"lemma","pos","cefr_level","coverage_rank","global_frequency","context_sentence","context_sentence_zh","definition_zh"
"smoothness","Noun","UNKNOWN","3401","3","He was amazed by its balance, by the smoothness of its long and comfortable draw.","",""
"tied","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3402","3","A quick tug showed Elbryan that it was tied off a short distance up the ledge.","",""
"don","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3403","3","With a trusting nod, the woman donned the mask, as did Elbryan, the ranger eyeing Pony all the while, admiring her gumption.","",""
"traveling","Noun","UNKNOWN","3404","3","Brother Justice had heard many descriptions of the woman traveling beside the mad friar, and as he looked upon this woman now, upon her lips, so thick and full, her stunning blue eyes, and that thick mane of golden hair, he knew.","",""
"sparse","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3405","3","The land was relatively flat and brown, with sparse low shrubs poking here and there.","",""
"inspection","Singular","UNKNOWN","3406","3","Elbryan continued his inspection of the stream to make sure that nothing ominous was swimming along its course, then hooked his pack on the stiff branch of a prickly shrub and gingerly removed his boots.","",""
"territory","Noun","UNKNOWN","3407","3","However, Elbryan was not in any human settlement, not in any land claimed by his kind, and quite possibly was within the boundaries of goblin territory.","",""
"justify","Verb","B2","3408","3","If that was the case, would he be justified in waging battle with these six?","",""
"knocking","Noun","UNKNOWN","3409","3","Elbryan swept his staff out to the left, knocking aside a club strike, then back to the right, parrying a sword.","",""
"begrudge","Verb","UNKNOWN","3410","3","Elbryan didn't really begrudge the man his excitement, though.","",""
"swath","Noun","UNKNOWN","3411","3","The beast had run off from the farmhouse, creating a swath of devastation through the brush, even knocking over small trees, venting a rage that the ranger had never before witnessed in an animal.","",""
"roaring","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3412","3","Out came the bear in full charge, roaring.","",""
"muzzle","Noun","UNKNOWN","3413","3","He waited a while to make sure that it would not stir, then moved to its muzzle, lifting its upper lip.","",""
"impression","Noun","UNKNOWN","3414","3","That impression did little to calm Elbryan's fears.","",""
"beer","Noun","UNKNOWN","3415","3","Three men lay about on piled skins, black bear mostly, drinking foamy beer from old mugs.","",""
"swordsman","Noun","UNKNOWN","3416","3","Avelyn, grasping at the opening, was quick to retrieve Tempest, but he was no swordsman.","",""
"brew","Verb","UNKNOWN","3417","3","What fool brewed such a magic as that?","",""
"pulling","Noun","UNKNOWN","3418","3","The first of the giants came into sight, bending low, pulling hard, a heavy harness strapped across its torso.","",""
"overbalanced","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3419","3","Now he launched his attack, dropping down to one knee, slapping his staff across to catch the inside of the overbalanced man's leg.","",""
"cauldron","Noun","UNKNOWN","3420","3","The ranger went around to the back and dumped out the cauldron of poison.","",""
"intent","Verb","UNKNOWN","3421","3","The first thing Jill noticed was a huge, fat man standing atop a table, waving an empty mug, sometimes in a threatening manner to keep at bay the closer patrons, all obviously intent on knocking him from his perch.","",""
"serving","Noun","UNKNOWN","3422","3","Jill ordered her troop to filter about, then went to see the man behind the serving bar.","",""
"shortage","Noun","UNKNOWN","3423","3","Has no shortage of money, I can assure you!","",""
"chain","Noun","UNKNOWN","3424","3","Elbryan tugged again and the chained balls slipped off the staff's end, freeing both weapons.","",""
"bowling","Noun","UNKNOWN","3425","3","The man ran every which way, bowling over all who would stand before him, laughing maniacally all the while, even when one of those dodging his charge landed a solid punch about his face or neck.","",""
"loin","Noun","UNKNOWN","3426","3","He wore only a loincloth and stood defensively, shoulders hunched, arms crossed to cover his belly and loins.","",""
