of no sanctuary closer than St.","",""
"mouse","Noun","UNKNOWN","3522","3","So it became a game of cat and mouse, and Avelyn was the mouse.","",""
"slush","Noun","UNKNOWN","3523","3","A drenching rain fell all about the region, turning the last of the snow to slush and softening the ground.","",""
"invading","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3524","3","Tuntun and a couple of others had remained in the area, though, to continue their survey of the invading army.","",""
"occupied","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3525","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","UNKNOWN","3526","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.","",""
"thanks","Noun","UNKNOWN","3527","3","And to go with my thanks and the gratitude of all who survived the invasion.""","",""
"wedge","PastTense","UNKNOWN","3528","3","He was in a sitting position, wedged in tightly against the hard trunk.","",""
"focused","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3529","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","3530","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.","",""
"gust","Noun","UNKNOWN","3531","3","After the gust, the heat remained.","",""
"cracking","Noun","UNKNOWN","3532","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","3533","3","Not a sound came from about the beast as, clothing and all, the dactyl devoured the torn skin of Gothra.","",""
"scour","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3534","3","Lower went the demon, and slower, turning tight circles, sharp eyes scouring the terrain, keen ears tuning to every sound.","",""
"serenity","Noun","UNKNOWN","3535","3","It was a cruel lie: the quiet, the serenity, the spring breeze.","",""
"jutting","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3536","3","Elbryan scanned in that direction, but had to move out from his rock even to spot the jutting stone.","",""
"ringing","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3537","3","Elbryan pressed on, Tempest hitting so often that the ringing song never paused.","",""
"crackling","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3538","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","3539","3","The ominous growling increased tenfold, a hundredfold, deafening Avelyn, blocking the sounds of the dactyl's shrieks.","",""
"somber","Adjective","C1","3540","3","Squat towers anchored every turn in the wall; narrow windows showed that the place was built for somber reflection and defense.","",""
"wistful","Adjective","C1","3541","3","Of alb the places in the area, only Elbryan's private grove was more beautiful than the pine vale and the caribou moss, and none elicited more wistful memories from the young woman.","",""
"trepidation","Singular","C1","3542","3","The ranger felt the hairs on the back of his neck standing up, felt a tingling of trepidation.","",""
"sullen","Adjective","C1","3543","3","News that she would soon be transferred to Pireth Vanguard far to the north, did little to change Jill's sullen mood.","",""
"scrutinize","Verb","C1","3544","3","Avelyn scrutinized the broach carefully.","",""
"favorite","Noun","A2","3545","2","Master Jojonah talked constantly, though he said nothing of interest - slight remarks about the weather, a storm that had hit twenty years before, the passing of his favorite baker in the town of St.-Mere-Abelle, a surprisingly off-color remark about the man's ""lusty"" wife.","",""
"cook","Noun","A2","3546","2","True to his words, Bradwarden allowed Elbryan to start a fire and cook his venison, while the centaur ate his portion, nearly a quarter of the deer, raw.","",""
"lucky","Adjective","A2","3547","2","Avelyn could do nothing except pray that Elbryan and his riders were swift enough and lucky enough to get away.","",""
"examine","Verb","B1","3548","2","Just a week before, Avelyn had melted a leg of one table while examining a ruby sprinkled with carnallite!","",""
"humor","Noun","B1","3549","2","He came to know aspects of Dansally that his companions would never think to look former witty sense of humor, tenderness, and her regrettable resignation for her station in life.","",""
"excited","Adjective","B1","3550","2","Tuntun's normally melodic voice turned squeaky whenever she got excited, and several of the others cringed and some even put their hands over their sensitive, pointed ears.","",""
"pretend","Verb","B1","3551","2","Tuntun pretended not to notice.","",""
"character","Noun","B1","3552","2","Tuntun was wrong, Juraviel knew without any doubt at all; this one had character.","",""
"symbol","Noun","B1","3553","2","They are to me the shining symbol of all the unanswered questions of human existence, of our place in this vast sky, of our purpose, of death itself.","",""
"behavior","Noun","B1","3554","2","For whatever had happened, today and in the days and weeks before, this stubborn behavior could only lead to disaster.","",""
"identify","Infinitive","B1","3555","2","He had learned to identify the various plants and their properties, often medicinal.","",""
"attend","PastTense","B1","3556","2","She would dress in the finest gowns and attend the highest social events in Palmaris, even in Ursal!","",""
"growth","Noun","B1","3557","2","With the elves, I felt a sense of personal growth, learning and training, perfecting my skills, always moving toward something better.","",""
"absent","Adjective","B1","3558","2","Connor, sitting back on one of the plush chairs in the lobby, turned an absent gaze his companion's way.","",""
"approve","Verb","B1","3559","2","Now there was no mistaking the somber, accusing tone of the normally jovial centaur; Bradwarden did not approve of the monk's little flask.","",""
"discuss","Verb","B1","3560","2","""At that time, we will discuss the future of Brother Avelyn Desbris.""","",""
"achieve","Verb","B1","3561","2","The greatest gift of the elves was this harmony the man had achieved, this joining of two philosophies, of two ways of looking at the world, of two ways to do battle.","",""
"complex","Adjective","B1","3562","2","Elbryan gave a smile and shook his head, entertained, as usual by the complex man.","",""
"attach","Verb","B1","3563","2","As if some wire were attached to its back, the zombie stood suddenly, moving straight up without use of its hands, without bending its legs.","",""
"gradual","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3564","2","It didn't seem such a momentous thing, just a gradual stirring in a deep cave in a far, empty mountain.","",""
"twitching","Noun","UNKNOWN","3565","2","The dactyl could feel its blood, hot blood, coursing through its wings and mighty legs, could feel the twitching of its mighty muscles.","",""
"stasis","Singular","UNKNOWN","3566","2","It is settled, Uncle Mather, a new stasis, a level of play.","",""
"encase","Verb","UNKNOWN","3567","2","The spirit had come back to Corona encased in obsidian!","",""
"batlike","Noun","UNKNOWN","3568","2","Its torso resembled that of a tall, slender man, shaped and lined by corded strands of taut muscle and sporting a pair of tremendous batlike wings, twenty feet across when fully extended and with strength enough to lift a full-grown bull in swift flight.","",""
"shiny","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3569","2","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.","",""
