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"lemma","pos","cefr_level","coverage_rank","global_frequency","context_sentence","context_sentence_zh","definition_zh"
"retrieval","Noun","UNKNOWN","3801","2","All that should have mattered was the retrieval of the stones.","",""
"brightness","Noun","UNKNOWN","3802","2","Pony and Avelyn had underestimated the distance and camped outside Weedy Meadow that night, the monk reasoning that it would be better for them to go into town with such grim warnings during the brightness of day.","",""
"daytime","Noun","UNKNOWN","3803","2","The daytime training was not as easy or as inspiring for Avelyn.","",""
"revelation","Plural","UNKNOWN","3804","2","He found the many prayer rituals boring, even trite, in light of the revelations he was finding every night.","",""
"sunrise","Noun","UNKNOWN","3805","2","He noted that the sky had turned a funny color, a purplish, rosy hue the likes of which Avelyn had only seen at sunrise or sunset, and then only on the appropriate horizon.","",""
"noon","Noun","UNKNOWN","3806","2","The boy believed the sun to be in the west, halfway from noon to sunset.","",""
"frigid","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3807","2","In addition, all four were taught the ways of the sea, spending many hours on a small boat rocking in the waves on the rough, frigid waters of All Saints Bay.","",""
"barehanded","PastTense","UNKNOWN","3808","2","For the first year, they would study barehanded techniques, punching and grappling.","",""
"pounding","Noun","UNKNOWN","3809","2","And through it all, barehanded and with weapons, they would square off against each other, pounding on each other relentlessly.","",""
"mutual","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3810","2","There was supposed to be no anger toward an opponent, only respect and mutual learning, but Quintall growled whenever the masters paired him against Avelyn.","",""
"superiority","Noun","UNKNOWN","3811","2","He could not beat Avelyn at the Ring Stone studies, but he gained a measure of superiority during the day.","",""
"serpent","Noun","UNKNOWN","3812","2","In most of the maneuvers, the monks were supposed to pull their punches, but Quintall often blasted the breath from Avelyn; there was no striking above the shoulders allowed, but more than once, Quintall knifed a ""serpent hand"" across Avelyn's throat, dropping him to his knees, gasping for breath.","",""
"eliminate","Verb","UNKNOWN","3813","2","The slips had become too common; Avelyn honestly believed Quintall meant to eliminate the competition.","",""
"goose","Noun","UNKNOWN","3814","2","Quintall's grin was certainly as far from Godlike as anything Avelyn had ever seen, and the fact that their training with weapons, where wounds could easily become more severe, was not far away, brought goose bumps to the scholarly young man.","",""
"removed","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3815","2","Perhaps this training was not so far removed from the nighttime training, which Avelyn considered more important.","",""
"cocky","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3816","2","Who might this leader of the herd be to inspire such uncharacteristic respect from cocky Bradwarden?","",""
"vague","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3817","2","Master Jojonah's instructions were vague at best, but Avelyn came to understand them in his heart.","",""
"twinkle","Noun","UNKNOWN","3818","2","Soon the sky was clear above him, the first stars twinkling into view.","",""
"pet","Noun","UNKNOWN","3819","2","He was to watch the night sky, to learn every twinkle of light, to become so familiar with the visible stars that he would not only know their given names but also might create pet names of his own for them.","",""
"awe","Noun","UNKNOWN","3820","2","Half an hour passed uneventfully, Elbryan walking and looking about, constantly awed by the beauty and the.","",""
"factor","Noun","UNKNOWN","3821","2","Was their mission the overriding factor here, for if they attacked and were beaten back, killed, or captured, then who would go on to the smoking mountain to stand against the demon dactyl?","",""
"ascension","Noun","UNKNOWN","3822","2","There were in the abbey no more than four other monks, three of them masters and one Father Abbot Markwart himself, who could so distinguish magical intensity, and that fact had been the determining factor in Dalebert Markwart's ascension to the highest rank, for his chief rival could not determine magical intensity in individual stones.","",""
"dreary","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3823","2","He set out from the abbey one dark and dreary morning, riding an ash-gray mare, not swift of hoof but long in heart.","",""
"staircase","Noun","UNKNOWN","3824","2","""Finished already?"" Grady called as he descended the wide, sweeping staircase of House Battlebrow, the most renowned brothel in all of Palmaris.","",""
"eavesdrop","Noun","UNKNOWN","3825","2","Avelyn tried hard not to eavesdrop, but he did catch snatches of the conversation, mostly Siherton complaining vigorously that this was against strict procedure.","",""
"unintentionally","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3826","2","She dropped the sword - unintentionally, Elbryan knew, for it fell harmlessly to the side - so the young man graciously pulled the pole out straight so Tuntun wouldn't fall off balance to either side.","",""
"upraise","Verb","UNKNOWN","3827","2","Finally, Father Abbot Markwart halted the conversation with an upraised hand.","",""
"awestruck","Verb","UNKNOWN","3828","2","From the trees behind Elbryan, Pony and Avelyn watched awestruck.","",""
"chrysotile","Noun","UNKNOWN","3829","2","He held out his left hand and opened it to show Avelyn three stones: malachite, ringed with various shades of green; shining, polished amber; and a silvery piece of chrysotile, the largest of the three resembling a sheet of straight bars, long and narrow lying side by side.","",""
"disparate","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3830","2","Avelyn considered the sight from two widely disparate viewpoints.","",""
"nonetheless","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3831","2","Nonetheless, Jojonah began to protest again, but Markwart cut him short.","",""
"gleam","Noun","UNKNOWN","3832","2","Father Abbot Markwart appeared wickedly intense, the gleam in his eyes seeming almost maniacal, and certainly frightening.","",""
"thrum","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3833","2","The ruby was thrumming in his hand, its magic intense and straining for release.","",""
"heartfelt","Noun","UNKNOWN","3834","2","Father Abbot Markwart burst out into the most heartfelt laughter Avelyn had ever heard.","",""
"ridgeline","Noun","UNKNOWN","3835","2","Elbryan's instincts - something about the air, perhaps, the aroma told him this was not the slope leading out of Dundalis up to the ridgeline, the slope where he had met the ...","",""
"internal","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3836","2","He swung about, some score of yards from the tavern entrance, and launched into a diatribe on the coming dark days, about a world unprepared to face the forces of evil, about a darkness being fed by the internal rot of the land.","",""
"buffet","Verb","UNKNOWN","3837","2","At the same moment that the air grew clear about him, strong winds buffeted him - not gusts but a continual blow.","",""
"unmoving","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3838","2","Elbryan looked down the slope curiously, just the few feet to the unmoving mist.","",""
"chime","Verb","UNKNOWN","3839","2","Somehow he knew the speaker was not human, that no human voice could chime so sweetly, so perfectly.","",""
"supple","Noun","UNKNOWN","3840","2","This creature's limbs didn't look skinny, any more than did the supple branches of a bending willow.","",""
"bending","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3841","2","This creature's limbs didn't look skinny, any more than did the supple branches of a bending willow.","",""
"plainly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3842","2","The way the words were spoken, however plainly and without any apparent deception allowed Elbryan to relax somewhat.","",""
"deception","Singular","UNKNOWN","3843","2","The way the words were spoken, however plainly and without any apparent deception allowed Elbryan to relax somewhat.","",""
"shimmer","Noun","UNKNOWN","3844","2","It was as if the being shone of its own accord, an inner light making the flowing hair glow and shimmer.","",""
"relative","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3845","2","Juraviel had a response for that, a remark concerning the relative unpreparedness of Dundalis in the face of such knowledge.","",""
