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"lemma","pos","cefr_level","coverage_rank","global_frequency","context_sentence","context_sentence_zh","definition_zh"
"shapely","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3601","2","She was in her mid-teens, but had the shapely body of a woman five years older.","",""
"starkness","Noun","UNKNOWN","3602","2","The starkness of the scene from this vantage point, in this mounting light, amazed the companions.","",""
"assessment","Noun","UNKNOWN","3603","2","Elbryan shook his head determinedly, somehow sure his companion's assessment was not correct.","",""
"elk","Noun","UNKNOWN","3604","2","The hunters would return with carcasses - elk, caribou, or white-tailed deer - slung on shoulder poles, and it seemed to the watching pair as if this hunt had been successful indeed!","",""
"disintegrate","Verb","UNKNOWN","3605","2","It is likely that all the invasion will disintegrate into separate groups, fighting one another as much as the folk of the kingdom.","",""
"southeast","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3606","2","""The sun is in the southeast,"" Elbryan reminded Pony, squaring his shoulders as he took command of the situation.","",""
"northeast","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3607","2","There was one other patrol, a handful of older teenagers, venturing further out, down among the pines and fluffy caribou moss to the northeast.","",""
"buck","Noun","UNKNOWN","3608","2","Elbryan hardly heard the sharp scolding his father offered, the boy's eyes basking in the sight, moving from the carcass of a caribou buck, to a deer, to a line of coneys, to ...","",""
"stock","Noun","UNKNOWN","3609","2","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.","",""
"flapping","Noun","UNKNOWN","3610","2","The creature's ears, pointed at the top and with a loose flapping, fat lobe at the bottom, stuck out several inches from its head.","",""
"greenish","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3611","2","The woman shuddered when she considered the mouth, a tangle of greenish-yellow fangs, all crooked but each angled inward.","",""
"inward","Noun","UNKNOWN","3612","2","The woman shuddered when she considered the mouth, a tangle of greenish-yellow fangs, all crooked but each angled inward.","",""
"jowl","Noun","UNKNOWN","3613","2","The chin was narrow, but the jowls wide with muscle.","",""
"wrinkled","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3614","2","The dwarf's expression did not change, its pale, wrinkled face staring openmouthed as Pellimar hit it with a solid right cross.","",""
"contradiction","Singular","UNKNOWN","3615","2","That seeming contradiction had left Elbryan in a quandary.","",""
"questioning","Noun","UNKNOWN","3616","2","Elbryan noted the curtness of the answer, the elf's crisp, almost sharp tone, and he understood that further questioning would be unwelcome, that he would learn what he must when the elves decided to tell him.","",""
"myth","Verb","UNKNOWN","3617","2","Goblins were little seen creatures; many considered them more myth than truth.","",""
"sighting","Noun","UNKNOWN","3618","2","The raid on Dundalis, the sightings of goblins and even giants, the evidence of many, earthquakes to the north of Andur'Blough Inninness - all pointed to the resurgence of the dactyl.","",""
"intervene","Verb","UNKNOWN","3619","2","When she wouldn't - couldn't - tell him anything about the staff-wielding stranger who had intervened in the inn, the ferocious monk had beaten her again, and now one of her eyes was swollen closed.","",""
"supper","Noun","UNKNOWN","3620","2","That discipline lasted only until the four took their supper, a bowl of lumpy, lukewarm porridge in the tight quarters of their small room, when Quintall talked of taking ""first watch.""","",""
"disperse","Verb","UNKNOWN","3621","2","0lwan nodded and the crowd gradually dispersed, one person taking a last, long look at the goblin, which was indeed fast turning gray.","",""
"sustain","Verb","UNKNOWN","3622","2","Pony couldn't sustain her smile as she watched him go, wondering if she had pushed him a little too hard.","",""
"simultaneously","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3623","2","The staff connected simultaneously on the sword and the goblin's hand, knocking the weapon from the creature's grasp and launching it a dozen feet away.","",""
"goblinkind","Noun","UNKNOWN","3624","2","Next came a discussion, led by Brody Gentle, of goblinkind in general, from the numerous small goblins to the rare and dangerous disfigured fomorian giants.","",""
"qualification","Singular","UNKNOWN","3625","2","Elbryan's surprise at her qualification of the remark reflected clearly on his face.","",""
"doubtfully","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3626","2","""How do you know that?"" Elbryan asked doubtfully, and his tone seemed to hurt the girl.","",""
"intone","Verb","UNKNOWN","3627","2","He prayed with all his heart, wrapping the words around images of his mother, often intoning her name between lines of verse.","",""
"intertwine","Verb","UNKNOWN","3628","2","The horse angled near a second elm, its branches intertwined with the one near the giant, and Elbryan leaped away, running, surefooted, along one rain-slicked limb.","",""
"majority","Noun","UNKNOWN","3629","2","The majority of Tinson's residents slept the day through, preferring the revelry of the night.","",""
"conquest","Noun","UNKNOWN","3630","2","Images of conquest flooded Quintall's every thought.","",""
"formal","Adjective","B2","3631","2","The four monks were on deck when Bunkus Smealy informed them that they would have no formal duties that day, that they might go about their business.","",""
"certainty","Noun","UNKNOWN","3632","2","Avelyn knew with near certainty that this would be the last time he saw her, and likely the last time he'd see his father, as well.","",""
"sibling","Noun","UNKNOWN","3633","2","His next youngest sibling was seven years his senior, and so he wasn't really close to any of them.","",""
"senior","Noun","UNKNOWN","3634","2","There were several monks, men a few years Avelyn's senior, in the chamber above.","",""
"illness","Noun","UNKNOWN","3635","2","The last few years had been hard on her, one illness after another.","",""
"selfish","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3636","2","The folk of Elkenbrook had never known such a huge gathering of goblins, could not conceive of the notion that the hateful, selfish creatures could ever band together in such numbers.","",""
"grinding","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3637","2","A grinding sound, the great gates sliding open, brought the young man from his contemplations.","",""
"unified","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3638","2","Now the creature saw the time to organize its forces fully; to begin its unified attacks.","",""
"unintentional","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3639","2","Avelyn heard the slaps of wood, the unintentional groans, even an occasional cry from the younger students near the front.","",""
"mix","Noun","UNKNOWN","3640","2","Piled in the emotional jumble were Elbryan's mixed feelings concerning the elves.","",""
"frail","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3641","2","Now he knew how the elvish bows, so small and frail, could launch an arrow a hundred yards on a straight line.","",""
"rack","Verb","UNKNOWN","3642","2","But his words hardly seemed to calm Thagraine; quite the opposite, the man, obviously racked with guilt paced all the more furiously, slapping his hands together repeatedly.","",""
"overlapping","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3643","2","At first he thought them the borders of the known spheres, for he had heard theories of the universe as a series of overlapping, interlocking heavenly spheres, the invisible bubbles that held the layers of stars in place.","",""
"tunic","Noun","UNKNOWN","3644","2","The shorter of the pair wore a light leather tunic and arm shields, metal sleeves hooked over the figure's thumbs and running from wrists to elbow.","",""