"orb","Noun","UNKNOWN","3570","2","Shining, too, were the demon's eyes, pools of liquid black at most times, but shifting to fiery red orbs, living flames, when the demon was agitated, a glow of absolute hatred.","",""
"canine","Plural","UNKNOWN","3571","2","The demon extended its fingernails, transformed them into hooked claws, and grew its teeth-two pointed canines extending down over its bottom lip.","",""
"skewer","Verb","UNKNOWN","3572","2","Dinoniel himself had come into this cave after the beast, had skewered the dactyl...","",""
"rotate","Verb","UNKNOWN","3573","2","With a sickening crackle of bone, the creature's head rotated completely around and bowed, examining the second imperfection of its form, a scarred lump under its lower left shoulder blade.","",""
"throe","Noun","UNKNOWN","3574","2","Yet even in its death throes, the dactyl had won the day, using its willpower to bring up the magma from the bowels of Aida.","",""
"bowel","Noun","UNKNOWN","3575","2","Yet even in its death throes, the dactyl had won the day, using its willpower to bring up the magma from the bowels of Aida.","",""
"resonating","Noun","UNKNOWN","3576","2","""What man, what elf, will take Dinoniel's place?"" the demon asked aloud in its hollow, resonating voice, always seeming on the edge of a thunderous roar.","",""
"greed","Noun","UNKNOWN","3577","2","The wicked goblins certainly, so full of anger and greed, so delighting in murder and war.","",""
"warlike","Noun","UNKNOWN","3578","2","And the powries, yes, the powries, the cunning, warlike dwarves of the Julianthes, the Weathered Isles, who hated the humans above all others.","",""
"drool","Noun","UNKNOWN","3579","2","But he was a letch, a drooling, grabby slob, who took it personally when Jill refused his advances.","",""
"twilight","Noun","UNKNOWN","3580","2","Elbryan first noticed the ghostly figures moving through the mist as twilight descended.","",""
"sorrow","Noun","UNKNOWN","3581","2","To untwist hearts from grasping sorrow,","",""
"morrow","Noun","UNKNOWN","3582","2","To offer the promise of the morrow?","",""
"waft","Noun","UNKNOWN","3583","2","Hot blood waft steam in night air cold.","",""
"eerily","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3584","2","The small frontier village of Dundalis was quiet and eerily still about him, sleeping off the well-earned weariness that followed every day's hard labor.","",""
"teen","Noun","UNKNOWN","3585","2","She was in her mid-teens, but had the shapely body of a woman five years older.","",""
"repair","Verb","UNKNOWN","3586","2","That meant gathering wood and tending the fires, repairing the cabins-which always seemed to need repair!","",""
"expedition","Singular","UNKNOWN","3587","2","This would be the last time he remained behind when the hunters went off on the season's last and most important expedition.","",""
"comer","Noun","UNKNOWN","3588","2","Elbryan moved up to the comer of the next house, smiling for his cleverness, and peered around.","",""
"male","Noun","UNKNOWN","3589","2","One time Elbryan had made the mistake of catching Jilseponie without his male companions nearby, and of tugging too hard on her yellow mane to prove the point of his capture.","",""
"merry","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3590","2","He felt as though he could say anything to her, and she wouldn't judge him or make merry of his feelings.","",""
"outfight","Noun","UNKNOWN","3591","2","She stood straight but not stiff, and could outrun and outfight any of the boys in Dundalis, Elbryan included.","",""
"involuntarily","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3592","2","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.","",""
"reflexively","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3593","2","She reflexively cocked a fist, and Elbryan wisely jumped back.","",""
"excite","Verb","UNKNOWN","3594","2","Finally, Chipmunk caught up to his friend, but he was too excited to explain in words.","",""
"rainbow","Noun","UNKNOWN","3595","2","She remembered that long-ago morning on the tree-covered slope, looking at the sky, at the shining Halo, with its rainbow of colors, its heavenly allure.","",""
"perceptible","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3596","2","It floated through-the chill air, barely perceptible.","",""
"dell","Noun","UNKNOWN","3597","2","Juraviel let him lead often and corrected him whenever he went wrong - which was not often any longer - and soon the pair came into the low dell called Caer'alfar: Elvenhome.","",""
"exhilarating","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3598","2","It was loud and rushing, exhilarating.","",""
"spirituality","Noun","UNKNOWN","3599","2","There is more to spirituality than piety, my friend.","",""
"theirs","Noun","UNKNOWN","3600","2","No, it was his experience and Pony's - theirs alone.","",""
"seamen","Noun","UNKNOWN","3501","2","He had heard the term before, and he knew Quintall and the others used it for the common seamen, but he had no idea what it meant.","",""
"proximity","Noun","UNKNOWN","3502","2","- and yet, fighting in such proximity had him on the defensive for her sake.","",""
"commanding","Adjective","B2","3503","2","The four young monks exchanged glances; Avelyn was sympathetic to the captain's wishes and actually took some comfort in the man's commanding, if cold, demeanor.","",""
"pecking","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3504","2","The pecking order for the voyage had indeed been determined in just that manner.","",""
"peal","Verb","UNKNOWN","3505","2","The bells of the abbey pealed repeatedly, drawing curious onlookers from the nearby village of St.-Mere-Abelle.","",""
"noisily","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3506","2","The four crewmen of the Windrunner's boat, which was bouncing noisily against the wooden dock, sat through it all with smirking faces, thoroughly amused and certainly not impressed.","",""
"crusty","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3507","2","Elbryan froze as he heard the crusty snow crunch under his feet.","",""
"jealous","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3508","2","Avelyn watched that stare, and the return look Quintall offered to the master, and he understood that, while Quintall hated him and was jealous of him, the man would indeed protect him at all costs on the journey to and from the island.","",""
"joyous","Adjective","B2","3509","2","The ceremony went off perfectly solemn yet joyous, ladies crying, men standing tall and handsome.","",""
"extent","Noun","B2","3510","2","The young man paused then to consider the extent of his progress.","",""
"misstep","Noun","UNKNOWN","3511","2","Only the previous autumn, he would not even have noticed his last slight misstep.","",""
"clumsy","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3512","2","Elbryan had learned to walk nearly silently - though he still thought himself clumsy when measured against the graceful elves!","",""
"moot","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3513","2","The point was moot, anyway, for Elbryan never got close to touching the elusive deer.","",""
"fumbling","Noun","UNKNOWN","3514","2","Even the pursuit seemed left behind, the fumbling giants not keeping pace.","",""