"accustom","Verb","UNKNOWN","3427","3","And Maiyer Dek, among the largest of his giant kind, was not accustomed to being dwarfed.","",""
"emblem","Noun","UNKNOWN","3428","3","The three went back to the trap first, Paulson unceremoniously cutting the goblin down, then slicing off its ears and putting them in a pouch, pausing only to note that the creature was surprisingly well armed for one of its kind and that it wore an insignia on its leather jerkin, a black emblem of a batlike creature on a light gray background.","",""
"mill","Verb","UNKNOWN","3429","3","Across the wide meadow, past the flowers and the grass, he saw perfection of form, a huge stallion, milling about the shadows of the distant trees.","",""
"stolen","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3430","3","The only concern any in St.-Mere-Abelle's hierarchy held about the stolen stones was for the giant amethyst crystal, and that only because it was a stone whose magic they had not yet deciphered.","",""
"coldness","Noun","UNKNOWN","3431","3","Jojonah watched him go, shuddering at the sheer coldness of the man's aura.","",""
"difficulty","Noun","UNKNOWN","3432","3","He crossed with some difficulty, but had no trouble regaining the trail on the other side, for the rider was making no effort to conceal his tracks.","",""
"regain","Verb","UNKNOWN","3433","3","Over the next giant she went, trying to regain her footing.","",""
"ramble","Verb","UNKNOWN","3434","3","Elbryan merely smiled and let the centaur ramble on and on, considering the creature's words carefully so that he could discover many hints about Bradwarden.","",""
"brisk","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3435","3","By all reports, the weather was better on the northern side of the Gulf of Corona, more alive, with brisk winds and a greater change of the season.","",""
"drinking","Noun","UNKNOWN","3436","3","I know that yer drinking yer `potions o'","",""
"boil","Verb","UNKNOWN","3437","3","Frustration boiled in the young woman, mingling with desperation.","",""
"grapnel","Noun","UNKNOWN","3438","3","Jill first tried to dislodge the grapnel, but found that it was too tightly secured, with too much weight on the heavy line.","",""
"chip","Verb","UNKNOWN","3439","3","It was merely a diamond chip, useful for saving the candles and oil on long journeys.","",""
"swinging","Noun","UNKNOWN","3440","3","Elbryan grabbed up Tempest in both hands and surged ahead, swinging an.","",""
"protrude","Verb","UNKNOWN","3441","3","A long arrow protruded from its back, an arrow with fletchings familiar to the woman.","",""
"outdistance","Verb","UNKNOWN","3442","3","The powrie, apparently realizing that it could not possibly outdistance the long-legged human, skidded to a stop arid turned about, a gleaming, serrated sword in hand.","",""
"evade","Noun","UNKNOWN","3443","3","With a howl, it finally let go, scrambling about to evade the jabbing dagger.","",""
"struggling","Noun","UNKNOWN","3444","3","Jill started to climb into the boat, but had to stop and turn to strike again at the struggling powrie.","",""
"landmark","Noun","UNKNOWN","3445","3","She didn't recognize any landmarks but figured she must be somewhere west of Pireth Tulme on the north coast of the Mantis Arm.","",""
"straggler","Plural","UNKNOWN","3446","3","Jill found herself circumventing the town and approaching it from the west, not from the east the way any stragglers fleeing Pireth Tulme would.","",""
"avenge","Noun","UNKNOWN","3447","3","Few in Dundalis would have left even if they knew a goblin force was coming to avenge the goblin that had been killed by the hunting party.","",""
"dire","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3448","3","Before she entered, a familiar voice, raised in dire warning, assaulted her.","",""
"sift","Verb","UNKNOWN","3449","3","Elbryan absorbed all their words, sifted through their suggestions.","",""
"assistance","Noun","UNKNOWN","3450","3","But it was too late; he had pushed past the fear and into the realm of anger, and when the barkeep called for assistance, the man found no shortage of volunteers.","",""
"sourly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3451","3","Jill regarded him sourly, then rose and offered an arm.","",""