"equip","Verb","UNKNOWN","3846","2","Thus was Brother Justice equipped to find and destroy Avelyn.","",""
"destroying","Noun","UNKNOWN","3847","2","Elbryan nodded; he had heard of the fierce powries and their reputation for destroying human ships.","",""
"croak","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3848","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.","",""
"strode","Noun","UNKNOWN","3849","2","Before the startled young man could even ask how Belli'mar Juraviel might have come by his name, the creature turned and strode into the mist, disappearing from sight.","",""
"shallow","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3850","2","The creature wasn't following a trail, Elbryan believed, but was making one, walking as easily and openly through the underbrush as a man might wade through a shallow pond.","",""
"tidy","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3851","2","There could be only one answer, for no living creature, not even one of the great dragons of the north, could so tear this amount of ground in such an even, tidy manner.","",""
"arrogance","Noun","UNKNOWN","3852","2","Elbryan realized the arrogance of that notion, an almost sinful pride,.","",""
"impulse","Noun","UNKNOWN","3853","2","But the dactyl was not a stupid creature and could control its impulses, even those bent upon destruction, which the demon loved above all else.","",""
"exaggerated","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3854","2","Might be the animals, might be the plants."" Bradwarden stopped and offered an exaggerated wink that Elbryan, still a fair distance down the hill, saw clearly.","",""
"unpleasant","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3855","2","The ranger quickly removed his clothes, the grass feeling scratchy but not unpleasant to his feet.","",""
"likeness","Noun","UNKNOWN","3856","2","Twin rows of massive columns, each carved into the likeness of a giant warrior, lined the room.","",""
"peril","Noun","UNKNOWN","3857","2","The journey was too treacherous, and if the crew had been well paid, as promised, they would have had no reason to dare the perils of the South Mirianic again.","",""
"bloodline","Noun","UNKNOWN","3858","2","But after speaking with the boy, Juraviel was even more convinced that this was indeed the true bloodline of Mather, and an appropriate ranger-in-training.","",""
"remainder","Noun","UNKNOWN","3859","2","He spent the remainder of the afternoon caught up in the sights and smells.","",""
"going","Noun","UNKNOWN","3860","2","Elbryan had stopped at the top of the hillock, but he felt as if he were still going up, still ascending to those brilliant, twinkling dots.","",""
"ascend","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3861","2","Elbryan had stopped at the top of the hillock, but he felt as if he were still going up, still ascending to those brilliant, twinkling dots.","",""
"singer","Noun","UNKNOWN","3862","2","The song was strong, though not loud, with many voices joining in, but Elbryan never caught a glimpse of any of the singers, saw no elf nor any other creature the rest of that night.","",""
"oak","Noun","UNKNOWN","3863","2","Juraviel found him at dawn, curled in a hollow at the base of a wide oak.","",""
"unanswered","Verb","UNKNOWN","3864","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.","",""
"temporary","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3865","2","I had ascended from this temporary existence, from a place of constant change to a place of eternity.","",""
"breech","Noun","UNKNOWN","3866","2","Elbryan rolled his breeches up over his knees - not that the worn and ragged pants would stay that way for long!","",""
"reckon","Verb","UNKNOWN","3867","2","By his reckoning, the winter solstice had passed, and he knew Dundalis, or what was left of the village, was likely under several feel of snow.","",""
"gusting","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3868","2","The weather was rough over the next few days - mercifully so, in Avelyn's estimation, because he and his companions were kept very busy, attending rigging, a dangerous yet thrilling exercise in the gusting winds, and crawling in the dark belowdecks, checking for leaks in the hull.","",""
"reed","Noun","UNKNOWN","3869","2","Parting one patch of reeds, the boy found his first stone of the day, bobbing low in the water.","",""
"flavored","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3870","2","When he squeezed them, extracting the now-flavored liquid, the elves would inevitably complain about how little he had collected.","",""
"ironically","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3871","2","The monk had found peace within himself, ironically, in the midst of a war, a battle that Avelyn knew justified the actions that had weighed so heavily on him these last years.","",""
"sticky","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3872","2","those silken elven strands, which, Elbryan found out soon enough, could be made as sticky and clingy as a spiderweb.","",""
"loaded","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3873","2","He got his reward for his morning's toils when he returned to the bog to collect the tenth loaded basket.","",""
"impossible","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3874","2","Here, high stones lined both sides of the trail, making passage off the path nearly impossible unless Elbryan took a circuitous route quite deep into the underbrush.","",""
"circuitous","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3875","2","Here, high stones lined both sides of the trail, making passage off the path nearly impossible unless Elbryan took a circuitous route quite deep into the underbrush.","",""
"trellis","Noun","UNKNOWN","3876","2","- and had cleverly covered it with a layer of dirt and fallen leaves, supported by a trellis of woven sticks.","",""
"woven","Noun","UNKNOWN","3877","2","Into the spike, the beast sent its vision, the telltale tracings of human-woven magic.","",""
"phony","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3878","2","He would have leaped clear of the phony, only to drop heavily into the real one.","",""
"dimension","Plural","UNKNOWN","3879","2","Now it was Elbryan's turn to laugh, as he discerned the dimensions of the true trap, then easily leaped it, leaving the last few feet of the path, the last expanse to the food, open to him.","",""
"fletchings","Noun","UNKNOWN","3880","2","A long arrow protruded from its back, an arrow with fletchings familiar to the woman.","",""
"clothe","Verb","UNKNOWN","3881","2","Not a sound came from about the beast as, clothing and all, the dactyl devoured the torn skin of Gothra.","",""
"cowards","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3882","2","Are you cowards, then?","",""
"mess","Noun","UNKNOWN","3883","2","It struck the bowl of stew, overturning it and making a mess of the meal.","",""
"miserably","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3884","2","Surely Tuntun would have to come to him, if for no other reason than to tell him how miserably he had failed in protecting the three towns!","",""
"veritable","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3885","2","He wheeled, but Tuntun turned with him, staying behind him and punching out a veritable drum roll on his upper back.","",""
"indignantly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3886","2","""He fights like a human,"" Tuntun answered indignantly.","",""
"porous","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3887","2","His spirit walked free of his body, passed through the porous wood of the door and past the pair of oblivious guards.","",""
"bard","Noun","UNKNOWN","3888","2","Elbryan scrambled to get to the spot, saw the monk land heavily atop one rocky outcropping and then tumble right over it, a fifteen-foot plummet to bard stone.","",""
"defiance","Noun","UNKNOWN","3889","2","The monk snarled in defiance and kicked at the heavy door.","",""
"finality","Noun","UNKNOWN","3890","2","of holding it over the trough, hurled it into the brush nearby, an act of defiance and of finality.","",""
"angling","Noun","UNKNOWN","3891","2","Juraviel took full advantage, put Elbryan off balance and kept on twisting, angling the boy over the trough.","",""
"illogic","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3892","2","Elbryan's thoughts shifted to the illogic of it all.","",""
"inhuman","Noun","UNKNOWN","3893","2","Jojonah closed his eyes and remembered all the times Siherton had warned him about Avelyn's almost inhuman dedication.","",""