"session","Plural","B2","3515","2","Not that Juraviel and the others weren't strong; it constantly amazed Elbryan how much power an elf packed into its tiny frame, power he felt all too often in the sting of a practice sword's strike during his sparring sessions!","",""
"dice","Noun","UNKNOWN","3516","2","But perhaps he'd have time for a few drinks and a dice game before.","",""
"lodging","Noun","UNKNOWN","3517","2","Elbryan moved grudgingly to his lodging, a low, wide house on the bottom boughs of a thick-limbed elm.","",""
"sneakily","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3518","2","Elbryan smiled sneakily and went into a crouch.","",""
"shave","Verb","UNKNOWN","3519","2","Even his head was bare, for his superiors had shaved it.","",""
"feint","Noun","UNKNOWN","3520","2","He was too fast for most humans, dizzying them with winding, sweeping feints before the lightning strike killed them.","",""
"counterclockwise","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3521","2","As soon as he started around, then, Elbryan turned his right foot out and went around counterclockwise, pulling in his hip to avoid a swipe of that axe.","",""
"twirling","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3522","2","He hardly saw the elf's attacks, but he took comfort in the clicking sounds as the twirling pole picked off each one.","",""
"accusingly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3523","2","""The dactyl grows strong,"" she said, not accusingly.","",""
"gaily","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3524","2","The man left early, tipping his floppy beret to Cat as he exited, his light brown eyes sparkling gaily, and the young woman was both relieved and upset that this second meeting had ended so abruptly.","",""
"memories","Verb","UNKNOWN","3525","2","Cat-the-Stray shook her head violently, as if trying to launch the disturbing half memories right out of her ear.","",""
"conniving","Noun","UNKNOWN","3526","2","Grady silently applauded his conniving little sister, though his perception of her actions almost scared him; he had never thought her capable of such a beautifully treacherous play.","",""
"acquaint","Verb","UNKNOWN","3527","2","Belli'mar Juraviel, easily the friendliest of the elven band, and the one most acquainted with humans, had even refused to be seen among the encampments, explaining that his presence would probably only frighten those too foolish to know friend from foe.","",""
"proportion","Singular","B2","3528","2","Everything about her seemed to fit perfectly - her nose, eyes, and mouth in perfect proportion, her legs and arms long and slender but certainly not skinny.","",""
"gait","Noun","UNKNOWN","3529","2","Her gait enhanced that perception as well, for she walked with ease and fluidity, always balanced.","",""
"enhance","Verb","B2","3530","2","Her gait enhanced that perception as well, for she walked with ease and fluidity, always balanced.","",""
"impressed","Adjective","B2","3531","2","The centaur, for the very first time, seemed honestly impressed.","",""
"reflex","Noun","UNKNOWN","3532","2","She was no novice to battle, this one, with finely honed reflexes.","",""
"sarcastic","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3533","2","""Am I to swoon, then?"" Cat asked, growing bolder and more sarcastic.","",""
"spirited","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3534","2","The man got his answer as grim-faced Pony, sitting tall atop Symphony, came out of the trees across the way, flanked on each side by a score of angry villagers and their spirited mounts.","",""
"toothy","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3535","2","The older woman clapped her pudgy hands before her, her toothy smile nearly taking in her ears.","",""
"enthusiasm","Noun","B2","3536","2","So Grady's enthusiasm for this alliance held little weight with Cat, but Pettibwa's exuberance was a bit harder to dismiss.","",""
"reserve","Verb","B2","3537","2","The monk did get in close enough to one wounded goblin to finish it with a flurry of deadly punches, but he kept his magical energy in reserve.","",""
"crewman","Noun","UNKNOWN","3538","2","Ships had been found, so the stories went, intact and seaworthy, but with not a crewman aboard.","",""
"slave","Noun","B2","3539","2","This was Adjonas' ship, that Quintall did not dispute, but the abbey had paid well for this transport and the brothers had not been put aboard as slaves.","",""
"unknowing","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3540","2","Only unknowing blackness.","",""
"rejoin","Verb","UNKNOWN","3541","2","Avelyn wasn't sure the man had ever rejoined them the previous night, and indeed he looked haggard but certainly not displeased.","",""
"approval","Noun","B2","3542","2","Quintall nodded his approval and Thagraine led the eager Pellimar away.","",""
"expense","Noun","B2","3543","2","The other three townsfolk joined in the laughter, more than willing to do so at Elbryan's expense.","",""
"diversion","Plural","UNKNOWN","3544","2","All his adult life had been devoted to his studies; there had been no time for such diversions.","",""
"bien","Noun","UNKNOWN","3545","2","Those wicked stories of Bien deLouisa flitted through his memory.","",""
"delouisa","Noun","UNKNOWN","3546","2","Those wicked stories of Bien deLouisa flitted through his memory.","",""
"stateroom","Noun","UNKNOWN","3547","2","Every time he passed that cabin door, a small stateroom just behind the quarters of Captain Adjonas, he trembled.","",""
"meld","Verb","UNKNOWN","3548","2","All his dreams melded into that singular, mounting fear.","",""
"caricature","Noun","UNKNOWN","3549","2","The cave seemed a gigantic caricature of a king's throne room.","",""
"amble","Verb","UNKNOWN","3550","2","The old man ambled away on bowed legs.","",""
"aft","Noun","UNKNOWN","3551","2","He rubbed his hands together and started aft.","",""
"shipboard","Noun","UNKNOWN","3552","2","For Avelyn, this was a most sacred mission, the most important duty of the Abellican Church, and to profane it so by indulging in a shipboard orgy, was surely blasphemous.","",""
"orgy","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3553","2","For Avelyn, this was a most sacred mission, the most important duty of the Abellican Church, and to profane it so by indulging in a shipboard orgy, was surely blasphemous.","",""
"framed","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3554","2","Her face seemed tiny, framed by the voluminous hair, but cute, if not beautiful, and her frame, too, was small and thin.","",""
"cute","Adjective","B2","3555","2","Her face seemed tiny, framed by the voluminous hair, but cute, if not beautiful, and her frame, too, was small and thin.","",""
"hem","Noun","UNKNOWN","3556","2","""Well, are ye ready then, Avelyn Desbris?"" Dansally asked, pulling up the hem a bit more and striking a teasing pose.","",""
"mankind","Noun","UNKNOWN","3557","2","The weakness of mankind, the impiety of.","",""
"undertow","Noun","UNKNOWN","3558","2","So she shed her red Coastpoint jacket and her heavy boots and went over the side, fighting the undertow every inch of the way through the icy water.","",""
"uncharacteristic","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3559","2","Who might this leader of the herd be to inspire such uncharacteristic respect from cocky Bradwarden?","",""