"specially","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3645","2","He had recently commissioned a specially designed saddle from the local leatherworker, and had made no secret that it was for Nightbird, payment for some work the ranger had done for him.","",""
"interlock","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3646","2","Its limbs were slender and long and its armor a silver shining coat of fine interlocking links.","",""
"ranking","Noun","UNKNOWN","3647","2","Precious and thus the third ranking priest in the entire Abellican Church, had performed the ceremony himself!","",""
"brotherhood","Noun","UNKNOWN","3648","2","I knew the purest contemplation, the release of physical boundaries, the brotherhood with all the universe.","",""
"idealistic","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3649","2","All that the gentle and idealistic young man wanted was to serve God, to foster peace, to heal, and to comfort.","",""
"hoard","Noun","UNKNOWN","3650","2","To Avelyn Desbris, nothing in all the world, not the treasures of a dragon's hoard, nor the powers of a king, could outweigh that accomplishment.","",""
"outweigh","Verb","UNKNOWN","3651","2","To Avelyn Desbris, nothing in all the world, not the treasures of a dragon's hoard, nor the powers of a king, could outweigh that accomplishment.","",""
"troublesome","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3652","2","For the adults, the specter of the goblins brought a sobering wariness and then a troublesome distraction.","",""
"lively","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3653","2","The moment ended all too soon, Cat-the-Stray tuning back to the bustle of the lively room about her.","",""
"cautious","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3654","2","But even the great wound in the monster's belly fast closed, while Quintall's movements became more cautious, more dangerous.","",""
"rust","Noun","UNKNOWN","3655","2","Pony left Avelyn's side then, rusting to join with Elbryan.","",""
"counterpart","Noun","UNKNOWN","3656","2","Each of this group nodded respectfully at his younger counterparts as he passed them on the rim; some mentioned that Elbryan's patrols would serve as their vital liaison with the village proper.","",""
"arrangement","Noun","UNKNOWN","3657","2","There were several complaints about this arrangement at first, mostly from the older boys who thought that they","",""
"retaliation","Singular","UNKNOWN","3658","2","Elbryan was over him in an instant, more to protect him from the angry crowd than in any fear of retaliation.","",""
"primary","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3659","2","On the ridge and in the vale beyond, the primary enemy became boredom.","",""
"scenario","Noun","UNKNOWN","3660","2","Pony sympathized with the young man, but logically, this was the best scenario they could have hoped for.","",""
"salvage","Noun","UNKNOWN","3661","2","Elbryan walked a crooked path to the food and stubbornly salvaged what he could.","",""
"disgustedly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3662","2","Jojonah looked to Siherton, who was shaking his head disgustedly.","",""
"vain","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3663","2","If he won now, then his friends, all of them, would not have died in vain.","",""
"curve","Noun","UNKNOWN","3664","2","He dared to put his arms around Pony's back, dared to pull her closer, feeling the strangely interesting curves and bumps of her body against his own as they came together.","",""
"genuine","Adjective","B2","3665","2","Again, the fears passed, lost in a swirl of warmth as he looked at Pony's shining blue eyes, at her smile, as genuine and joyful as anything Elbryan had ever seen.","",""
"joyful","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3666","2","Again, the fears passed, lost in a swirl of warmth as he looked at Pony's shining blue eyes, at her smile, as genuine and joyful as anything Elbryan had ever seen.","",""
"gentleness","Noun","UNKNOWN","3667","2","The kiss shifted, from curiosity to urgency, then back to gentleness.","",""
"ruffle","Verb","UNKNOWN","3668","2","Elbryan growled softly and brought both his hands up to ruffle his light brown hair.","",""
"horrified","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3669","2","And then suddenly, it was gone, destroyed by a horrified, and horrifying, scream.","",""
"swarming","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3670","2","The couple jumped apart and to their feet, staring wide-eyed down the long slope to the village, at the swarming forms, at the large plume of smoke -","",""
"initiative","Noun","UNKNOWN","3671","2","This was an action of a rogue goblin chieftain, perhaps, or one of the many powrie raiding parties, acting on their own initiative, bringing misery to the wretched humans.","",""
"tomb","Noun","UNKNOWN","3672","2","Thus, Elbryan and Pony walked away from Avelyn's chosen grave, from Tuntun's last breath, from Bradwarden's tomb.","",""
"formation","Singular","UNKNOWN","3673","2","He would gather together his scouts, perhaps even call in the older scouts from the vale, and charge down into Dundalis in tight formation, anchoring the defense.","",""
"bedsheets","Noun","UNKNOWN","3674","2","That logical, adult part of Pony - the part that knew that the time of fending off nightmares with bedsheets was long past - told her without doubt that Dundalis could not survive.","",""
"everywhere","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3675","2","Goblins swarmed everywhere, and Pony spotted at least two other giants, fifteen feet tall and perhaps a thousand pounds of chiseled muscle.","",""
"catastrophe","Noun","UNKNOWN","3676","2","I may die soon following this course before me, but out here, at one with my spirit and my nature, on the edges of catastrophe, I have lived many times more than most will ever know.","",""
"facing","Noun","UNKNOWN","3677","2","And by Elbryan's measure, Avelyn's bravery in all that he had done - in taking the stones and fleeing St.-Mere-Abelle, in facing Brother Justice, and in aiding against the monsters-was above question.","",""
"falter","Verb","UNKNOWN","3678","2","Without hesitation, for if he paused, he knew his courage surely would falter, Elbryan slipped out from behind the protection of the tree: Half walking, half crawling, he moved closer to the goblin, quickly covering a third of the distance.","",""
"clobber","Verb","UNKNOWN","3679","2","The man's mind whirled through the possibilities, all jumbled with the horror that he had erred, that he was about to get clobbered.","",""
"valiant","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3680","2","And then Olwan came flying back into sight, falling in a broken heap on the road right in the midst of the valiant fighters.","",""
"getting","Noun","UNKNOWN","3681","2","Paulson drew out his large sword and motioned for Cric to go in at his side, while Chipmunk was to go to the higher ground around to the right, getting an angle for his dagger throws.","",""
"mockery","Noun","UNKNOWN","3682","2","As if in a grotesque mockery of that hope, a goblin marched around that corner, bearing down on the girl.","",""
"skidding","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3683","2","The call brought the sprinting lad to a skidding halt.","",""
"ashen","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3684","2","Carley dan Aubrey, one of the younger scouts, staggered toward him, his face ashen, both hands clenched firmly to his right side at his waist.","",""
"jut","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3685","2","Elbryan grimaced, and Carley whimpered and nearly vomited, when Elbryan's hand brushed against the broken tip of a spear jutting from Carley's side.","",""
"overcoat","Noun","UNKNOWN","3686","2","He tore off his overcoat and pulled open his leather vest, quickly unbuttoning the sleeves of his white shirt.","",""
"vest","Noun","UNKNOWN","3687","2","He tore off his overcoat and pulled open his leather vest, quickly unbuttoning the sleeves of his white shirt.","",""
"flop","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3688","2","The creature went berserk, kicking and thrashing, flopping like a landed fish.","",""