"substitute","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3894","2","Yet measured against the speed and agility of the elves, the fluidity of their movements, substituting perfect balance for lack of weight and strength, Elbryan truly felt a novice.","",""
"astounding","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3895","2","Juraviel, lighter and smaller, had put him down with astounding ease, a simple movement for which Elbryan had no counter.","",""
"gangly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3896","2","As the weeks became months, and they became a year, and then two, Elbryan was hardly recognizable as the short gangly boy that Jilseponie had once beat up.","",""
"proprietor","Noun","UNKNOWN","3897","2","of the tavern's proprietor, a jolly-looking man, and without a word - I suppose that was the moment the folk of the village began to suspect that l was a bit unusual - headed back the way I had come.","",""
"reputedly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3898","2","Palmaris was second in size in all the Kingdom of Honce-the-Bear only to Ursal, the throne seat, further upriver, though neither were reputedly as populous as the great, crowded cities of the southern kingdom of Behren.","",""
"commonly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3899","2","The attack was fairly strongthough he would have expected more from powerful Brother Avelyn - but the sunstone was among the most potent of all the stones of St.-Mere-Abelle, its defenses even more complete than the chrysoberyl more commonly used, and its power was more tightly focused than any other, a simple shield against magic.","",""
"customer","Noun","UNKNOWN","3900","2","In the Way, a single piece of silver would get you a hot meal, and a mere smile, whether you were a paying customer or not, would coax from Graevis or from most of the other usual patrons or workers a marvelous tale.","",""
"astride","Noun","UNKNOWN","3801","2","Out from the gaps in the line came the next surprise, a goblin cavalry, the diminutive creatures astride shaggy ponies.","",""
"disciplined","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3802","2","And working in concert,"" he added, sweeping his arm across the panorama of the encampment, indicating the disciplined manner in which the creatures were organizing their camp.","",""
"masse","Noun","UNKNOWN","3803","2","And beyond the masses loomed a single dark silhouette, a conical mountain tipped by a steady stream of dark smoke.","",""
"misshapen","Noun","UNKNOWN","3804","2","On the ground beside the body lay the ruined broach, its hematite core melted and misshapen, an elongated black egg.","",""
"unwanted","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3805","2","Might the mad friar's increasing reputation have brought unwanted recognition from the strict order?","",""
"deft","Noun","UNKNOWN","3806","2","A deft twist by the woman turned the sword out of harm's way, allowing Brother Justice merely a glancing hit that forced Jill back a step.","",""
"ruse","Noun","B2","3807","2","Elbryan put his staff up high to block the expected punch, but even though he seemed to fall for the ruse, the ranger was not caught.","",""
"enthusiastically","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3808","2","Avelyn nodded enthusiastically, but the ranger's words only heightened his fear that this was indeed no coincidental attack, that the fighting monks of the Abellican Church were after him.","",""
"lately","Adjective","B2","3809","2","Lately, though, Belster had begun changing that.","",""
"lord","Noun","B2","3810","2","He studied the man in the distant corner, the one Tol had referred to sarcastically as ""our lord protector,"" with new interest.","",""
"vertically","Adverb","B2","3811","2","Elbryan casually put Hawkwing out vertically in front of him, picking off the punch with the hard wood.","",""
"skilled","Adjective","B2","3812","2","Then the ranger began his scan again, seeking the newcomer, this skilled fighter, this assassin.","",""
"hustle","Verb","UNKNOWN","3813","2","The ranger shrugged it away and hustled to the side of the fat monk.","",""
"herb","Noun","B2","3814","2","This man had been-poisoned, no doubt about it, but the poison was not based in any substance, in any herb or plant or any animal venom.","",""
"swerved","Noun","UNKNOWN","3815","2","Elbryan watched him go, taking some comfort in the fact that the man swerved for the inn's side door and was apparently going to his room, not back to the common room.","",""
"affair","Noun","B2","3816","2","Elbryan didn't know exactly where he might fit in to such a private affair, but he expected that he and the fat monk - and likely the deadly stranger, as well - had not seen the last of one another.","",""
"forewarn","Verb","UNKNOWN","3817","2","Now Avelyn was indeed growing fearful; it wasn't like Jill to disappear for so long without forewarning him or without finding some way to contact him.","",""
"defined","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3818","2","To Avelyn, who had lived all of his life in the more populous and defined central region of Honce-the-Bear, and who had lately.","",""
"uncompromising","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3819","2","She was sorry that Avelyn had been forced to act as thief and killer, sorry that this gentle man - and despite the barroom brawls, Pony knew Avelyn to be a gentle man - had been put into such an uncompromising position.","",""
"wearily","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3820","2","Elbryan sighed wearily.","",""
"foolishly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3821","2","And then they were buried beneath the subsequent memories: the death of Thagraine, of the boy who had foolishly gone onto Pimaninicuit, of all the crew of the Windrunner, of Dansally, of Siherton.","",""
"illusion","Noun","B2","3822","2","I hold no comforting illusions; that group is in danger as great as my own.","",""
"wraith","Noun","UNKNOWN","3823","2","Quintall, Brother Justice, fell to his wraith knees before the dactyl, bowed his head, and spoke.","",""
"magnificence","Singular","UNKNOWN","3824","2","- in all its horrible beauty, in all its magnificence.","",""
"observation","Plural","B2","3825","2","I cannot know, can only guess, and I fear that any guess I make will be tainted by the observations of my current life.","",""
"mournful","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3826","2","Bradwarden took up his pipes then, following the meal with a mournful, soulful tune that conjured in Avelyn images of the rolling hills, the wheatfields, and grapevines of Youmaneff.","",""
"beneficial","Adjective","B2","3827","2","""Beneficial,"" Avelyn said with all confidence and without hesitation.","",""
"jostle","Verb","UNKNOWN","3828","2","Symphony snorted again and jostled about, but gradually came to accept the woman.","",""
"culmination","Singular","UNKNOWN","3829","2","For Elbryan, it was the culmination of his youth, where every waking thought had led him to this point with this woman, his soulmate, his Pony.","",""
"insignia","Noun","UNKNOWN","3830","2","Thankfully, there were no giants or even powries to be seen, but there were at least fifty goblins down there, with several, Elbryan noted, wearing the black-and-gray insignia of the dactyl's army.","",""
"reconcile","Verb","B2","3831","2","The large man's knowledge of goblins simply didn't reconcile with this sight before him.","",""
"wooded","Verb","UNKNOWN","3832","2","Tall Cric was by far the fastest of the three and he forged ahead, gaining steadily on the goblin as it scrambled down the back side of the hill, then over the wooded floor of the next valley.","",""
"corkscrew","Noun","UNKNOWN","3833","2","Even more surprising to the three men were the war engines, a dozen at least, great catapults and spear-throwing ballistae, and huge corkscrew devices, obviously for burrowing through fortified walls.","",""
"concoct","Noun","UNKNOWN","3834","2","One of the giants continued to stammer on about bad luck and other such nonsense, trying hard to concoct some excuse that might keep its skin attached to its body.","",""
"crest","Verb","UNKNOWN","3835","2","True to her word, Pony was riding hard to the south as the sun crested the eastern horizon.","",""
"thievery","Noun","UNKNOWN","3836","2","Stealthy thievery seemed the order of the day.","",""
"diving","Noun","B2","3837","2","Hawkwing's bowstring hummed, the arrow flying true, diving into the back of the peeing goblin's head.","",""
"hatchet","Noun","UNKNOWN","3838","2","The ranger dropped Hawkwing, reached behind him to his pack, and tore free his hatchet.","",""