"landscape","Noun","B2","3560","2","The wind rushed past his ears, the landscape flying along beneath, such a thrill of the run, such a smoothness of stride, that Elbryan would have sworn he was flying across a cushion of air.","",""
"bulging","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3561","2","One of the goblins brought out a bulging waterskin, and as soon as the creature poured some of the foaming liquid into a mug, Elbryan knew that it held some potent drink indeed.","",""
"stance","Noun","B2","3562","2","The attack flurry played itself out, Elbryan coming to a crouched stance, Hawkwing horizontal in front of him.","",""
"tragic","Adjective","B2","3563","2","All the world, save Avelyn and the perpetrators, would think this a tragic accident.","",""
"trench","Noun","UNKNOWN","3564","2","There are reports of a trench, a great upheaval, not twenty miles beyond our valley.""","",""
"upheaval","Noun","UNKNOWN","3565","2","There are reports of a trench, a great upheaval, not twenty miles beyond our valley.""","",""
"stickler","Noun","UNKNOWN","3566","2","At first, Jill thought the new warder more her style, a stickler for detail and duty.","",""
"attune","Verb","UNKNOWN","3567","2","The glade was strangely quiet this night, with no elves in the area - or at least none showing themselves, for Elbryan had been around the Touel'alfar long enough to realize that a host of sprites could be within a dozen paces and even he, now so attuned to the forest, would not suspect it unless they chose to make their presence known.","",""
"uncanny","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3568","2","Around and around the weapons went, reminding Elbryan of her uncanny dexterity.","",""
"underhand","Noun","UNKNOWN","3569","2","Perfect height for an underhand swing.","",""
"vertical","Adjective","B2","3570","2","The elf squealed and threw her sword out to the side, blade vertical, its tip nearly touching the ground.","",""
"err","Verb","UNKNOWN","3571","2","I feared that I had erred in my course, that I had returned home by memory, not by vision.","",""
"unpredictable","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3572","2","He thought himself foolish as he neared the unpredictable Tuntun, expecting that she would find the strength to drive her dirk into his face, thus claiming a draw.","",""
"altered","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3573","2","What, then, had so altered this one?","",""
"earthquakes","Verb","UNKNOWN","3574","2","Earthquakes and thunderstorms, swirling tornadoes, even exploding volcanoes, were more often than not natural events.","",""
"thunderstorm","Noun","UNKNOWN","3575","2","Earthquakes and thunderstorms, swirling tornadoes, even exploding volcanoes, were more often than not natural events.","",""
"volcano","Noun","UNKNOWN","3576","2","Earthquakes and thunderstorms, swirling tornadoes, even exploding volcanoes, were more often than not natural events.","",""
"brothel","Noun","UNKNOWN","3577","2","His other needs could be taken care of in the many brothels that openly offered their wares in the city, but of course he didn't need to tell Jill, his Jilly, about that.","",""
"ware","Noun","UNKNOWN","3578","2","His other needs could be taken care of in the many brothels that openly offered their wares in the city, but of course he didn't need to tell Jill, his Jilly, about that.","",""
"proposal","Noun","B2","3579","2","Her first instinct told her to refuse the proposal.","",""
"hopping","Noun","UNKNOWN","3580","2","Pettibwa was distinctly more animated, hopping up and down, breasts and belly bouncing wildly, and clapping her hands together, her cheeks fast streaking with an outburst of tears.","",""
"plush","Noun","UNKNOWN","3581","2","Connor, sitting back on one of the plush chairs in the lobby, turned an absent gaze his companion's way.","",""
"royalty","Noun","UNKNOWN","3582","2","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.","",""
"inhibition","Plural","UNKNOWN","3583","2","He was trying to loosen up her inhibitions, and she was, too.","",""
"mansion","Noun","UNKNOWN","3584","2","When the guests were excused, Connor took Jill across the town to the mansion of his uncle, the Baron Bildeborough.","",""
"obscene","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3585","2","For Jill, who had spent her life so simply, it seemed somehow obscene; a dozen people could sleep comfortably on that bed, and she needed a stepping stool to even get onto it!","",""
"approve","Verb","B2","3586","2","Now there was no mistaking the somber, accusing tone of the normally jovial centaur; Bradwarden did not approve of the monk's little flask.","",""
"hesitance","Noun","UNKNOWN","3587","2","Her hesitance incited his rage once more.","",""
"incite","Verb","UNKNOWN","3588","2","Her hesitance incited his rage once more.","",""
"pleadingly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3589","2","He looked pleadingly at the boughs, at the rarely seen guide who had led him and his companions through a trackless region, heading south and with towering mountains now in sight.","",""
"blister","Verb","UNKNOWN","3590","2","He burned and blistered, then browned, darker and darker, taking on the leathery appearance of those seasoned sailors around him.","",""
"leathery","Noun","UNKNOWN","3591","2","He burned and blistered, then browned, darker and darker, taking on the leathery appearance of those seasoned sailors around him.","",""
"scraggly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3592","2","That fear came to fruition when Elbryan and Pony entered one long narrow pass, a jumble of boulders and scraggly trees sheltered from the strong winds, but, the pair both silently noted, without any obvious escape routes.","",""
"forbid","Verb","B2","3593","2","Even to utter the, name of the island without Father Abbot's permission was forbidden.","",""
"unrelenting","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3594","2","Adjonas' voice was grim and unrelenting.","",""
"waylay","Verb","UNKNOWN","3595","2","""If they waylay ships, what goods do they extract and where, then, do they drop off their newfound cargo?""","",""
"newfound","Noun","UNKNOWN","3596","2","A light snow had begun to fall all across the forest, but it seemed to shy from the ranger's camp, from the heat of the ranger's fire, from the warmth of Brother Avelyn's newfound home.","",""
"pillage","Noun","UNKNOWN","3597","2","They attack only to pillage enough stores to get them to the next ship and for the simple thrill of the hunt and torture.""","",""
"diagonal","Noun","UNKNOWN","3598","2","Elbryan rested back against the diagonal tree root in this impromptu room of Oracle, digesting his own words.","",""
"ladder","Noun","B2","3599","2","The dwarf caught the gem securely, but surrendered his hold on the ladder.","",""
"hatchway","Noun","UNKNOWN","3600","2","The barrelboat, rolling from the contact with the Windrunner, with water rushing in the open hatchway, soon disappeared under the waves.","",""
1 lemma pos cefr_level coverage_rank global_frequency context_sentence context_sentence_zh definition_zh
2 meaningless seamen Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3501 3 2 Don't ye make me death a meaningless thing, me friends. He had heard the term before, and he knew Quintall and the others used it for the common seamen, but he had no idea what it meant.