"rent","Verb","UNKNOWN","3452","3","Would Avelyn, who held the stones as most sacred, rent out their powers?","",""
"lamb","Noun","UNKNOWN","3453","3","Juicy lamb and thick cuts of venison buried in brown sauces and mushrooms, oranges that exploded in a shower of juice as soon as the integrity of their peels was breached, and large, round, yellow melons that the monk had never before seen but that were sweeter than anything he had ever tasted.","",""
"using","Noun","UNKNOWN","3454","3","Pony was quick to one, wrapping him in a heavy blanket, and Avelyn got to the other, using the serpentine effectively.","",""
"mirth","Noun","UNKNOWN","3455","3","They laughed again, all the louder, using the very sound of mirth as a shield against tears.","",""
"joined","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3456","3","They were joined and the monk fed as a vampire would feed.","",""
"mixed","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3457","3","It was with mixed feelings that Jill followed Brother Avelyn into Palmaris.","",""
"ensure","Verb","UNKNOWN","3458","3","Elbryan gathered up Paulson and Chipmunk and called to Juraviel, the four moving out from the gathering to ensure the goblins were not rallying for any counterattack.","",""
"snore","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3459","3","As if on cue, the snoozing monk rolled over and snored loudly.","",""
"detect","Infinitive","UNKNOWN","3460","3","Only two short days later, Brother Justice used his Dragon Sight stone to detect the use of strong magic, coming from the northeastern quarter of the city, the high ground of rich houses overlooking the Masur Delaval.","",""
"thereafter","Verb","UNKNOWN","3461","3","Pony awakened shortly thereafter, the dulled dawn just beginning, but still the glow from atop the mountain was faintly visible.","",""
"effectively","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3462","3","A blizzard could effectively shut the folk in their homes for a week straight.","",""
"breadth","Noun","UNKNOWN","3463","3","Its armies, led by Maiyer Dek and Kos-kosio Begulne were pressing fast for Palmaris, while Ubba Banrock's northern force had crossed the breadth of Alpinador, right to the coast, cutting the northern kingdom in half.","",""
"instantly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3464","3","The glow went away instantly, but the arm remained, extended.","",""
"din","Verb","UNKNOWN","3465","3","""But not until we have dined,"" Dosey said, falling back in his chair.","",""
"captive","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3466","3","Elbryan looked down to his diminutive captive.","",""
"plausible","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3467","3","But Brother Justice needed the merchant, as well, or at least it seemed plausible that the man might aid the monk in his all-important quest.","",""
"wry","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3468","3","Elbryan turned a wry gaze on the centaur.","",""
"appreciated","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3469","3","The huge man had never appreciated Belster's relationship with the strange Nightbird and had said so often and loudly.","",""
"converse","Noun","UNKNOWN","3470","3","Yes, Elbryan would like to converse with Pony, to see her again, to remember that innocent time when patrolling was play and nightmares were not real.","",""
"herd","Noun","UNKNOWN","3471","3","Who might this leader of the herd be to inspire such uncharacteristic respect from cocky Bradwarden?","",""
"unerringly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3472","3","The monk fell back, nearly toppling, as the stone suddenly zipped away, flying unerringly for the armored chest of the giant closest behind Bradwarden.","",""
"tutor","Noun","UNKNOWN","3473","3","Over the next couple of weeks, as they marched along the trails, Avelyn showed Jill just how much he had come to trust her, for he began formally tutoring her in the ways of the stones.","",""
"evergreens","Verb","UNKNOWN","3474","3","Elkenbrook was a village not unlike Dundalis or Weedy Meadow, except that, being on the western border of Alpinador, it was a colder place, with more hardy evergreens and fewer deciduous trees.","",""
"whinny","Verb","UNKNOWN","3475","3","The stallion pawed the ground, then reared and whinnied.","",""