"ineffective","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3839","2","Elbryan looked at his weapons, so ineffective against the sturdy powrie.","",""
"peg","Verb","UNKNOWN","3840","2","Chipmunk popped out the last fastening peg, and, with the strength of a giant, the centaur lifted free the huge beam.","",""
"strung","Noun","UNKNOWN","3841","2","A second puzzle faced the ranger when he noticed a cord, thin but strong, strung to his left, along the wall, going past him and past Quintall.","",""
"undetected","PastTense","UNKNOWN","3842","2","He left Symphony in the forest and moved tree to tree, crossing past goblin sentries undetected, at last finding a good vantage point on the edge of the village.","",""
"threateningly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3843","2","Elbryan didn't flinch nor did he look back threateningly when a mug shattered against the wall beside the exit, a missile obviously aimed at the back of his head.","",""
"unleash","Verb","UNKNOWN","3844","2","The stone; as if it were something sentient, had called to the monk on that day when he had presented it to Elbryan and Symphony, and Avelyn, who had floated down the face of a cliff, who had walked on water and unleashed tremendous fireballs, who had held the power of a thunderstorm in his puny, mortal hands, would not discount any possibilities of its God-given power.","",""
"abandoned","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3845","2","Pony and Elbryan spent a long and quiet moment together, ending it wordlessly with a kiss that passed as a promise from Elbryan to the woman that she would not be abandoned, and as a promise from Pony that she and those who would leave would be ready when the moment of opportunity was upon them.","",""
"fro","Noun","UNKNOWN","3846","2","The sky brightened to a dull gray shortly before the dawn, another lazy snowstorm dropping scattered flakes that floated to and fro during their descent.","",""
"smother","Verb","UNKNOWN","3847","2","It slammed into a young tree, snapping branches and stumbling, but held its balance - stupidly, for the ground offered its only chance of smothering the flames - and ran on.","",""
"southwestern","Noun","UNKNOWN","3848","2","Every so often a cloud would rush overhead, pushed by southwestern breezes, but for the most part the stars shone crisp and clear, and die smell of spring was everywhere, the smell of new life.","",""
"spotted","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3849","2","Pony looked back and spotted Elbryan sitting on a low branch of a tree on the northern side of the ravine.","",""
"bittersweet","Noun","UNKNOWN","3850","2","The encampment that night, closer to Dundalis than to Weedy Meadow, was filled with a bittersweet atmosphere.","",""
"disagreeable","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3851","2","And they were indeed a ragtag band; the best among them, other than Pony, Bradwarden, and Avelyn, was probably unreliable Paulson or the always irritating, disagreeable Tol Yuganick.","",""
"circlet","Noun","UNKNOWN","3852","2","He took the circlet back from her and set it about her forehead.","",""
"droplet","Noun","UNKNOWN","3853","2","Elbryan knew not how long the candles would last, how long it would take their heat to melt the snow domes above them, the droplets falling to extinguish the flames.","",""
"undead","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3854","2","But then the undead thing was there, right before him, propelled by something other than its legs - was there, barely a foot away, its bony fingers clasped about the ranger's throat!","",""
"rotted","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3855","2","Now his hit did indeed sting the zombie, the sword tearing a deep gash in the rotted flesh, smacking hard against a rib.","",""
"shear","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3856","2","Mighty Tempest sheared right through the crystal, and the whole of it blew into dust, shattered a thousand times.","",""
"pommel","Noun","UNKNOWN","3857","2","He held it up before his admiring gaze, studying the craftsmanship, the gleaming silverel, the magnificent gemstone pommel, the blue, the storm clouds.","",""
"tendril","Noun","UNKNOWN","3858","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.","",""
"perk","PastTense","UNKNOWN","3859","2","Elbryan perked his ears up considerably at that bit of news.","",""
"firewood","Noun","UNKNOWN","3860","2","Elbryan, Bradwarden, and Avelyn came upon a group of a dozen goblins chopping firewood, and summarily destroyed them.","",""
"playfully","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3861","2","""Ho, ho, what?"" Pony said to him playfully, drawing a smile from the monk.","",""
"wryly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3862","2","Elbryan smiled wryly at Bradwarden before the fearsome centaur could take offense.","",""
"endanger","Verb","UNKNOWN","3863","2","The monk understood the situation up front, understood that Elbryan could not buy him very much more time without endangering many lives.","",""
"blindly","Adverb","B2","3864","2","The burning giant continued on with hardly a thought for the dwarf, running blindly, swatting futilely at the flames.","",""
"bedside","Noun","UNKNOWN","3865","2","Pony, who hadn't been involved in the previous discussion at Avelyn's bedside, seemed not to understand.","",""
"cohesive","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3866","2","That realization struck the big man profoundly; for the first time in many years; he felt like a part of something larger, than himself, a cohesive circle of comrades, of friends.","",""
"whining","Noun","UNKNOWN","3867","2","The powrie had little love of goblins and found Gothra a pitiful whining creature.","",""
"readied","Verb","UNKNOWN","3868","2","He wished that he had Hawkwing readied, that he could lead the way with a stinging arrow.","",""
"inexorably","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3869","2","Yet another caravan of monsters, laden with engines of war and moving inexorably south, washed those peaceful thoughts from Avelyn's mind.","",""
"amusement","Noun","UNKNOWN","3870","2","Avelyn sensed the spirit's amusement.","",""
"victor","Noun","UNKNOWN","3871","2","break of dawn, south along the wild trails, the weary and grieving victors, the new protectors of the holy stones.","",""
"inconvenience","Singular","UNKNOWN","3872","2","The dactyl howled, more in rage than pain, for' Elbryan's arrows were but a minor inconvenience to the mighty creature.","",""
"slamming","Noun","UNKNOWN","3873","2","The monster's other arm shot out hard, slamming the wall in front of Elbryan, preventing him from running past.","",""
"dissuade","Verb","UNKNOWN","3874","2","The question was not meant to dissuade any attack, Elbryan knew in looking at his determined companion, but to logically guide the group in the best possible direction.","",""
"riderless","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3875","2","The ranger noted, too, that Paulson's riderless mount was close behind them, and while he was glad that the horse had escaped, he was not pleased by the sight.","",""
"receding","Noun","UNKNOWN","3876","2","But those shouts were fast receding, Symphony's great strides outdistancing the pursuit, and sheer luck saw the ranger through the shower of giant-thrown stones.","",""
"spurt","Verb","UNKNOWN","3877","2","The left-hand wall of the throne room crumbled; the twin lava flows intensified, spurting molten stone across the room.","",""
"overbalance","Verb","UNKNOWN","3878","2","Reaching, reaching, the giant overbalanced and fell to the ground.","",""
"traitor","Noun","UNKNOWN","3879","2","At that moment, the ranger had more immediate problems than some mythical monster hundreds of miles away, for if there was indeed a traitor in their midst, then the threat would increase.","",""
"impiety","Noun","UNKNOWN","3880","2","The weakness of mankind, the impiety of.","",""
"cowardice","Noun","UNKNOWN","3881","2","Elbryan knew well that the man had not been ill, and he considered the sudden cowardice truly out of character.","",""
"precaution","Singular","UNKNOWN","3882","2","And now that we are known, our enemies take precautions, moving about in larger, better-prepared bands.","",""
"thump","Noun","UNKNOWN","3883","2","Less than ten steps into the woods, he heard a single thump, a centaur's kick against a head propped by a tree trunk, and he knew that it was finished.","",""
"unarmored","Verb","UNKNOWN","3884","2","Why hadn't he just put Hawkwing to use, shooting arrow after arrow at the spike wielder's unarmored head until the thing fell over dead?","",""
"significant","Adjective","B2","3885","2","But neither will we deliver any significant blows.","",""