3 jerkin proximity Noun UNKNOWN 3502 3 2 Paulson didn't think too much of it, figuring that the jerkin was stolen anyway. - and yet, fighting in such proximity had him on the defensive for her sake.
4 readily commanding Adverb Adjective UNKNOWN B2 3503 3 2 Pony looked at Avelyn, suddenly very appreciative of the training he had given her with the magical stones but somewhat surprised that she could call forth the magic of this cat's eye so readily. The four young monks exchanged glances; Avelyn was sympathetic to the captain's wishes and actually took some comfort in the man's commanding, if cold, demeanor.
5 confidently pecking Adverb Adjective UNKNOWN 3504 3 2 Maiyer Dek smiled confidently. The pecking order for the voyage had indeed been determined in just that manner.
6 scare peal Verb UNKNOWN 3505 3 2 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. The bells of the abbey pealed repeatedly, drawing curious onlookers from the nearby village of St.-Mere-Abelle.
7 extended noisily Adjective Adverb UNKNOWN 3506 3 2 The glow went away instantly, but the arm remained, extended. 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.
8 improvise crusty Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 3507 3 2 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. Elbryan froze as he heard the crusty snow crunch under his feet.
9 unearthly jealous Adjective UNKNOWN 3508 3 2 And given the unearthly strength of the dwarf, Elbryan wondered if the creature might actually do so! Avelyn watched that stare, and the return look Quintall offered to the master, and he understood that, while Quintall hated him and was jealous of him, the man would indeed protect him at all costs on the journey to and from the island.
10 machine joyous Plural Adjective UNKNOWN B2 3509 3 2 Elbryan knew that, could hear it in the shriek of every bird, in the movements of squirrels, agitated by the presence of such numbers, by the thunder of a giant's step or the rolling war machines, by the croaks of powrie generals, the eager whines of bloodthirsty goblins. The ceremony went off perfectly solemn yet joyous, ladies crying, men standing tall and handsome.
11 leafless extent Adjective Noun UNKNOWN B2 3510 3 2 All the trees that had been on Aida's slopes were laid out flat, leafless, most of their branches blown away. The young man paused then to consider the extent of his progress.
12 pitchfork misstep Noun UNKNOWN 3511 3 2 Pony grabbed a pitchfork from one of the men nearby and ran to the eastern gate, bravely throwing it open. Only the previous autumn, he would not even have noticed his last slight misstep.
13 hoofbeats clumsy Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3512 3 2 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. Elbryan had learned to walk nearly silently - though he still thought himself clumsy when measured against the graceful elves!
14 avalanche moot Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3513 3 2 Though she didn't understand its source, Tuntun watched the growing spectacle of the fiery avalanche with satisfaction. The point was moot, anyway, for Elbryan never got close to touching the elusive deer.
15 stomp fumbling Gerund Noun UNKNOWN 3514 3 2 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. Even the pursuit seemed left behind, the fumbling giants not keeping pace.
16 stupidly session Adverb Plural UNKNOWN B2 3515 3 2 The ranger had to be satisfied with that; he and the refugees were in no position to take on a prisoner, especially one as fierce and stupidly bold as that powrie. Not that Juraviel and the others weren't strong; it constantly amazed Elbryan how much power an elf packed into its tiny frame, power he felt all too often in the sting of a practice sword's strike during his sparring sessions!
17 shawno dice Noun UNKNOWN 3516 3 2 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. But perhaps he'd have time for a few drinks and a dice game before.
18 unblinking lodging Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3517 3 2 Paulson stared at him long and hard, finally relenting under the ranger's unblinking stare. Elbryan moved grudgingly to his lodging, a low, wide house on the bottom boughs of a thick-limbed elm.
19 rustle sneakily Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 3518 3 2 Pony was honored, and she moved to kiss Elbryan again, but a rustle at the side caught her attention. Elbryan smiled sneakily and went into a crouch.
20 dome shave Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3519 3 2 He moved slowly and carefully about the field, building domes of snow the size of his two cupped hands. Even his head was bare, for his superiors had shaved it.
21 extinguish feint Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3520 3 2 The fire on that particular dwarf was indeed extinguished as a huge booted foot crushed the diminutive creature flat. He was too fast for most humans, dizzying them with winding, sweeping feints before the lightning strike killed them.
22 sanctuary counterclockwise Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3521 3 2 The three trappers were at a loss; Brother Avelyn could think of no sanctuary closer than St. As soon as he started around, then, Elbryan turned his right foot out and went around counterclockwise, pulling in his hip to avoid a swipe of that axe.
23 mouse twirling Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3522 3 2 So it became a game of cat and mouse, and Avelyn was the mouse. He hardly saw the elf's attacks, but he took comfort in the clicking sounds as the twirling pole picked off each one.
24 slush accusingly Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 3523 3 2 A drenching rain fell all about the region, turning the last of the snow to slush and softening the ground. "The dactyl grows strong," she said, not accusingly.