"previously","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3689","2","Pony remembered the building of the place, only two years previously.","",""
"divide","Verb","UNKNOWN","3690","2","The class had been divided by birth dates; Avelyn and Quintall had been put, together solely because they had been born in the same week, and not for compatibility, either physical or emotional.","",""
"date","Verb","UNKNOWN","3691","2","The class had been divided by birth dates; Avelyn and Quintall had been put, together solely because they had been born in the same week, and not for compatibility, either physical or emotional.","",""
"temperament","Noun","UNKNOWN","3692","2","Physically, by all accounts, he was the image of his father in Graevis' younger days, but by Cat's estimation, Grady could not have been more different than Graevis in temperament.","",""
"firework","Noun","UNKNOWN","3693","2","They were opposites in temperament, as well: Avelyn calm and reverent, always in control, and Quintall a ""firework,"" as Master Siherton, the class overseer, often appropriately referred to him.","",""
"overseer","Noun","UNKNOWN","3694","2","Siherton's features befit his rank of class overseer, the disciplinarian of the newest brothers.","",""
"coldly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3695","2","""Halfway,"" Quintall answered coldly, ""if that.""","",""
"aching","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3696","2","Avelyn sighed deeply and put his aching arms into motion.","",""
"disgust","Verb","UNKNOWN","3697","2","Elbryan shook his head in disgust, but he reminded himself to keep a measure of respect.","",""
"gauge","Noun","UNKNOWN","3698","2","Dosey interrupted, his tales only for an occasional belch; so lost was he in his own sense of importance that he hardly bothered to gauge the monk's reaction.","",""
"noncommittally","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3699","2","The man with the broken arm shrugged noncommittally, then turned to the bartender, who likewise had no answers.","",""
"dedication","Singular","UNKNOWN","3700","2","It was true enough; Avelyn's incredible dedication was fast becoming the talk of St.-Mere-Abelle.","",""
"evilly","Adverb","B2","3601","2","The dwarf lifted its sword, grinning evilly, and let out a wail that shook Avelyn to the marrow of his bones :as he lay prone not far away.","",""
"spindly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3602","2","With their heavy bodies and spindly limbs, powries were not strong swimmers, and Quintall easily overtook the dazed creature, pushing it under the water and gaining a seat atop its shoulders.","",""
"temporarily","Adverb","B2","3603","2","The barrelboat was disabled temporarily, but the fight was hardly over.","",""
"untangle","Verb","UNKNOWN","3604","2","No powrie would dare go into the water to try and untangle the netted fan with frenzied sharks so close.","",""
"roundhouse","Noun","UNKNOWN","3605","2","Quintall nodded, then suddenly exploded into action, his roundhouse punch catching Avelyn square on the jaw, dropping the man in a heap to the deck.","",""
"spittle","Noun","UNKNOWN","3606","2","""We had no choice in the matter,"" Quintall retorted, so angry that his spittle sprayed forth with every word.","",""
"arise","Verb","B2","3607","2","A dispute had arisen between one or more of the prisoners and their goblin captors, and now the humans were being punished once more.","",""
"conical","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3608","2","And beyond the masses loomed a single dark silhouette, a conical mountain tipped by a steady stream of dark smoke.","",""
"vegetation","Singular","UNKNOWN","3609","2","Gray became green as they closed, lush vegetation thick on the slopes.","",""
"unbearable","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3610","2","All the world was blackness, was searing heat and unbearable agony, and Quintall knew no more.","",""
"agitation","Singular","UNKNOWN","3611","2","The stallion showed no sign of pain or even agitation other than a sudden elation.","",""
"splashing","Noun","UNKNOWN","3612","2","Everything seemed to stop, all movement, all splashing.","",""
"deluge","Noun","UNKNOWN","3613","2","And through the deluge, Avelyn heard his name.","",""
"foliage","Noun","UNKNOWN","3614","2","He peered out, stunned, as a torn and battered Thagraine came into view beyond the thinned foliage, the man bleeding in so many places that he seemed one great wound.","",""
"pitifully","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3615","2","He stumbled forward pitifully, holding out his arms toward the cave.","",""
"befall","Verb","UNKNOWN","3616","2","How many times had the ranger told himself that he would not allow such a tragedy to befall Dundalis again?","",""
"pulp","Noun","UNKNOWN","3617","2","Where trees and thick brush had grown was now only battered pulp and blasted stone.","",""
"strew","Verb","UNKNOWN","3618","2","On another note, Avelyn could not help but laugh at the absurd, useless treasure that lay strewn all about him.","",""
"permanently","Adverb","B2","3619","2","Others had to be treated with oils for many days, that their magic be locked permanently within them.","",""
"acceptable","Adjective","B2","3620","2","Lady Dasslerond turned to Juraviel, her expression showing that his answer was not acceptable.","",""
"appendage","Noun","UNKNOWN","3621","2","The surprised, confused creature stumbled backward, its other, normal appendage grabbing at its torn face.","",""
"putting","Noun","UNKNOWN","3622","2","Anticipating the following moves, Elbryan snapped his left hand down, taking the power from a right cross, then stepped in closer, putting his right leg inside the monk's left, defeating an attempted kick.","",""
"inexperienced","Verb","UNKNOWN","3623","2","Though he was completely inexperienced in physical lovemaking, he understood what she was saying.","",""
"cinnamon","Noun","UNKNOWN","3624","2","The last bite, of a cinnamon roll turned over in Avelyn's stomach, a sinking feeling.","",""
"festivity","Plural","UNKNOWN","3625","2","With the tides, the ship could not put out Until after midnight, so why hadn't the thirty, or at least the captain, been included in the much deserved festivities?","",""
"suspected","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3626","2","He didn't know the hour but suspected that midnight was near or that it had come and gone.","",""
"reef","Noun","UNKNOWN","3627","2","Soon the Windrunner was adrift, the strong currents of All Saints Bay taking her toward a dangerous reef.","",""
"freely","Adverb","B2","3628","2","Tears ran freely down his cheeks; he mumbled the name ""Dansally,"" over and over.","",""
"bombardment","Noun","UNKNOWN","3629","2","Those folk who had survived the bombardment soon envied their dead companions.","",""
"assign","Verb","B2","3630","2","Return now to the room that Master Siherton assigned to you.","",""
"idealism","Noun","UNKNOWN","3631","2","He did not believe that Avelyn, so full of idealism and ridiculous faith, could be corralled.","",""
"fond","Adjective","B2","3632","2","He would try, though, for he was fond of young Brother Avelyn and he knew the alternative.","",""
"completion","Singular","B2","3633","2","The horse could go for many hours, and Brother Justice, so focused on the completion of his vital task, pushed her to her limits.","",""
"damaged","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3634","2","Elbryan hopped down from the centaur and pulled the sword blade near his face, sighing with relief when he noted it was not damaged, not even nicked.","",""
"theft","Noun","B2","3635","2","How does one justify murder and theft, after all?","",""
"cell","Noun","B2","3636","2","Back in his cell, Avelyn fell into the powers of the stone.","",""
"purchase","Verb","B2","3637","2","The next morning, they purchased some supplies, including a short sword, boots, and a warm cloak for Jill, and then they walked out of Macomber together, down the road to the west, ignoring the stares and whispers, feeling somehow as if they shared a secret and a wisdom the rest of the world, fools all, could never comprehend.","",""