"unasked","Noun","UNKNOWN","3886","2","It is the life that fate has thrust upon us, and I am proud indeed that few, so very few, have shrunk before their sudden, unasked for responsibilities.","",""
"budding","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3887","2","Just out of sight of the encampment, the small group came upon a party of elves - there might have been five - or there might have been twenty, so fleeting were their glimpses of the ever-elusive sprites - dancing amid the budding branches of several trees.","",""
"unhindered","Verb","UNKNOWN","3888","2","The goblins did indeed send out another pair of scouts, and these two moved unhindered through the woods, then went back to the main group reporting no sign of their missing eight companions.","",""
"plod","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3889","2","Satisfied as End-o'-the-World was left behind, the beast turned northward, thinking to swoop low over the newest caravan plodding south, to encourage its minions and to strike fear in their hearts all at once.","",""
"idly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3890","2","Elbryan could not watch idly, of course, and as soon as Hawkwing came up, the others realized that the time for action was upon them.","",""
"clump","Noun","UNKNOWN","3891","2","He settled for a clump of birch trees, throwing his body into their midst as he threw his mind into the hematite he tightly clutched.","",""
"stooge","Noun","UNKNOWN","3892","2","""You will grow accustomed to your new body, my stooge, my general,"" the dactyl teased, ""my assassin.","",""
"stony","Noun","UNKNOWN","3893","2","The closest two columns stretched out their stony arms, broke through the inanimate stone holding fast their legs, and started the monk's way.","",""
"foolishness","Noun","UNKNOWN","3894","2","The giant stumbled and went down, the centaur in fast pursuit, cursing his foolishness in using the bow and reaching for his cudgel.","",""
"diminished","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3895","2","For Tuntun, the sting of being left out of that all-important journey had not diminished, and no logical arguments could change the way the elf felt about it.","",""
"illumination","Singular","B2","3896","2","Now the fire was no more than embers, their orange glow casting faint illumination over the resting forms of the humans, the light seeming appropriate for the rhythmic breathing of the sleeping folk.","",""
"afterlife","Noun","UNKNOWN","3897","2","There is no afterlife for a miserable wretch such as thee!","",""
"overmatched","Verb","UNKNOWN","3898","2","Juraviel fought valiantly, but he was overmatched.","",""
"impromptu","Noun","UNKNOWN","3899","2","Elbryan rested back against the diagonal tree root in this impromptu room of Oracle, digesting his own words.","",""
"otherworldly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3900","2","What he did know was that the, demon dactyl was searching for him; for them, sending its otherworldly vision out far and wide.","",""
1 lemma pos cefr_level coverage_rank global_frequency context_sentence context_sentence_zh definition_zh
2 retrieval astride Noun UNKNOWN 3801 2 All that should have mattered was the retrieval of the stones. Out from the gaps in the line came the next surprise, a goblin cavalry, the diminutive creatures astride shaggy ponies.
3 brightness disciplined Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3802 2 Pony and Avelyn had underestimated the distance and camped outside Weedy Meadow that night, the monk reasoning that it would be better for them to go into town with such grim warnings during the brightness of day. And working in concert," he added, sweeping his arm across the panorama of the encampment, indicating the disciplined manner in which the creatures were organizing their camp.
4 daytime masse Noun UNKNOWN 3803 2 The daytime training was not as easy or as inspiring for Avelyn. And beyond the masses loomed a single dark silhouette, a conical mountain tipped by a steady stream of dark smoke.
5 revelation misshapen Plural Noun UNKNOWN 3804 2 He found the many prayer rituals boring, even trite, in light of the revelations he was finding every night. On the ground beside the body lay the ruined broach, its hematite core melted and misshapen, an elongated black egg.
6 sunrise unwanted Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3805 2 He noted that the sky had turned a funny color, a purplish, rosy hue the likes of which Avelyn had only seen at sunrise or sunset, and then only on the appropriate horizon. Might the mad friar's increasing reputation have brought unwanted recognition from the strict order?
7 noon deft Noun UNKNOWN 3806 2 The boy believed the sun to be in the west, halfway from noon to sunset. A deft twist by the woman turned the sword out of harm's way, allowing Brother Justice merely a glancing hit that forced Jill back a step.
8 frigid ruse Adjective Noun UNKNOWN B2 3807 2 In addition, all four were taught the ways of the sea, spending many hours on a small boat rocking in the waves on the rough, frigid waters of All Saints Bay. Elbryan put his staff up high to block the expected punch, but even though he seemed to fall for the ruse, the ranger was not caught.
9 barehanded enthusiastically PastTense Adverb UNKNOWN 3808 2 For the first year, they would study barehanded techniques, punching and grappling. Avelyn nodded enthusiastically, but the ranger's words only heightened his fear that this was indeed no coincidental attack, that the fighting monks of the Abellican Church were after him.
10 pounding lately Noun Adjective UNKNOWN B2 3809 2 And through it all, barehanded and with weapons, they would square off against each other, pounding on each other relentlessly. Lately, though, Belster had begun changing that.
11 mutual lord Adjective Noun UNKNOWN B2 3810 2 There was supposed to be no anger toward an opponent, only respect and mutual learning, but Quintall growled whenever the masters paired him against Avelyn. He studied the man in the distant corner, the one Tol had referred to sarcastically as "our lord protector," with new interest.
12 superiority vertically Noun Adverb UNKNOWN B2 3811 2 He could not beat Avelyn at the Ring Stone studies, but he gained a measure of superiority during the day. Elbryan casually put Hawkwing out vertically in front of him, picking off the punch with the hard wood.
13 serpent skilled Noun Adjective UNKNOWN B2 3812 2 In most of the maneuvers, the monks were supposed to pull their punches, but Quintall often blasted the breath from Avelyn; there was no striking above the shoulders allowed, but more than once, Quintall knifed a "serpent hand" across Avelyn's throat, dropping him to his knees, gasping for breath. Then the ranger began his scan again, seeking the newcomer, this skilled fighter, this assassin.
14 eliminate hustle Verb UNKNOWN 3813 2 The slips had become too common; Avelyn honestly believed Quintall meant to eliminate the competition. The ranger shrugged it away and hustled to the side of the fat monk.
15 goose herb Noun UNKNOWN B2 3814 2 Quintall's grin was certainly as far from Godlike as anything Avelyn had ever seen, and the fact that their training with weapons, where wounds could easily become more severe, was not far away, brought goose bumps to the scholarly young man. This man had been-poisoned, no doubt about it, but the poison was not based in any substance, in any herb or plant or any animal venom.
16 removed swerved Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3815 2 Perhaps this training was not so far removed from the nighttime training, which Avelyn considered more important. Elbryan watched him go, taking some comfort in the fact that the man swerved for the inn's side door and was apparently going to his room, not back to the common room.
17 cocky affair Adjective Noun UNKNOWN B2 3816 2 Who might this leader of the herd be to inspire such uncharacteristic respect from cocky Bradwarden? Elbryan didn't know exactly where he might fit in to such a private affair, but he expected that he and the fat monk - and likely the deadly stranger, as well - had not seen the last of one another.
18 vague forewarn Adjective Verb UNKNOWN 3817 2 Master Jojonah's instructions were vague at best, but Avelyn came to understand them in his heart. Now Avelyn was indeed growing fearful; it wasn't like Jill to disappear for so long without forewarning him or without finding some way to contact him.
19 twinkle defined Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3818 2 Soon the sky was clear above him, the first stars twinkling into view. To Avelyn, who had lived all of his life in the more populous and defined central region of Honce-the-Bear, and who had lately.