25 invading gaily Adjective Adverb UNKNOWN 3524 3 2 Tuntun and a couple of others had remained in the area, though, to continue their survey of the invading army. The man left early, tipping his floppy beret to Cat as he exited, his light brown eyes sparkling gaily, and the young woman was both relieved and upset that this second meeting had ended so abruptly.
26 occupied memories Adjective Verb UNKNOWN 3525 3 2 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. Cat-the-Stray shook her head violently, as if trying to launch the disturbing half memories right out of her ear.
27 advancing conniving Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3526 3 2 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. Grady silently applauded his conniving little sister, though his perception of her actions almost scared him; he had never thought her capable of such a beautifully treacherous play.
28 thanks acquaint Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3527 3 2 And to go with my thanks and the gratitude of all who survived the invasion." Belli'mar Juraviel, easily the friendliest of the elven band, and the one most acquainted with humans, had even refused to be seen among the encampments, explaining that his presence would probably only frighten those too foolish to know friend from foe.
29 wedge proportion PastTense Singular UNKNOWN B2 3528 3 2 He was in a sitting position, wedged in tightly against the hard trunk. Everything about her seemed to fit perfectly - her nose, eyes, and mouth in perfect proportion, her legs and arms long and slender but certainly not skinny.
30 focused gait Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3529 3 2 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. Her gait enhanced that perception as well, for she walked with ease and fluidity, always balanced.
31 unsteady enhance Adjective Verb UNKNOWN B2 3530 3 2 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. Her gait enhanced that perception as well, for she walked with ease and fluidity, always balanced.
32 gust impressed Noun Adjective UNKNOWN B2 3531 3 2 After the gust, the heat remained. The centaur, for the very first time, seemed honestly impressed.
33 cracking reflex Noun UNKNOWN 3532 3 2 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. She was no novice to battle, this one, with finely honed reflexes.
34 devour sarcastic Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 3533 3 2 Not a sound came from about the beast as, clothing and all, the dactyl devoured the torn skin of Gothra. "Am I to swoon, then?" Cat asked, growing bolder and more sarcastic.
35 scour spirited Gerund Adjective UNKNOWN 3534 3 2 Lower went the demon, and slower, turning tight circles, sharp eyes scouring the terrain, keen ears tuning to every sound. The man got his answer as grim-faced Pony, sitting tall atop Symphony, came out of the trees across the way, flanked on each side by a score of angry villagers and their spirited mounts.
36 serenity toothy Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3535 3 2 It was a cruel lie: the quiet, the serenity, the spring breeze. The older woman clapped her pudgy hands before her, her toothy smile nearly taking in her ears.
37 jutting enthusiasm Adjective Noun UNKNOWN B2 3536 3 2 Elbryan scanned in that direction, but had to move out from his rock even to spot the jutting stone. So Grady's enthusiasm for this alliance held little weight with Cat, but Pettibwa's exuberance was a bit harder to dismiss.
38 ringing reserve Adjective Verb UNKNOWN B2 3537 3 2 Elbryan pressed on, Tempest hitting so often that the ringing song never paused. The monk did get in close enough to one wounded goblin to finish it with a flurry of deadly punches, but he kept his magical energy in reserve.
39 crackling crewman Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3538 3 2 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. Ships had been found, so the stories went, intact and seaworthy, but with not a crewman aboard.
40 deafen slave Verb Noun UNKNOWN B2 3539 3 2 The ominous growling increased tenfold, a hundredfold, deafening Avelyn, blocking the sounds of the dactyl's shrieks. This was Adjonas' ship, that Quintall did not dispute, but the abbey had paid well for this transport and the brothers had not been put aboard as slaves.
41 somber unknowing Adjective C1 UNKNOWN 3540 3 2 Squat towers anchored every turn in the wall; narrow windows showed that the place was built for somber reflection and defense. Only unknowing blackness.
42 wistful rejoin Adjective Verb C1 UNKNOWN 3541 3 2 Of alb the places in the area, only Elbryan's private grove was more beautiful than the pine vale and the caribou moss, and none elicited more wistful memories from the young woman. Avelyn wasn't sure the man had ever rejoined them the previous night, and indeed he looked haggard but certainly not displeased.
43 trepidation approval Singular Noun C1 B2 3542 3 2 The ranger felt the hairs on the back of his neck standing up, felt a tingling of trepidation. Quintall nodded his approval and Thagraine led the eager Pellimar away.
44 sullen expense Adjective Noun C1 B2 3543 3 2 News that she would soon be transferred to Pireth Vanguard far to the north, did little to change Jill's sullen mood. The other three townsfolk joined in the laughter, more than willing to do so at Elbryan's expense.
45 scrutinize diversion Verb Plural C1 UNKNOWN 3544 3 2 Avelyn scrutinized the broach carefully. All his adult life had been devoted to his studies; there had been no time for such diversions.
46 favorite bien Noun A2 UNKNOWN 3545 2 Master Jojonah talked constantly, though he said nothing of interest - slight remarks about the weather, a storm that had hit twenty years before, the passing of his favorite baker in the town of St.-Mere-Abelle, a surprisingly off-color remark about the man's "lusty" wife. Those wicked stories of Bien deLouisa flitted through his memory.
47 cook delouisa Noun A2 UNKNOWN 3546 2 True to his words, Bradwarden allowed Elbryan to start a fire and cook his venison, while the centaur ate his portion, nearly a quarter of the deer, raw. Those wicked stories of Bien deLouisa flitted through his memory.
48 lucky stateroom Adjective Noun A2 UNKNOWN 3547 2 Avelyn could do nothing except pray that Elbryan and his riders were swift enough and lucky enough to get away. Every time he passed that cabin door, a small stateroom just behind the quarters of Captain Adjonas, he trembled.
49 examine meld Verb B1 UNKNOWN 3548 2 Just a week before, Avelyn had melted a leg of one table while examining a ruby sprinkled with carnallite! All his dreams melded into that singular, mounting fear.
50 humor caricature Noun B1 UNKNOWN 3549 2 He came to know aspects of Dansally that his companions would never think to look former witty sense of humor, tenderness, and her regrettable resignation for her station in life. The cave seemed a gigantic caricature of a king's throne room.