"sinister","Adjective","B2","3638","2","The thought of unbelieving merchants plying the gift of the stones, to amuse guests, perhaps, or even for sinister purposes, wounded Avelyn deeply.","",""
"lurch","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3639","2","The dais lurched; a great crack opened in the floor and a gout of steam hissed through.","",""
"carnallite","Singular","UNKNOWN","3640","2","Just a week before, Avelyn had melted a leg of one table while examining a ruby sprinkled with carnallite!","",""
"wagon","Noun","UNKNOWN","3641","2","At the first town he entered, he happened upon a caravan of several merchant wagons, and there he sold the common emerald, giving him all the funds he would need for a long, long time.","",""
"encroach","Verb","UNKNOWN","3642","2","But the young monk could not pull his mind far from the horrors he had witnessed, the encroaching evil that nibbled at the very heart of all that young Avelyn Desbris had held dear.","",""
"cancer","Noun","B2","3643","2","All of it: the cancer that had grown in his world, the unpreparedness, the ungodliness of St.-Mere-Abelle.","",""
"prelude","Noun","UNKNOWN","3644","2","Finally, convinced that this was but a prelude to his lesson, and nothing dramatic, the young man looked up and did a quick count of the stars, noting four.","",""
"furrow","Verb","UNKNOWN","3645","2","Elbryan's brow furrowed as he considered the words, as their implications began to unfold before him.","",""
"meditative","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3646","2","Even Elbryan's sleeping habits changed, shifting to a more controlled, meditative process than a lumped time of uncontrollable unconsciousness.","",""
"unconsciousness","Noun","B2","3647","2","The heat of battle had left her body and unconsciousness had descended over her like some great hunting bird, wings out wide to block the light of day.","",""
"fanciful","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3648","2","""And the memories of fanciful musing,"" Juraviel added.","",""
"tickle","Noun","UNKNOWN","3649","2","He was naked, every hair, every nerve feeling the tickle of the chill breeze.","",""
"swordsmen","Noun","UNKNOWN","3650","2","Both swordsmen came in fast; the goblin swished the spear back and forth, the weapon's sharp tip scratching Cries arm and holding him at bay.","",""
"counterattack","Noun","UNKNOWN","3651","2","On those occasions when he did spar, he not only understood how to defeat any attack, deflect, dodge, or block, but also knew which tactic would offer appropriate counterattacks or would keep his defensive posture strong against subsequent attacks from that foe, or even from others.","",""
"purposefully","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3652","2","The three left Caer'alfar, moving purposefully into the deep woods.","",""
"drape","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3653","2","Then he went about draping the blanket over the cave entrance, darkening the room so that he could barely make out his hand if he held it in front of his face.","",""
"invade","Verb","B2","3654","2","He lost all sense of the passing of time; soon nothing invaded his focus.","",""
"gulp","Noun","UNKNOWN","3655","2","The image nodded; Elbryan fought for a gulp of air.","",""
"indenture","Noun","UNKNOWN","3656","2","Short of that, there was the very real possibility that Abbot Dobrinion would bind Jill into indenture to Connor, perhaps for the remainder of her life.","",""
"sympathetically","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3657","2","Elbryan groaned sympathetically, running to get in view of the man once more.","",""
"welfare","Noun","B2","3658","2","To Jill, their mission seemed paramount, a stoic existence protecting the welfare of all the kingdom.","",""
"slob","Noun","UNKNOWN","3659","2","But he was a letch, a drooling, grabby slob, who took it personally when Jill refused his advances.","",""
"walkway","Noun","UNKNOWN","3660","2","She wasn't particularly afraid; she didn't think the drunken slob would even get to her before he fell off the narrow walkway, dropping the eight feet to the fortress's small courtyard.","",""
"outwardly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3661","2","If she accepted his outwardly gracious offer and went inside, Gofflaw would soon follow, leaving the walls empty.","",""
"conspiracy","Noun","B2","3662","2","Even worse, for him to be out here fetching her, there was likely a conspiracy inside.","",""
"grabby","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3663","2","But he was a letch, a drooling, grabby slob, who took it personally when Jill refused his advances.","",""
"lass","Noun","UNKNOWN","3664","2","""Calm, lass,"" Presso said, patting his hand in the air.","",""
"motto","Noun","UNKNOWN","3665","2","she finished, the motto of the once proud Coastpoint Guards.","",""
"decent","Adjective","B2","3666","2","Also, it had surprised Jill how much she missed Constantine Presso, a decent man - by Pireth Tulme's standards, at least.","",""
"swollen","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3667","2","He had limped for a week, one foot swollen, one ankle and both his knees bruised, one eye closed and a lip too fat for him to drink anything without it dribbling down the front of his shirt.","",""
"solitary","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3668","2","There were even reports of a smoke cloud rising lazily over the Barbacan, streaming from a solitary mountain known as Aida.","",""
"crisscross","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3669","2","One had many daggers within easy grasp, hanging on a bandolier that crisscrossed his chest.","",""
"neat","Adjective","B2","3670","2","Elbryan understood immediately that this was their destination, that there was something unusual about these plants; they were growing in neat rows, evenly spaced, and the ground around them was bare.","",""
"gracefully","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3671","2","Silvery lines wove gracefully about the dark green stem; they seemed to Elbryan consistent with the fishing lines and the bowstrings the elves used.","",""
"cure","Verb","B2","3672","2","So the monk, exhausted from fighting and then curing the stranger's magical poisoning, his mind heavy with drink, plopped down on his bed and was soon snoring loudly.","",""
"resilient","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3673","2","Elbryan knew how strong find resilient his bow was, and so he figured that if the softening gel would work on darkfern, it might even defeat the metal.","",""
"berry","Noun","UNKNOWN","3674","2","But fruits and berries are naught but ticklings.","",""
"slit","Noun","UNKNOWN","3675","2","The old elf took up a curious-looking knife, bent upward on both sides and with its cutting edge on one side of a slit running down its middle.","",""
"peel","Verb","UNKNOWN","3676","2","A tiny strip peeled away, so thin as to be nearly translucent.","",""
"crafting","Noun","B2","3677","2","The name would have to be correct, for this bow would be the epitome of his crafting, Joycenevial determined, the highest achievement in a career so often marked by perfection.","",""
"hone","Verb","UNKNOWN","3678","2","She was no novice to battle, this one, with finely honed reflexes.","",""
"notch","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3679","2","He would spend the better part of half a year on this one, he knew, scraping and treating, notching and weaving spells of strength.","",""
"callus","Noun","UNKNOWN","3680","2","The fingers of the young man's right hand were soon laced with calluses, and the leather on the inside of his black arm guard had been worn down to half its original thickness.","",""
"upside","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3681","2","He looked up to see that last giant upside down, flailing wildly, futilely, floating even farther away.","",""
"exploit","Noun","B2","3682","2","Y4 how can they know of me, more than the name of Nightbird, which I have not hidden, and of my exploits against them?","",""