20 pet uncompromising Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3819 2 He was to watch the night sky, to learn every twinkle of light, to become so familiar with the visible stars that he would not only know their given names but also might create pet names of his own for them. She was sorry that Avelyn had been forced to act as thief and killer, sorry that this gentle man - and despite the barroom brawls, Pony knew Avelyn to be a gentle man - had been put into such an uncompromising position.
21 awe wearily Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 3820 2 Half an hour passed uneventfully, Elbryan walking and looking about, constantly awed by the beauty and the. Elbryan sighed wearily.
22 factor foolishly Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 3821 2 Was their mission the overriding factor here, for if they attacked and were beaten back, killed, or captured, then who would go on to the smoking mountain to stand against the demon dactyl? And then they were buried beneath the subsequent memories: the death of Thagraine, of the boy who had foolishly gone onto Pimaninicuit, of all the crew of the Windrunner, of Dansally, of Siherton.
23 ascension illusion Noun UNKNOWN B2 3822 2 There were in the abbey no more than four other monks, three of them masters and one Father Abbot Markwart himself, who could so distinguish magical intensity, and that fact had been the determining factor in Dalebert Markwart's ascension to the highest rank, for his chief rival could not determine magical intensity in individual stones. I hold no comforting illusions; that group is in danger as great as my own.
24 dreary wraith Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3823 2 He set out from the abbey one dark and dreary morning, riding an ash-gray mare, not swift of hoof but long in heart. Quintall, Brother Justice, fell to his wraith knees before the dactyl, bowed his head, and spoke.
25 staircase magnificence Noun Singular UNKNOWN 3824 2 "Finished already?" Grady called as he descended the wide, sweeping staircase of House Battlebrow, the most renowned brothel in all of Palmaris. - in all its horrible beauty, in all its magnificence.
26 eavesdrop observation Noun Plural UNKNOWN B2 3825 2 Avelyn tried hard not to eavesdrop, but he did catch snatches of the conversation, mostly Siherton complaining vigorously that this was against strict procedure. I cannot know, can only guess, and I fear that any guess I make will be tainted by the observations of my current life.
27 unintentionally mournful Adverb Adjective UNKNOWN 3826 2 She dropped the sword - unintentionally, Elbryan knew, for it fell harmlessly to the side - so the young man graciously pulled the pole out straight so Tuntun wouldn't fall off balance to either side. Bradwarden took up his pipes then, following the meal with a mournful, soulful tune that conjured in Avelyn images of the rolling hills, the wheatfields, and grapevines of Youmaneff.
28 upraise beneficial Verb Adjective UNKNOWN B2 3827 2 Finally, Father Abbot Markwart halted the conversation with an upraised hand. "Beneficial," Avelyn said with all confidence and without hesitation.
29 awestruck jostle Verb UNKNOWN 3828 2 From the trees behind Elbryan, Pony and Avelyn watched awestruck. Symphony snorted again and jostled about, but gradually came to accept the woman.
30 chrysotile culmination Noun Singular UNKNOWN 3829 2 He held out his left hand and opened it to show Avelyn three stones: malachite, ringed with various shades of green; shining, polished amber; and a silvery piece of chrysotile, the largest of the three resembling a sheet of straight bars, long and narrow lying side by side. For Elbryan, it was the culmination of his youth, where every waking thought had led him to this point with this woman, his soulmate, his Pony.
31 disparate insignia Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3830 2 Avelyn considered the sight from two widely disparate viewpoints. Thankfully, there were no giants or even powries to be seen, but there were at least fifty goblins down there, with several, Elbryan noted, wearing the black-and-gray insignia of the dactyl's army.
32 nonetheless reconcile Adjective Verb UNKNOWN B2 3831 2 Nonetheless, Jojonah began to protest again, but Markwart cut him short. The large man's knowledge of goblins simply didn't reconcile with this sight before him.
33 gleam wooded Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3832 2 Father Abbot Markwart appeared wickedly intense, the gleam in his eyes seeming almost maniacal, and certainly frightening. Tall Cric was by far the fastest of the three and he forged ahead, gaining steadily on the goblin as it scrambled down the back side of the hill, then over the wooded floor of the next valley.
34 thrum corkscrew Gerund Noun UNKNOWN 3833 2 The ruby was thrumming in his hand, its magic intense and straining for release. Even more surprising to the three men were the war engines, a dozen at least, great catapults and spear-throwing ballistae, and huge corkscrew devices, obviously for burrowing through fortified walls.
35 heartfelt concoct Noun UNKNOWN 3834 2 Father Abbot Markwart burst out into the most heartfelt laughter Avelyn had ever heard. One of the giants continued to stammer on about bad luck and other such nonsense, trying hard to concoct some excuse that might keep its skin attached to its body.
36 ridgeline crest Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3835 2 Elbryan's instincts - something about the air, perhaps, the aroma told him this was not the slope leading out of Dundalis up to the ridgeline, the slope where he had met the ... True to her word, Pony was riding hard to the south as the sun crested the eastern horizon.
37 internal thievery Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3836 2 He swung about, some score of yards from the tavern entrance, and launched into a diatribe on the coming dark days, about a world unprepared to face the forces of evil, about a darkness being fed by the internal rot of the land. Stealthy thievery seemed the order of the day.
38 buffet diving Verb Noun UNKNOWN B2 3837 2 At the same moment that the air grew clear about him, strong winds buffeted him - not gusts but a continual blow. Hawkwing's bowstring hummed, the arrow flying true, diving into the back of the peeing goblin's head.
39 unmoving hatchet Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3838 2 Elbryan looked down the slope curiously, just the few feet to the unmoving mist. The ranger dropped Hawkwing, reached behind him to his pack, and tore free his hatchet.
40 chime ineffective Verb Adjective UNKNOWN 3839 2 Somehow he knew the speaker was not human, that no human voice could chime so sweetly, so perfectly. Elbryan looked at his weapons, so ineffective against the sturdy powrie.
41 supple peg Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3840 2 This creature's limbs didn't look skinny, any more than did the supple branches of a bending willow. Chipmunk popped out the last fastening peg, and, with the strength of a giant, the centaur lifted free the huge beam.
42 bending strung Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3841 2 This creature's limbs didn't look skinny, any more than did the supple branches of a bending willow. A second puzzle faced the ranger when he noticed a cord, thin but strong, strung to his left, along the wall, going past him and past Quintall.
43 plainly undetected Adverb PastTense UNKNOWN 3842 2 The way the words were spoken, however plainly and without any apparent deception allowed Elbryan to relax somewhat. He left Symphony in the forest and moved tree to tree, crossing past goblin sentries undetected, at last finding a good vantage point on the edge of the village.
44 deception threateningly Singular Adverb UNKNOWN 3843 2 The way the words were spoken, however plainly and without any apparent deception allowed Elbryan to relax somewhat. Elbryan didn't flinch nor did he look back threateningly when a mug shattered against the wall beside the exit, a missile obviously aimed at the back of his head.
45 shimmer unleash Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3844 2 It was as if the being shone of its own accord, an inner light making the flowing hair glow and shimmer. The stone; as if it were something sentient, had called to the monk on that day when he had presented it to Elbryan and Symphony, and Avelyn, who had floated down the face of a cliff, who had walked on water and unleashed tremendous fireballs, who had held the power of a thunderstorm in his puny, mortal hands, would not discount any possibilities of its God-given power.