51 excited amble Adjective Verb B1 UNKNOWN 3550 2 Tuntun's normally melodic voice turned squeaky whenever she got excited, and several of the others cringed and some even put their hands over their sensitive, pointed ears. The old man ambled away on bowed legs.
52 pretend aft Verb Noun B1 UNKNOWN 3551 2 Tuntun pretended not to notice. He rubbed his hands together and started aft.
53 character shipboard Noun B1 UNKNOWN 3552 2 Tuntun was wrong, Juraviel knew without any doubt at all; this one had character. For Avelyn, this was a most sacred mission, the most important duty of the Abellican Church, and to profane it so by indulging in a shipboard orgy, was surely blasphemous.
54 symbol orgy Noun Adjective B1 UNKNOWN 3553 2 They are to me the shining symbol of all the unanswered questions of human existence, of our place in this vast sky, of our purpose, of death itself. For Avelyn, this was a most sacred mission, the most important duty of the Abellican Church, and to profane it so by indulging in a shipboard orgy, was surely blasphemous.
55 behavior framed Noun Adjective B1 UNKNOWN 3554 2 For whatever had happened, today and in the days and weeks before, this stubborn behavior could only lead to disaster. Her face seemed tiny, framed by the voluminous hair, but cute, if not beautiful, and her frame, too, was small and thin.
56 identify cute Infinitive Adjective B1 B2 3555 2 He had learned to identify the various plants and their properties, often medicinal. Her face seemed tiny, framed by the voluminous hair, but cute, if not beautiful, and her frame, too, was small and thin.
57 attend hem PastTense Noun B1 UNKNOWN 3556 2 She would dress in the finest gowns and attend the highest social events in Palmaris, even in Ursal! "Well, are ye ready then, Avelyn Desbris?" Dansally asked, pulling up the hem a bit more and striking a teasing pose.
58 growth mankind Noun B1 UNKNOWN 3557 2 With the elves, I felt a sense of personal growth, learning and training, perfecting my skills, always moving toward something better. The weakness of mankind, the impiety of.
59 absent undertow Adjective Noun B1 UNKNOWN 3558 2 Connor, sitting back on one of the plush chairs in the lobby, turned an absent gaze his companion's way. So she shed her red Coastpoint jacket and her heavy boots and went over the side, fighting the undertow every inch of the way through the icy water.
60 approve uncharacteristic Verb Adjective B1 UNKNOWN 3559 2 Now there was no mistaking the somber, accusing tone of the normally jovial centaur; Bradwarden did not approve of the monk's little flask. Who might this leader of the herd be to inspire such uncharacteristic respect from cocky Bradwarden?
61 discuss landscape Verb Noun B1 B2 3560 2 "At that time, we will discuss the future of Brother Avelyn Desbris." The wind rushed past his ears, the landscape flying along beneath, such a thrill of the run, such a smoothness of stride, that Elbryan would have sworn he was flying across a cushion of air.
62 achieve bulging Verb Adjective B1 UNKNOWN 3561 2 The greatest gift of the elves was this harmony the man had achieved, this joining of two philosophies, of two ways of looking at the world, of two ways to do battle. One of the goblins brought out a bulging waterskin, and as soon as the creature poured some of the foaming liquid into a mug, Elbryan knew that it held some potent drink indeed.
63 complex stance Adjective Noun B1 B2 3562 2 Elbryan gave a smile and shook his head, entertained, as usual by the complex man. The attack flurry played itself out, Elbryan coming to a crouched stance, Hawkwing horizontal in front of him.
64 attach tragic Verb Adjective B1 B2 3563 2 As if some wire were attached to its back, the zombie stood suddenly, moving straight up without use of its hands, without bending its legs. All the world, save Avelyn and the perpetrators, would think this a tragic accident.
65 gradual trench Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3564 2 It didn't seem such a momentous thing, just a gradual stirring in a deep cave in a far, empty mountain. There are reports of a trench, a great upheaval, not twenty miles beyond our valley."
66 twitching upheaval Noun UNKNOWN 3565 2 The dactyl could feel its blood, hot blood, coursing through its wings and mighty legs, could feel the twitching of its mighty muscles. There are reports of a trench, a great upheaval, not twenty miles beyond our valley."
67 stasis stickler Singular Noun UNKNOWN 3566 2 It is settled, Uncle Mather, a new stasis, a level of play. At first, Jill thought the new warder more her style, a stickler for detail and duty.
68 encase attune Verb UNKNOWN 3567 2 The spirit had come back to Corona encased in obsidian! The glade was strangely quiet this night, with no elves in the area - or at least none showing themselves, for Elbryan had been around the Touel'alfar long enough to realize that a host of sprites could be within a dozen paces and even he, now so attuned to the forest, would not suspect it unless they chose to make their presence known.
69 batlike uncanny Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3568 2 Its torso resembled that of a tall, slender man, shaped and lined by corded strands of taut muscle and sporting a pair of tremendous batlike wings, twenty feet across when fully extended and with strength enough to lift a full-grown bull in swift flight. Around and around the weapons went, reminding Elbryan of her uncanny dexterity.
70 shiny underhand Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3569 2 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. Perfect height for an underhand swing.
71 orb vertical Noun Adjective UNKNOWN B2 3570 2 Shining, too, were the demon's eyes, pools of liquid black at most times, but shifting to fiery red orbs, living flames, when the demon was agitated, a glow of absolute hatred. The elf squealed and threw her sword out to the side, blade vertical, its tip nearly touching the ground.
72 canine err Plural Verb UNKNOWN 3571 2 The demon extended its fingernails, transformed them into hooked claws, and grew its teeth-two pointed canines extending down over its bottom lip. I feared that I had erred in my course, that I had returned home by memory, not by vision.
73 skewer unpredictable Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 3572 2 Dinoniel himself had come into this cave after the beast, had skewered the dactyl... He thought himself foolish as he neared the unpredictable Tuntun, expecting that she would find the strength to drive her dirk into his face, thus claiming a draw.
74 rotate altered Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 3573 2 With a sickening crackle of bone, the creature's head rotated completely around and bowed, examining the second imperfection of its form, a scarred lump under its lower left shoulder blade. What, then, had so altered this one?