"muscled","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3476","3","Symphony had gone perfectly still, his head raised high, his magnificent, muscled chest presented openly to the two men.","",""
"sorely","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3477","3","It was risky setting a light in the dark forest, but these folk sorely needed the warmth.","",""
"access","Verb","UNKNOWN","3478","3","That joining by means of the hematite when he had been sorely wounded had given her an understanding of accessing the powers on a level that other monks spent months, even years, trying to attain.","",""
"secretive","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3479","3","Not only was her gain exponential, but so was the monk's understanding of this secretive woman - and of her dark past.","",""
"urgent","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3480","3","The kiss became more urgent, and gradually Pony's fears melted away, swept up in the sudden torrent of passion that overcame her.","",""
"feign","Infinitive","UNKNOWN","3481","3","It is evident in every stride you take, in every smile you feign= yea, feign, I say, for have you really smiled, Jill?","",""
"reclusive","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3482","3","It is likely that most of the giants, normally reclusive beasts, will turn back for their mountain homes, far from the villages of humans.","",""
"resonate","Verb","UNKNOWN","3483","3","Jill's deep breath resonated like a growl and she turned, pulling free of the monk, staring hard at the tavern, at its stone foundation.","",""
"barricade","Noun","UNKNOWN","3484","3","Normally the goblins would have come in as a mob, a rushing horde, barreling past the trees and scrub, throwing themselves wildly against the pickets and barricades.","",""
"maraud","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3485","3","Often marauding goblins would send in a messenger before the attack to ask for surrender, to barter for a bribe, warning that battle would otherwise be joined.","",""
"nook","Noun","UNKNOWN","3486","3","More images came rushing to her as soon as she sat in the nook of those pines.","",""
"glancing","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3487","3","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.","",""
"bounty","Noun","UNKNOWN","3488","3","It was more than any bounty, the ranger knew.","",""
"rowdy","Noun","UNKNOWN","3489","3","The dwarf was telling some rowdy story, the two goblins laughing riotously at every grotesque detail.","",""
"contort","Verb","UNKNOWN","3490","3","Tol bowed his head, his face contorting as he struggled, pragmatism against conscience.","",""
"brawl","Noun","UNKNOWN","3491","3","The ranger elbowed through the brawl, blocking punches whenever necessary, felling with three shortened blows yet another villager who tried to pounce upon him.","",""
"hammer","Verb","UNKNOWN","3492","3","The ranger smiled once more as Tol Yuganick attacked again, only to be hammered away.","",""
"substance","Noun","UNKNOWN","3493","3","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.","",""
"northwest","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3494","3","Diagonally, across the field to the northwest, moving through the stark lines of thinner trees, came three forms, obviously goblin scouts.","",""
"thief","Noun","UNKNOWN","3495","3","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.","",""
"adversary","Noun","UNKNOWN","3496","3","Hardly thinking of the motion, knowing only that he could not lose this advantage against so deadly an adversary, Elbryan popped the feathered tip onto his Weapon and bent it low, quickly setting the bowstring.","",""
"outcropping","Noun","UNKNOWN","3497","3","Elbryan scrambled to get to the spot, saw the monk land heavily atop one rocky outcropping and then tumble right over it, a fifteen-foot plummet to bard stone.","",""
"tempt","Verb","UNKNOWN","3498","3","Elbryan, too, was tempted, would have loved to see Andur'Blough Inninness again, especially now, to bolster his resolve before he completed this all-important, perilous journey.","",""
"moonlit","Noun","UNKNOWN","3499","3","Then he set off, riding hard through the moonlit woods.","",""
"graze","Verb","UNKNOWN","3500","3","They went off together into the night, finding Symphony in a moonlit field, grazing calmly.","",""