46 relative abandoned Adjective UNKNOWN 3845 2 Juraviel had a response for that, a remark concerning the relative unpreparedness of Dundalis in the face of such knowledge. Pony and Elbryan spent a long and quiet moment together, ending it wordlessly with a kiss that passed as a promise from Elbryan to the woman that she would not be abandoned, and as a promise from Pony that she and those who would leave would be ready when the moment of opportunity was upon them.
47 equip fro Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3846 2 Thus was Brother Justice equipped to find and destroy Avelyn. The sky brightened to a dull gray shortly before the dawn, another lazy snowstorm dropping scattered flakes that floated to and fro during their descent.
48 destroying smother Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3847 2 Elbryan nodded; he had heard of the fierce powries and their reputation for destroying human ships. It slammed into a young tree, snapping branches and stumbling, but held its balance - stupidly, for the ground offered its only chance of smothering the flames - and ran on.
49 croak southwestern Gerund Noun UNKNOWN 3848 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. Every so often a cloud would rush overhead, pushed by southwestern breezes, but for the most part the stars shone crisp and clear, and die smell of spring was everywhere, the smell of new life.
50 strode spotted Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3849 2 Before the startled young man could even ask how Belli'mar Juraviel might have come by his name, the creature turned and strode into the mist, disappearing from sight. Pony looked back and spotted Elbryan sitting on a low branch of a tree on the northern side of the ravine.
51 shallow bittersweet Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3850 2 The creature wasn't following a trail, Elbryan believed, but was making one, walking as easily and openly through the underbrush as a man might wade through a shallow pond. The encampment that night, closer to Dundalis than to Weedy Meadow, was filled with a bittersweet atmosphere.
52 tidy disagreeable Adjective UNKNOWN 3851 2 There could be only one answer, for no living creature, not even one of the great dragons of the north, could so tear this amount of ground in such an even, tidy manner. And they were indeed a ragtag band; the best among them, other than Pony, Bradwarden, and Avelyn, was probably unreliable Paulson or the always irritating, disagreeable Tol Yuganick.
53 arrogance circlet Noun UNKNOWN 3852 2 Elbryan realized the arrogance of that notion, an almost sinful pride,. He took the circlet back from her and set it about her forehead.
54 impulse droplet Noun UNKNOWN 3853 2 But the dactyl was not a stupid creature and could control its impulses, even those bent upon destruction, which the demon loved above all else. Elbryan knew not how long the candles would last, how long it would take their heat to melt the snow domes above them, the droplets falling to extinguish the flames.
55 exaggerated undead Adjective UNKNOWN 3854 2 Might be the animals, might be the plants." Bradwarden stopped and offered an exaggerated wink that Elbryan, still a fair distance down the hill, saw clearly. But then the undead thing was there, right before him, propelled by something other than its legs - was there, barely a foot away, its bony fingers clasped about the ranger's throat!
56 unpleasant rotted Adjective UNKNOWN 3855 2 The ranger quickly removed his clothes, the grass feeling scratchy but not unpleasant to his feet. Now his hit did indeed sting the zombie, the sword tearing a deep gash in the rotted flesh, smacking hard against a rib.
57 likeness shear Noun Gerund UNKNOWN 3856 2 Twin rows of massive columns, each carved into the likeness of a giant warrior, lined the room. Mighty Tempest sheared right through the crystal, and the whole of it blew into dust, shattered a thousand times.
58 peril pommel Noun UNKNOWN 3857 2 The journey was too treacherous, and if the crew had been well paid, as promised, they would have had no reason to dare the perils of the South Mirianic again. He held it up before his admiring gaze, studying the craftsmanship, the gleaming silverel, the magnificent gemstone pommel, the blue, the storm clouds.
59 bloodline tendril Noun UNKNOWN 3858 2 But after speaking with the boy, Juraviel was even more convinced that this was indeed the true bloodline of Mather, and an appropriate ranger-in-training. 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.
60 remainder perk Noun PastTense UNKNOWN 3859 2 He spent the remainder of the afternoon caught up in the sights and smells. Elbryan perked his ears up considerably at that bit of news.
61 going firewood Noun UNKNOWN 3860 2 Elbryan had stopped at the top of the hillock, but he felt as if he were still going up, still ascending to those brilliant, twinkling dots. Elbryan, Bradwarden, and Avelyn came upon a group of a dozen goblins chopping firewood, and summarily destroyed them.
62 ascend playfully Gerund Adverb UNKNOWN 3861 2 Elbryan had stopped at the top of the hillock, but he felt as if he were still going up, still ascending to those brilliant, twinkling dots. "Ho, ho, what?" Pony said to him playfully, drawing a smile from the monk.
63 singer wryly Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 3862 2 The song was strong, though not loud, with many voices joining in, but Elbryan never caught a glimpse of any of the singers, saw no elf nor any other creature the rest of that night. Elbryan smiled wryly at Bradwarden before the fearsome centaur could take offense.
64 oak endanger Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3863 2 Juraviel found him at dawn, curled in a hollow at the base of a wide oak. The monk understood the situation up front, understood that Elbryan could not buy him very much more time without endangering many lives.
65 unanswered blindly Verb Adverb UNKNOWN B2 3864 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. The burning giant continued on with hardly a thought for the dwarf, running blindly, swatting futilely at the flames.
66 temporary bedside Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3865 2 I had ascended from this temporary existence, from a place of constant change to a place of eternity. Pony, who hadn't been involved in the previous discussion at Avelyn's bedside, seemed not to understand.
67 breech cohesive Noun Adjective UNKNOWN 3866 2 Elbryan rolled his breeches up over his knees - not that the worn and ragged pants would stay that way for long! That realization struck the big man profoundly; for the first time in many years; he felt like a part of something larger, than himself, a cohesive circle of comrades, of friends.
68 reckon whining Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3867 2 By his reckoning, the winter solstice had passed, and he knew Dundalis, or what was left of the village, was likely under several feel of snow. The powrie had little love of goblins and found Gothra a pitiful whining creature.
69 gusting readied Adjective Verb UNKNOWN 3868 2 The weather was rough over the next few days - mercifully so, in Avelyn's estimation, because he and his companions were kept very busy, attending rigging, a dangerous yet thrilling exercise in the gusting winds, and crawling in the dark belowdecks, checking for leaks in the hull. He wished that he had Hawkwing readied, that he could lead the way with a stinging arrow.
70 reed inexorably Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 3869 2 Parting one patch of reeds, the boy found his first stone of the day, bobbing low in the water. Yet another caravan of monsters, laden with engines of war and moving inexorably south, washed those peaceful thoughts from Avelyn's mind.
71 flavored amusement Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3870 2 When he squeezed them, extracting the now-flavored liquid, the elves would inevitably complain about how little he had collected. Avelyn sensed the spirit's amusement.
72 ironically victor Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 3871 2 The monk had found peace within himself, ironically, in the midst of a war, a battle that Avelyn knew justified the actions that had weighed so heavily on him these last years. break of dawn, south along the wild trails, the weary and grieving victors, the new protectors of the holy stones.
73 sticky inconvenience Adjective Singular UNKNOWN 3872 2 those silken elven strands, which, Elbryan found out soon enough, could be made as sticky and clingy as a spiderweb. The dactyl howled, more in rage than pain, for' Elbryan's arrows were but a minor inconvenience to the mighty creature.
74 loaded slamming Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3873 2 He got his reward for his morning's toils when he returned to the bog to collect the tenth loaded basket. The monster's other arm shot out hard, slamming the wall in front of Elbryan, preventing him from running past.