75 throe earthquakes Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3574 2 Yet even in its death throes, the dactyl had won the day, using its willpower to bring up the magma from the bowels of Aida. Earthquakes and thunderstorms, swirling tornadoes, even exploding volcanoes, were more often than not natural events.
76 bowel thunderstorm Noun UNKNOWN 3575 2 Yet even in its death throes, the dactyl had won the day, using its willpower to bring up the magma from the bowels of Aida. Earthquakes and thunderstorms, swirling tornadoes, even exploding volcanoes, were more often than not natural events.
77 resonating volcano Noun UNKNOWN 3576 2 "What man, what elf, will take Dinoniel's place?" the demon asked aloud in its hollow, resonating voice, always seeming on the edge of a thunderous roar. Earthquakes and thunderstorms, swirling tornadoes, even exploding volcanoes, were more often than not natural events.
78 greed brothel Noun UNKNOWN 3577 2 The wicked goblins certainly, so full of anger and greed, so delighting in murder and war. His other needs could be taken care of in the many brothels that openly offered their wares in the city, but of course he didn't need to tell Jill, his Jilly, about that.
79 warlike ware Noun UNKNOWN 3578 2 And the powries, yes, the powries, the cunning, warlike dwarves of the Julianthes, the Weathered Isles, who hated the humans above all others. His other needs could be taken care of in the many brothels that openly offered their wares in the city, but of course he didn't need to tell Jill, his Jilly, about that.
80 drool proposal Noun UNKNOWN B2 3579 2 But he was a letch, a drooling, grabby slob, who took it personally when Jill refused his advances. Her first instinct told her to refuse the proposal.
81 twilight hopping Noun UNKNOWN 3580 2 Elbryan first noticed the ghostly figures moving through the mist as twilight descended. Pettibwa was distinctly more animated, hopping up and down, breasts and belly bouncing wildly, and clapping her hands together, her cheeks fast streaking with an outburst of tears.
82 sorrow plush Noun UNKNOWN 3581 2 To untwist hearts from grasping sorrow, Connor, sitting back on one of the plush chairs in the lobby, turned an absent gaze his companion's way.
83 morrow royalty Noun UNKNOWN 3582 2 To offer the promise of the morrow? 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.
84 waft inhibition Noun Plural UNKNOWN 3583 2 Hot blood waft steam in night air cold. He was trying to loosen up her inhibitions, and she was, too.
85 eerily mansion Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 3584 2 The small frontier village of Dundalis was quiet and eerily still about him, sleeping off the well-earned weariness that followed every day's hard labor. When the guests were excused, Connor took Jill across the town to the mansion of his uncle, the Baron Bildeborough.
86 teen obscene Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3585 2 She was in her mid-teens, but had the shapely body of a woman five years older. For Jill, who had spent her life so simply, it seemed somehow obscene; a dozen people could sleep comfortably on that bed, and she needed a stepping stool to even get onto it!
87 repair approve Verb UNKNOWN B2 3586 2 That meant gathering wood and tending the fires, repairing the cabins-which always seemed to need repair! Now there was no mistaking the somber, accusing tone of the normally jovial centaur; Bradwarden did not approve of the monk's little flask.
88 expedition hesitance Singular Noun UNKNOWN 3587 2 This would be the last time he remained behind when the hunters went off on the season's last and most important expedition. Her hesitance incited his rage once more.
89 comer incite Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3588 2 Elbryan moved up to the comer of the next house, smiling for his cleverness, and peered around. Her hesitance incited his rage once more.
90 male pleadingly Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 3589 2 One time Elbryan had made the mistake of catching Jilseponie without his male companions nearby, and of tugging too hard on her yellow mane to prove the point of his capture. He looked pleadingly at the boughs, at the rarely seen guide who had led him and his companions through a trackless region, heading south and with towering mountains now in sight.
91 merry blister Adjective Verb UNKNOWN 3590 2 He felt as though he could say anything to her, and she wouldn't judge him or make merry of his feelings. He burned and blistered, then browned, darker and darker, taking on the leathery appearance of those seasoned sailors around him.
92 outfight leathery Noun UNKNOWN 3591 2 She stood straight but not stiff, and could outrun and outfight any of the boys in Dundalis, Elbryan included. He burned and blistered, then browned, darker and darker, taking on the leathery appearance of those seasoned sailors around him.
93 involuntarily scraggly Adverb UNKNOWN 3592 2 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. That fear came to fruition when Elbryan and Pony entered one long narrow pass, a jumble of boulders and scraggly trees sheltered from the strong winds, but, the pair both silently noted, without any obvious escape routes.
94 reflexively forbid Adverb Verb UNKNOWN B2 3593 2 She reflexively cocked a fist, and Elbryan wisely jumped back. Even to utter the, name of the island without Father Abbot's permission was forbidden.
95 excite unrelenting Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 3594 2 Finally, Chipmunk caught up to his friend, but he was too excited to explain in words. Adjonas' voice was grim and unrelenting.
96 rainbow waylay Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3595 2 She remembered that long-ago morning on the tree-covered slope, looking at the sky, at the shining Halo, with its rainbow of colors, its heavenly allure. "If they waylay ships, what goods do they extract and where, then, do they drop off their newfound cargo?"
97 perceptible newfound Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3596 2 It floated through-the chill air, barely perceptible. A light snow had begun to fall all across the forest, but it seemed to shy from the ranger's camp, from the heat of the ranger's fire, from the warmth of Brother Avelyn's newfound home.
98 dell pillage Noun UNKNOWN 3597 2 Juraviel let him lead often and corrected him whenever he went wrong - which was not often any longer - and soon the pair came into the low dell called Caer'alfar: Elvenhome. They attack only to pillage enough stores to get them to the next ship and for the simple thrill of the hunt and torture."
99 exhilarating diagonal Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3598 2 It was loud and rushing, exhilarating. Elbryan rested back against the diagonal tree root in this impromptu room of Oracle, digesting his own words.
100 spirituality ladder Noun UNKNOWN B2 3599 2 There is more to spirituality than piety, my friend. The dwarf caught the gem securely, but surrendered his hold on the ladder.
101 theirs hatchway Noun UNKNOWN 3600 2 No, it was his experience and Pony's - theirs alone. The barrelboat, rolling from the contact with the Windrunner, with water rushing in the open hatchway, soon disappeared under the waves.