"broadsword","Noun","UNKNOWN","3683","2","Of the six, only one was still accounted for, a huge broadsword named Icebreaker, wielded by a rarely seen ranger, Andacanavar, in the far northland of Alpinador.","",""
"northland","Noun","UNKNOWN","3684","2","Of the six, only one was still accounted for, a huge broadsword named Icebreaker, wielded by a rarely seen ranger, Andacanavar, in the far northland of Alpinador.","",""
"perceive","Verb","B2","3685","2","And it went deeper than that; the ranger came to perceive the world about Symphony through the eyes of the magnificent horse.","",""
"modesty","Noun","UNKNOWN","3686","2","Modesty caused Elbryan to hesitate, but Tuntun wasn't in the mood for a debate.","",""
"dump","Verb","B2","3687","2","The ranger went around to the back and dumped out the cauldron of poison.","",""
"trusting","Noun","B2","3688","2","Elbryan's first instinct was to ask where, but he held the thought private, trusting that the elves would tell him if he needed to know.","",""
"settler","Plural","B2","3689","2","There were the Moorlands - the Soupy Bogs, they had been affectionately called by the settlers on the edge of the Wilderlands.","",""
"guardian","Plural","UNKNOWN","3690","2","Except that now, he ran through the Moorlands, and recalling those tales of howling beasts and horrid guardians wasn't very comforting.","",""
"basin","Noun","UNKNOWN","3691","2","Rivulets of runoff had been crystalline all through the Moorlands, except in those low basins where the water collected and remained, where the ground and water seemed to blend, to melt together into a thick muddy stew.","",""
"upstream","Noun","UNKNOWN","3692","2","He noted a splash, not so far in the distance upstream.","",""
"eeyan","Noun","UNKNOWN","3693","2","""Eeyan kos?"" one of them called.","",""
"whoop","Noun","UNKNOWN","3694","2","With a whoop of delight, the other goblins, predictably, came on.","",""
"flanking","Noun","UNKNOWN","3695","2","Elbryan caught the staff firmly in his left hand and extended that arm out in similar fashion so that the other flanking goblin was poked away.","",""
"hitting","Noun","UNKNOWN","3696","2","Seeing that creature in full flight, Elbryan stabbed the staff back out hard to his left, hitting the dazed and battered goblin right in the face.","",""
"backtracking","Noun","UNKNOWN","3697","2","Now I wonder if it wasn't merely a memory returned, a backtracking of the same course the elves.","",""
"resident","Noun","B2","3698","2","I have no new friends among the current residents of Dundalis, and in truth, I expect none.","",""
"outskirt","Noun","UNKNOWN","3699","2","Jill considered the offer for a long moment, then moved away with the man to a room he had rented in a small inn on the outskirts of Macomber.","",""
"deceptive","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3700","2","His face' was clean shaven, seeming almost babyish, but anyone looking at powerful Tol knew that to be a deceptive façade.","",""
1 lemma pos cefr_level coverage_rank global_frequency context_sentence context_sentence_zh definition_zh
2 shapely evilly Adverb UNKNOWN B2 3601 2 She was in her mid-teens, but had the shapely body of a woman five years older. The dwarf lifted its sword, grinning evilly, and let out a wail that shook Avelyn to the marrow of his bones :as he lay prone not far away.
3 starkness spindly Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 3602 2 The starkness of the scene from this vantage point, in this mounting light, amazed the companions. With their heavy bodies and spindly limbs, powries were not strong swimmers, and Quintall easily overtook the dazed creature, pushing it under the water and gaining a seat atop its shoulders.
4 assessment temporarily Noun Adverb UNKNOWN B2 3603 2 Elbryan shook his head determinedly, somehow sure his companion's assessment was not correct. The barrelboat was disabled temporarily, but the fight was hardly over.
5 elk untangle Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3604 2 The hunters would return with carcasses - elk, caribou, or white-tailed deer - slung on shoulder poles, and it seemed to the watching pair as if this hunt had been successful indeed! No powrie would dare go into the water to try and untangle the netted fan with frenzied sharks so close.
6 disintegrate roundhouse Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3605 2 It is likely that all the invasion will disintegrate into separate groups, fighting one another as much as the folk of the kingdom. Quintall nodded, then suddenly exploded into action, his roundhouse punch catching Avelyn square on the jaw, dropping the man in a heap to the deck.
7 southeast spittle Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3606 2 "The sun is in the southeast," Elbryan reminded Pony, squaring his shoulders as he took command of the situation. "We had no choice in the matter," Quintall retorted, so angry that his spittle sprayed forth with every word.
8 northeast arise Adjective Verb UNKNOWN B2 3607 2 There was one other patrol, a handful of older teenagers, venturing further out, down among the pines and fluffy caribou moss to the northeast. A dispute had arisen between one or more of the prisoners and their goblin captors, and now the humans were being punished once more.
9 buck conical Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3608 2 Elbryan hardly heard the sharp scolding his father offered, the boy's eyes basking in the sight, moving from the carcass of a caribou buck, to a deer, to a line of coneys, to ... And beyond the masses loomed a single dark silhouette, a conical mountain tipped by a steady stream of dark smoke.
10 stock vegetation Noun Singular UNKNOWN 3609 2 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. Gray became green as they closed, lush vegetation thick on the slopes.
11 flapping unbearable Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3610 2 The creature's ears, pointed at the top and with a loose flapping, fat lobe at the bottom, stuck out several inches from its head. All the world was blackness, was searing heat and unbearable agony, and Quintall knew no more.
12 greenish agitation Adjective Singular UNKNOWN 3611 2 The woman shuddered when she considered the mouth, a tangle of greenish-yellow fangs, all crooked but each angled inward. The stallion showed no sign of pain or even agitation other than a sudden elation.
13 inward splashing Noun UNKNOWN 3612 2 The woman shuddered when she considered the mouth, a tangle of greenish-yellow fangs, all crooked but each angled inward. Everything seemed to stop, all movement, all splashing.
14 jowl deluge Noun UNKNOWN 3613 2 The chin was narrow, but the jowls wide with muscle. And through the deluge, Avelyn heard his name.
15 wrinkled foliage Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3614 2 The dwarf's expression did not change, its pale, wrinkled face staring openmouthed as Pellimar hit it with a solid right cross. He peered out, stunned, as a torn and battered Thagraine came into view beyond the thinned foliage, the man bleeding in so many places that he seemed one great wound.
16 contradiction pitifully Singular Adverb UNKNOWN 3615 2 That seeming contradiction had left Elbryan in a quandary. He stumbled forward pitifully, holding out his arms toward the cave.
17 questioning befall Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3616 2 Elbryan noted the curtness of the answer, the elf's crisp, almost sharp tone, and he understood that further questioning would be unwelcome, that he would learn what he must when the elves decided to tell him. How many times had the ranger told himself that he would not allow such a tragedy to befall Dundalis again?
18 myth pulp Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3617 2 Goblins were little seen creatures; many considered them more myth than truth. Where trees and thick brush had grown was now only battered pulp and blasted stone.
19 sighting strew Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3618 2 The raid on Dundalis, the sightings of goblins and even giants, the evidence of many, earthquakes to the north of Andur'Blough Inninness - all pointed to the resurgence of the dactyl. On another note, Avelyn could not help but laugh at the absurd, useless treasure that lay strewn all about him.