75 impossible dissuade Adjective Verb UNKNOWN 3874 2 Here, high stones lined both sides of the trail, making passage off the path nearly impossible unless Elbryan took a circuitous route quite deep into the underbrush. The question was not meant to dissuade any attack, Elbryan knew in looking at his determined companion, but to logically guide the group in the best possible direction.
76 circuitous riderless Adjective UNKNOWN 3875 2 Here, high stones lined both sides of the trail, making passage off the path nearly impossible unless Elbryan took a circuitous route quite deep into the underbrush. The ranger noted, too, that Paulson's riderless mount was close behind them, and while he was glad that the horse had escaped, he was not pleased by the sight.
77 trellis receding Noun UNKNOWN 3876 2 - and had cleverly covered it with a layer of dirt and fallen leaves, supported by a trellis of woven sticks. But those shouts were fast receding, Symphony's great strides outdistancing the pursuit, and sheer luck saw the ranger through the shower of giant-thrown stones.
78 woven spurt Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3877 2 Into the spike, the beast sent its vision, the telltale tracings of human-woven magic. The left-hand wall of the throne room crumbled; the twin lava flows intensified, spurting molten stone across the room.
79 phony overbalance Adjective Verb UNKNOWN 3878 2 He would have leaped clear of the phony, only to drop heavily into the real one. Reaching, reaching, the giant overbalanced and fell to the ground.
80 dimension traitor Plural Noun UNKNOWN 3879 2 Now it was Elbryan's turn to laugh, as he discerned the dimensions of the true trap, then easily leaped it, leaving the last few feet of the path, the last expanse to the food, open to him. At that moment, the ranger had more immediate problems than some mythical monster hundreds of miles away, for if there was indeed a traitor in their midst, then the threat would increase.
81 fletchings impiety Noun UNKNOWN 3880 2 A long arrow protruded from its back, an arrow with fletchings familiar to the woman. The weakness of mankind, the impiety of.
82 clothe cowardice Verb Noun UNKNOWN 3881 2 Not a sound came from about the beast as, clothing and all, the dactyl devoured the torn skin of Gothra. Elbryan knew well that the man had not been ill, and he considered the sudden cowardice truly out of character.
83 cowards precaution Adverb Singular UNKNOWN 3882 2 Are you cowards, then? And now that we are known, our enemies take precautions, moving about in larger, better-prepared bands.
84 mess thump Noun UNKNOWN 3883 2 It struck the bowl of stew, overturning it and making a mess of the meal. Less than ten steps into the woods, he heard a single thump, a centaur's kick against a head propped by a tree trunk, and he knew that it was finished.
85 miserably unarmored Adverb Verb UNKNOWN 3884 2 Surely Tuntun would have to come to him, if for no other reason than to tell him how miserably he had failed in protecting the three towns! Why hadn't he just put Hawkwing to use, shooting arrow after arrow at the spike wielder's unarmored head until the thing fell over dead?
86 veritable significant Adjective UNKNOWN B2 3885 2 He wheeled, but Tuntun turned with him, staying behind him and punching out a veritable drum roll on his upper back. But neither will we deliver any significant blows.
87 indignantly unasked Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 3886 2 "He fights like a human," Tuntun answered indignantly. It is the life that fate has thrust upon us, and I am proud indeed that few, so very few, have shrunk before their sudden, unasked for responsibilities.
88 porous budding Adjective UNKNOWN 3887 2 His spirit walked free of his body, passed through the porous wood of the door and past the pair of oblivious guards. Just out of sight of the encampment, the small group came upon a party of elves - there might have been five - or there might have been twenty, so fleeting were their glimpses of the ever-elusive sprites - dancing amid the budding branches of several trees.
89 bard unhindered Noun Verb UNKNOWN 3888 2 Elbryan scrambled to get to the spot, saw the monk land heavily atop one rocky outcropping and then tumble right over it, a fifteen-foot plummet to bard stone. The goblins did indeed send out another pair of scouts, and these two moved unhindered through the woods, then went back to the main group reporting no sign of their missing eight companions.
90 defiance plod Noun Gerund UNKNOWN 3889 2 The monk snarled in defiance and kicked at the heavy door. Satisfied as End-o'-the-World was left behind, the beast turned northward, thinking to swoop low over the newest caravan plodding south, to encourage its minions and to strike fear in their hearts all at once.
91 finality idly Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 3890 2 of holding it over the trough, hurled it into the brush nearby, an act of defiance and of finality. Elbryan could not watch idly, of course, and as soon as Hawkwing came up, the others realized that the time for action was upon them.
92 angling clump Noun UNKNOWN 3891 2 Juraviel took full advantage, put Elbryan off balance and kept on twisting, angling the boy over the trough. He settled for a clump of birch trees, throwing his body into their midst as he threw his mind into the hematite he tightly clutched.
93 illogic stooge Adjective Noun UNKNOWN 3892 2 Elbryan's thoughts shifted to the illogic of it all. "You will grow accustomed to your new body, my stooge, my general," the dactyl teased, "my assassin.
94 inhuman stony Noun UNKNOWN 3893 2 Jojonah closed his eyes and remembered all the times Siherton had warned him about Avelyn's almost inhuman dedication. The closest two columns stretched out their stony arms, broke through the inanimate stone holding fast their legs, and started the monk's way.
95 substitute foolishness Gerund Noun UNKNOWN 3894 2 Yet measured against the speed and agility of the elves, the fluidity of their movements, substituting perfect balance for lack of weight and strength, Elbryan truly felt a novice. The giant stumbled and went down, the centaur in fast pursuit, cursing his foolishness in using the bow and reaching for his cudgel.
96 astounding diminished Adjective UNKNOWN 3895 2 Juraviel, lighter and smaller, had put him down with astounding ease, a simple movement for which Elbryan had no counter. For Tuntun, the sting of being left out of that all-important journey had not diminished, and no logical arguments could change the way the elf felt about it.
97 gangly illumination Adverb Singular UNKNOWN B2 3896 2 As the weeks became months, and they became a year, and then two, Elbryan was hardly recognizable as the short gangly boy that Jilseponie had once beat up. Now the fire was no more than embers, their orange glow casting faint illumination over the resting forms of the humans, the light seeming appropriate for the rhythmic breathing of the sleeping folk.
98 proprietor afterlife Noun UNKNOWN 3897 2 of the tavern's proprietor, a jolly-looking man, and without a word - I suppose that was the moment the folk of the village began to suspect that l was a bit unusual - headed back the way I had come. There is no afterlife for a miserable wretch such as thee!
99 reputedly overmatched Adverb Verb UNKNOWN 3898 2 Palmaris was second in size in all the Kingdom of Honce-the-Bear only to Ursal, the throne seat, further upriver, though neither were reputedly as populous as the great, crowded cities of the southern kingdom of Behren. Juraviel fought valiantly, but he was overmatched.
100 commonly impromptu Adverb Noun UNKNOWN 3899 2 The attack was fairly strongthough he would have expected more from powerful Brother Avelyn - but the sunstone was among the most potent of all the stones of St.-Mere-Abelle, its defenses even more complete than the chrysoberyl more commonly used, and its power was more tightly focused than any other, a simple shield against magic. Elbryan rested back against the diagonal tree root in this impromptu room of Oracle, digesting his own words.
101 customer otherworldly Noun Adverb UNKNOWN 3900 2 In the Way, a single piece of silver would get you a hot meal, and a mere smile, whether you were a paying customer or not, would coax from Graevis or from most of the other usual patrons or workers a marvelous tale. What he did know was that the, demon dactyl was searching for him; for them, sending its otherworldly vision out far and wide.