20 intervene permanently Verb Adverb UNKNOWN B2 3619 2 When she wouldn't - couldn't - tell him anything about the staff-wielding stranger who had intervened in the inn, the ferocious monk had beaten her again, and now one of her eyes was swollen closed. Others had to be treated with oils for many days, that their magic be locked permanently within them.
21 supper acceptable Noun Adjective UNKNOWN B2 3620 2 That discipline lasted only until the four took their supper, a bowl of lumpy, lukewarm porridge in the tight quarters of their small room, when Quintall talked of taking "first watch." Lady Dasslerond turned to Juraviel, her expression showing that his answer was not acceptable.
22 disperse appendage Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3621 2 0lwan nodded and the crowd gradually dispersed, one person taking a last, long look at the goblin, which was indeed fast turning gray. The surprised, confused creature stumbled backward, its other, normal appendage grabbing at its torn face.
23 sustain putting Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3622 2 Pony couldn't sustain her smile as she watched him go, wondering if she had pushed him a little too hard. Anticipating the following moves, Elbryan snapped his left hand down, taking the power from a right cross, then stepped in closer, putting his right leg inside the monk's left, defeating an attempted kick.
24 simultaneously inexperienced Adverb Verb UNKNOWN 3623 2 The staff connected simultaneously on the sword and the goblin's hand, knocking the weapon from the creature's grasp and launching it a dozen feet away. Though he was completely inexperienced in physical lovemaking, he understood what she was saying.
25 goblinkind cinnamon Noun UNKNOWN 3624 2 Next came a discussion, led by Brody Gentle, of goblinkind in general, from the numerous small goblins to the rare and dangerous disfigured fomorian giants. The last bite, of a cinnamon roll turned over in Avelyn's stomach, a sinking feeling.
26 qualification festivity Singular Plural UNKNOWN 3625 2 Elbryan's surprise at her qualification of the remark reflected clearly on his face. With the tides, the ship could not put out Until after midnight, so why hadn't the thirty, or at least the captain, been included in the much deserved festivities?
27 doubtfully suspected Adverb Adjective UNKNOWN 3626 2 "How do you know that?" Elbryan asked doubtfully, and his tone seemed to hurt the girl. He didn't know the hour but suspected that midnight was near or that it had come and gone.
28 intone reef Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3627 2 He prayed with all his heart, wrapping the words around images of his mother, often intoning her name between lines of verse. Soon the Windrunner was adrift, the strong currents of All Saints Bay taking her toward a dangerous reef.
29 intertwine freely Verb Adverb UNKNOWN B2 3628 2 The horse angled near a second elm, its branches intertwined with the one near the giant, and Elbryan leaped away, running, surefooted, along one rain-slicked limb. Tears ran freely down his cheeks; he mumbled the name "Dansally," over and over.
30 majority bombardment Noun UNKNOWN 3629 2 The majority of Tinson's residents slept the day through, preferring the revelry of the night. Those folk who had survived the bombardment soon envied their dead companions.
31 conquest assign Noun Verb UNKNOWN B2 3630 2 Images of conquest flooded Quintall's every thought. Return now to the room that Master Siherton assigned to you.
32 formal idealism Adjective Noun B2 UNKNOWN 3631 2 The four monks were on deck when Bunkus Smealy informed them that they would have no formal duties that day, that they might go about their business. He did not believe that Avelyn, so full of idealism and ridiculous faith, could be corralled.
33 certainty fond Noun Adjective UNKNOWN B2 3632 2 Avelyn knew with near certainty that this would be the last time he saw her, and likely the last time he'd see his father, as well. He would try, though, for he was fond of young Brother Avelyn and he knew the alternative.
34 sibling completion Noun Singular UNKNOWN B2 3633 2 His next youngest sibling was seven years his senior, and so he wasn't really close to any of them. The horse could go for many hours, and Brother Justice, so focused on the completion of his vital task, pushed her to her limits.
35 senior damaged Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3634 2 There were several monks, men a few years Avelyn's senior, in the chamber above. Elbryan hopped down from the centaur and pulled the sword blade near his face, sighing with relief when he noted it was not damaged, not even nicked.
36 illness theft Noun UNKNOWN B2 3635 2 The last few years had been hard on her, one illness after another. How does one justify murder and theft, after all?
37 selfish cell Adjective Noun UNKNOWN B2 3636 2 The folk of Elkenbrook had never known such a huge gathering of goblins, could not conceive of the notion that the hateful, selfish creatures could ever band together in such numbers. Back in his cell, Avelyn fell into the powers of the stone.
38 grinding purchase Adjective Verb UNKNOWN B2 3637 2 A grinding sound, the great gates sliding open, brought the young man from his contemplations. The next morning, they purchased some supplies, including a short sword, boots, and a warm cloak for Jill, and then they walked out of Macomber together, down the road to the west, ignoring the stares and whispers, feeling somehow as if they shared a secret and a wisdom the rest of the world, fools all, could never comprehend.
39 unified sinister Adjective UNKNOWN B2 3638 2 Now the creature saw the time to organize its forces fully; to begin its unified attacks. The thought of unbelieving merchants plying the gift of the stones, to amuse guests, perhaps, or even for sinister purposes, wounded Avelyn deeply.
40 unintentional lurch Adjective Gerund UNKNOWN 3639 2 Avelyn heard the slaps of wood, the unintentional groans, even an occasional cry from the younger students near the front. The dais lurched; a great crack opened in the floor and a gout of steam hissed through.
41 mix carnallite Noun Singular UNKNOWN 3640 2 Piled in the emotional jumble were Elbryan's mixed feelings concerning the elves. Just a week before, Avelyn had melted a leg of one table while examining a ruby sprinkled with carnallite!
42 frail wagon Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3641 2 Now he knew how the elvish bows, so small and frail, could launch an arrow a hundred yards on a straight line. At the first town he entered, he happened upon a caravan of several merchant wagons, and there he sold the common emerald, giving him all the funds he would need for a long, long time.
43 rack encroach Verb UNKNOWN 3642 2 But his words hardly seemed to calm Thagraine; quite the opposite, the man, obviously racked with guilt paced all the more furiously, slapping his hands together repeatedly. But the young monk could not pull his mind far from the horrors he had witnessed, the encroaching evil that nibbled at the very heart of all that young Avelyn Desbris had held dear.
44 overlapping cancer Adjective Noun UNKNOWN B2 3643 2 At first he thought them the borders of the known spheres, for he had heard theories of the universe as a series of overlapping, interlocking heavenly spheres, the invisible bubbles that held the layers of stars in place. All of it: the cancer that had grown in his world, the unpreparedness, the ungodliness of St.-Mere-Abelle.
45 tunic prelude Noun UNKNOWN 3644 2 The shorter of the pair wore a light leather tunic and arm shields, metal sleeves hooked over the figure's thumbs and running from wrists to elbow. Finally, convinced that this was but a prelude to his lesson, and nothing dramatic, the young man looked up and did a quick count of the stars, noting four.
46 specially furrow Adverb Verb UNKNOWN 3645 2 He had recently commissioned a specially designed saddle from the local leatherworker, and had made no secret that it was for Nightbird, payment for some work the ranger had done for him. Elbryan's brow furrowed as he considered the words, as their implications began to unfold before him.
47 interlock meditative Gerund Adjective UNKNOWN 3646 2 Its limbs were slender and long and its armor a silver shining coat of fine interlocking links. Even Elbryan's sleeping habits changed, shifting to a more controlled, meditative process than a lumped time of uncontrollable unconsciousness.
48 ranking unconsciousness Noun UNKNOWN B2 3647 2 Precious and thus the third ranking priest in the entire Abellican Church, had performed the ceremony himself! The heat of battle had left her body and unconsciousness had descended over her like some great hunting bird, wings out wide to block the light of day.
49 brotherhood fanciful Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3648 2 I knew the purest contemplation, the release of physical boundaries, the brotherhood with all the universe. "And the memories of fanciful musing," Juraviel added.
50 idealistic tickle Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3649 2 All that the gentle and idealistic young man wanted was to serve God, to foster peace, to heal, and to comfort. He was naked, every hair, every nerve feeling the tickle of the chill breeze.
51 hoard swordsmen Noun UNKNOWN 3650 2 To Avelyn Desbris, nothing in all the world, not the treasures of a dragon's hoard, nor the powers of a king, could outweigh that accomplishment. Both swordsmen came in fast; the goblin swished the spear back and forth, the weapon's sharp tip scratching Cries arm and holding him at bay.
52 outweigh counterattack Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3651 2 To Avelyn Desbris, nothing in all the world, not the treasures of a dragon's hoard, nor the powers of a king, could outweigh that accomplishment. On those occasions when he did spar, he not only understood how to defeat any attack, deflect, dodge, or block, but also knew which tactic would offer appropriate counterattacks or would keep his defensive posture strong against subsequent attacks from that foe, or even from others.
53 troublesome purposefully Adjective Adverb UNKNOWN 3652 2 For the adults, the specter of the goblins brought a sobering wariness and then a troublesome distraction. The three left Caer'alfar, moving purposefully into the deep woods.
54 lively drape Adjective Gerund UNKNOWN 3653 2 The moment ended all too soon, Cat-the-Stray tuning back to the bustle of the lively room about her. Then he went about draping the blanket over the cave entrance, darkening the room so that he could barely make out his hand if he held it in front of his face.
55 cautious invade Adjective Verb UNKNOWN B2 3654 2 But even the great wound in the monster's belly fast closed, while Quintall's movements became more cautious, more dangerous. He lost all sense of the passing of time; soon nothing invaded his focus.
56 rust gulp Noun UNKNOWN 3655 2 Pony left Avelyn's side then, rusting to join with Elbryan. The image nodded; Elbryan fought for a gulp of air.
57 counterpart indenture Noun UNKNOWN 3656 2 Each of this group nodded respectfully at his younger counterparts as he passed them on the rim; some mentioned that Elbryan's patrols would serve as their vital liaison with the village proper. Short of that, there was the very real possibility that Abbot Dobrinion would bind Jill into indenture to Connor, perhaps for the remainder of her life.
58 arrangement sympathetically Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 3657 2 There were several complaints about this arrangement at first, mostly from the older boys who thought that they Elbryan groaned sympathetically, running to get in view of the man once more.
59 retaliation welfare Singular Noun UNKNOWN B2 3658 2 Elbryan was over him in an instant, more to protect him from the angry crowd than in any fear of retaliation. To Jill, their mission seemed paramount, a stoic existence protecting the welfare of all the kingdom.
60 primary slob Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3659 2 On the ridge and in the vale beyond, the primary enemy became boredom. But he was a letch, a drooling, grabby slob, who took it personally when Jill refused his advances.
61 scenario walkway Noun UNKNOWN 3660 2 Pony sympathized with the young man, but logically, this was the best scenario they could have hoped for. She wasn't particularly afraid; she didn't think the drunken slob would even get to her before he fell off the narrow walkway, dropping the eight feet to the fortress's small courtyard.
62 salvage outwardly Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 3661 2 Elbryan walked a crooked path to the food and stubbornly salvaged what he could. If she accepted his outwardly gracious offer and went inside, Gofflaw would soon follow, leaving the walls empty.
63 disgustedly conspiracy Adverb Noun UNKNOWN B2 3662 2 Jojonah looked to Siherton, who was shaking his head disgustedly. Even worse, for him to be out here fetching her, there was likely a conspiracy inside.
64 vain grabby Adjective UNKNOWN 3663 2 If he won now, then his friends, all of them, would not have died in vain. But he was a letch, a drooling, grabby slob, who took it personally when Jill refused his advances.
65 curve lass Noun UNKNOWN 3664 2 He dared to put his arms around Pony's back, dared to pull her closer, feeling the strangely interesting curves and bumps of her body against his own as they came together. "Calm, lass," Presso said, patting his hand in the air.
66 genuine motto Adjective Noun B2 UNKNOWN 3665 2 Again, the fears passed, lost in a swirl of warmth as he looked at Pony's shining blue eyes, at her smile, as genuine and joyful as anything Elbryan had ever seen. she finished, the motto of the once proud Coastpoint Guards.
67 joyful decent Adjective UNKNOWN B2 3666 2 Again, the fears passed, lost in a swirl of warmth as he looked at Pony's shining blue eyes, at her smile, as genuine and joyful as anything Elbryan had ever seen. Also, it had surprised Jill how much she missed Constantine Presso, a decent man - by Pireth Tulme's standards, at least.
68 gentleness swollen Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3667 2 The kiss shifted, from curiosity to urgency, then back to gentleness. He had limped for a week, one foot swollen, one ankle and both his knees bruised, one eye closed and a lip too fat for him to drink anything without it dribbling down the front of his shirt.
69 ruffle solitary Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 3668 2 Elbryan growled softly and brought both his hands up to ruffle his light brown hair. There were even reports of a smoke cloud rising lazily over the Barbacan, streaming from a solitary mountain known as Aida.
70 horrified crisscross Adjective Gerund UNKNOWN 3669 2 And then suddenly, it was gone, destroyed by a horrified, and horrifying, scream. One had many daggers within easy grasp, hanging on a bandolier that crisscrossed his chest.
71 swarming neat Adjective UNKNOWN B2 3670 2 The couple jumped apart and to their feet, staring wide-eyed down the long slope to the village, at the swarming forms, at the large plume of smoke - Elbryan understood immediately that this was their destination, that there was something unusual about these plants; they were growing in neat rows, evenly spaced, and the ground around them was bare.
72 initiative gracefully Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 3671 2 This was an action of a rogue goblin chieftain, perhaps, or one of the many powrie raiding parties, acting on their own initiative, bringing misery to the wretched humans. Silvery lines wove gracefully about the dark green stem; they seemed to Elbryan consistent with the fishing lines and the bowstrings the elves used.
73 tomb cure Noun Verb UNKNOWN B2 3672 2 Thus, Elbryan and Pony walked away from Avelyn's chosen grave, from Tuntun's last breath, from Bradwarden's tomb. So the monk, exhausted from fighting and then curing the stranger's magical poisoning, his mind heavy with drink, plopped down on his bed and was soon snoring loudly.
74 formation resilient Singular Adjective UNKNOWN 3673 2 He would gather together his scouts, perhaps even call in the older scouts from the vale, and charge down into Dundalis in tight formation, anchoring the defense. Elbryan knew how strong find resilient his bow was, and so he figured that if the softening gel would work on darkfern, it might even defeat the metal.
75 bedsheets berry Noun UNKNOWN 3674 2 That logical, adult part of Pony - the part that knew that the time of fending off nightmares with bedsheets was long past - told her without doubt that Dundalis could not survive. But fruits and berries are naught but ticklings.
76 everywhere slit Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 3675 2 Goblins swarmed everywhere, and Pony spotted at least two other giants, fifteen feet tall and perhaps a thousand pounds of chiseled muscle. The old elf took up a curious-looking knife, bent upward on both sides and with its cutting edge on one side of a slit running down its middle.
77 catastrophe peel Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3676 2 I may die soon following this course before me, but out here, at one with my spirit and my nature, on the edges of catastrophe, I have lived many times more than most will ever know. A tiny strip peeled away, so thin as to be nearly translucent.
78 facing crafting Noun UNKNOWN B2 3677 2 And by Elbryan's measure, Avelyn's bravery in all that he had done - in taking the stones and fleeing St.-Mere-Abelle, in facing Brother Justice, and in aiding against the monsters-was above question. The name would have to be correct, for this bow would be the epitome of his crafting, Joycenevial determined, the highest achievement in a career so often marked by perfection.
79 falter hone Verb UNKNOWN 3678 2 Without hesitation, for if he paused, he knew his courage surely would falter, Elbryan slipped out from behind the protection of the tree: Half walking, half crawling, he moved closer to the goblin, quickly covering a third of the distance. She was no novice to battle, this one, with finely honed reflexes.
80 clobber notch Verb Gerund UNKNOWN 3679 2 The man's mind whirled through the possibilities, all jumbled with the horror that he had erred, that he was about to get clobbered. He would spend the better part of half a year on this one, he knew, scraping and treating, notching and weaving spells of strength.
81 valiant callus Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3680 2 And then Olwan came flying back into sight, falling in a broken heap on the road right in the midst of the valiant fighters. The fingers of the young man's right hand were soon laced with calluses, and the leather on the inside of his black arm guard had been worn down to half its original thickness.
82 getting upside Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3681 2 Paulson drew out his large sword and motioned for Cric to go in at his side, while Chipmunk was to go to the higher ground around to the right, getting an angle for his dagger throws. He looked up to see that last giant upside down, flailing wildly, futilely, floating even farther away.
83 mockery exploit Noun UNKNOWN B2 3682 2 As if in a grotesque mockery of that hope, a goblin marched around that corner, bearing down on the girl. Y4 how can they know of me, more than the name of Nightbird, which I have not hidden, and of my exploits against them?
84 skidding broadsword Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3683 2 The call brought the sprinting lad to a skidding halt. Of the six, only one was still accounted for, a huge broadsword named Icebreaker, wielded by a rarely seen ranger, Andacanavar, in the far northland of Alpinador.
85 ashen northland Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3684 2 Carley dan Aubrey, one of the younger scouts, staggered toward him, his face ashen, both hands clenched firmly to his right side at his waist. Of the six, only one was still accounted for, a huge broadsword named Icebreaker, wielded by a rarely seen ranger, Andacanavar, in the far northland of Alpinador.
86 jut perceive Gerund Verb UNKNOWN B2 3685 2 Elbryan grimaced, and Carley whimpered and nearly vomited, when Elbryan's hand brushed against the broken tip of a spear jutting from Carley's side. And it went deeper than that; the ranger came to perceive the world about Symphony through the eyes of the magnificent horse.
87 overcoat modesty Noun UNKNOWN 3686 2 He tore off his overcoat and pulled open his leather vest, quickly unbuttoning the sleeves of his white shirt. Modesty caused Elbryan to hesitate, but Tuntun wasn't in the mood for a debate.
88 vest dump Noun Verb UNKNOWN B2 3687 2 He tore off his overcoat and pulled open his leather vest, quickly unbuttoning the sleeves of his white shirt. The ranger went around to the back and dumped out the cauldron of poison.
89 flop trusting Gerund Noun UNKNOWN B2 3688 2 The creature went berserk, kicking and thrashing, flopping like a landed fish. Elbryan's first instinct was to ask where, but he held the thought private, trusting that the elves would tell him if he needed to know.
90 previously settler Adverb Plural UNKNOWN B2 3689 2 Pony remembered the building of the place, only two years previously. There were the Moorlands - the Soupy Bogs, they had been affectionately called by the settlers on the edge of the Wilderlands.
91 divide guardian Verb Plural UNKNOWN 3690 2 The class had been divided by birth dates; Avelyn and Quintall had been put, together solely because they had been born in the same week, and not for compatibility, either physical or emotional. Except that now, he ran through the Moorlands, and recalling those tales of howling beasts and horrid guardians wasn't very comforting.
92 date basin Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3691 2 The class had been divided by birth dates; Avelyn and Quintall had been put, together solely because they had been born in the same week, and not for compatibility, either physical or emotional. Rivulets of runoff had been crystalline all through the Moorlands, except in those low basins where the water collected and remained, where the ground and water seemed to blend, to melt together into a thick muddy stew.
93 temperament upstream Noun UNKNOWN 3692 2 Physically, by all accounts, he was the image of his father in Graevis' younger days, but by Cat's estimation, Grady could not have been more different than Graevis in temperament. He noted a splash, not so far in the distance upstream.
94 firework eeyan Noun UNKNOWN 3693 2 They were opposites in temperament, as well: Avelyn calm and reverent, always in control, and Quintall a "firework," as Master Siherton, the class overseer, often appropriately referred to him. "Eeyan kos?" one of them called.
95 overseer whoop Noun UNKNOWN 3694 2 Siherton's features befit his rank of class overseer, the disciplinarian of the newest brothers. With a whoop of delight, the other goblins, predictably, came on.
96 coldly flanking Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 3695 2 "Halfway," Quintall answered coldly, "if that." Elbryan caught the staff firmly in his left hand and extended that arm out in similar fashion so that the other flanking goblin was poked away.
97 aching hitting Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3696 2 Avelyn sighed deeply and put his aching arms into motion. Seeing that creature in full flight, Elbryan stabbed the staff back out hard to his left, hitting the dazed and battered goblin right in the face.
98 disgust backtracking Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3697 2 Elbryan shook his head in disgust, but he reminded himself to keep a measure of respect. Now I wonder if it wasn't merely a memory returned, a backtracking of the same course the elves.
99 gauge resident Noun UNKNOWN B2 3698 2 Dosey interrupted, his tales only for an occasional belch; so lost was he in his own sense of importance that he hardly bothered to gauge the monk's reaction. I have no new friends among the current residents of Dundalis, and in truth, I expect none.
100 noncommittally outskirt Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 3699 2 The man with the broken arm shrugged noncommittally, then turned to the bartender, who likewise had no answers. Jill considered the offer for a long moment, then moved away with the man to a room he had rented in a small inn on the outskirts of Macomber.
101 dedication deceptive Singular Adjective UNKNOWN 3700 2 It was true enough; Avelyn's incredible dedication was fast becoming the talk of St.-Mere-Abelle. His face' was clean shaven, seeming almost babyish, but anyone looking at powerful Tol knew that to be a deceptive façade.