"lemma","pos","cefr_level","coverage_rank","global_frequency","context_sentence","context_sentence_zh","definition_zh"
"meaningless","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3501","3","Don't ye make me death a meaningless thing, me friends.","",""
"jerkin","Noun","UNKNOWN","3502","3","Paulson didn't think too much of it, figuring that the jerkin was stolen anyway.","",""
"readily","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3503","3","Pony looked at Avelyn, suddenly very appreciative of the training he had given her with the magical stones but somewhat surprised that she could call forth the magic of this cat's eye so readily.","",""
"confidently","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3504","3","Maiyer Dek smiled confidently.","",""
"scare","Verb","UNKNOWN","3505","3","But a bloody cap tossed in their midst, proof that powries were in the region, might scare more than a few folk from their homes, might send them running down the road to the south.","",""
"extended","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3506","3","The glow went away instantly, but the arm remained, extended.","",""
"improvise","Verb","UNKNOWN","3507","3","Always ready to improvise, Elbryan eased his muscles and ran straight ahead into the dwarf, turning his staff to smash its tip into the dwarf's face once more.","",""
"unearthly","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3508","3","And given the unearthly strength of the dwarf, Elbryan wondered if the creature might actually do so!","",""
"machine","Plural","UNKNOWN","3509","3","Elbryan knew that, could hear it in the shriek of every bird, in the movements of squirrels, agitated by the presence of such numbers, by the thunder of a giant's step or the rolling war machines, by the croaks of powrie generals, the eager whines of bloodthirsty goblins.","",""
"leafless","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3510","3","All the trees that had been on Aida's slopes were laid out flat, leafless, most of their branches blown away.","",""
"pitchfork","Noun","UNKNOWN","3511","3","Pony grabbed a pitchfork from one of the men nearby and ran to the eastern gate, bravely throwing it open.","",""
"hoofbeats","Noun","UNKNOWN","3512","3","A moment later came the thunder of hoofbeats to the east, many hoofbeats accompanied by the screams of those unfortunate goblins caught in front of the wild horse stampede.","",""
"avalanche","Noun","UNKNOWN","3513","3","Though she didn't understand its source, Tuntun watched the growing spectacle of the fiery avalanche with satisfaction.","",""
"stomp","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3514","3","The ranger found a giant coming hard his way, stomping across the village, outraged and already hurt by one of the monk's lightning blasts.","",""
"stupidly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3515","3","The ranger had to be satisfied with that; he and the refugees were in no position to take on a prisoner, especially one as fierce and stupidly bold as that powrie.","",""
"shawno","Noun","UNKNOWN","3516","3","The boy from End-o'-the-World, Shawno, had been of little help, but Elbryan remained convinced that it was indeed the Touel'alfar who had rescued that fleeing group from the monstrous hordes.","",""
"unblinking","Verb","UNKNOWN","3517","3","Paulson stared at him long and hard, finally relenting under the ranger's unblinking stare.","",""
"rustle","Noun","UNKNOWN","3518","3","Pony was honored, and she moved to kiss Elbryan again, but a rustle at the side caught her attention.","",""
"dome","Noun","UNKNOWN","3519","3","He moved slowly and carefully about the field, building domes of snow the size of his two cupped hands.","",""
"extinguish","Verb","UNKNOWN","3520","3","The fire on that particular dwarf was indeed extinguished as a huge booted foot crushed the diminutive creature flat.","",""
"sanctuary","Noun","UNKNOWN","3521","3","The three trappers were at a loss; Brother Avelyn could think of no sanctuary closer than St.","",""
"mouse","Noun","UNKNOWN","3522","3","So it became a game of cat and mouse, and Avelyn was the mouse.","",""
"slush","Noun","UNKNOWN","3523","3","A drenching rain fell all about the region, turning the last of the snow to slush and softening the ground.","",""
"invading","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3524","3","Tuntun and a couple of others had remained in the area, though, to continue their survey of the invading army.","",""
"occupied","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3525","3","It was as they had feared the monsters using the occupied towns as base and supply camps while they sent their dark tendrils further south, first in probes, but soon, so Paulson believed, in great numbers.","",""
"advancing","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3526","3","The remaining band would cease its hit-and-hide warfare and concentrate on getting all the folk to safer points in the south, trying to parallel the advancing army without engaging it.","",""
"thanks","Noun","UNKNOWN","3527","3","And to go with my thanks and the gratitude of all who survived the invasion.""","",""
"wedge","PastTense","UNKNOWN","3528","3","He was in a sitting position, wedged in tightly against the hard trunk.","",""
"focused","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3529","3","It was not a difficult enchantment, actually; and one that powerful Avelyn could maintain with the focused sunstone for h very long time without severely taxing his energies for other magics.","",""
"unsteady","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3530","3","Several humans had been injured, as had Bradwarden - though the tough centaur thought little of his cuts and bruises - and Avelyn returned to them shortly, on unsteady legs, carrying the worst headache the monk had ever known.","",""
"gust","Noun","UNKNOWN","3531","3","After the gust, the heat remained.","",""
"cracking","Noun","UNKNOWN","3532","3","Bestesbulzibar began a long, slow chant in a language the spirit did not understand, a guttural, cracking language of clicks and sounds that could only be equated with an old man clearing his phlegm-filled throat.","",""
"devour","Verb","UNKNOWN","3533","3","Not a sound came from about the beast as, clothing and all, the dactyl devoured the torn skin of Gothra.","",""
"scour","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3534","3","Lower went the demon, and slower, turning tight circles, sharp eyes scouring the terrain, keen ears tuning to every sound.","",""
"serenity","Noun","UNKNOWN","3535","3","It was a cruel lie: the quiet, the serenity, the spring breeze.","",""
"jutting","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3536","3","Elbryan scanned in that direction, but had to move out from his rock even to spot the jutting stone.","",""
"ringing","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3537","3","Elbryan pressed on, Tempest hitting so often that the ringing song never paused.","",""
"crackling","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3538","3","Pony's graphite defeated that maneuver, though, sent a crackling bolt of energy along the monster's inner thighs that left it swaying, legs widespread, as the woman worked her way out the back.","",""
"deafen","Verb","UNKNOWN","3539","3","The ominous growling increased tenfold, a hundredfold, deafening Avelyn, blocking the sounds of the dactyl's shrieks.","",""
"somber","Adjective","C1","3540","3","Squat towers anchored every turn in the wall; narrow windows showed that the place was built for somber reflection and defense.","",""
"wistful","Adjective","C1","3541","3","Of alb the places in the area, only Elbryan's private grove was more beautiful than the pine vale and the caribou moss, and none elicited more wistful memories from the young woman.","",""
"trepidation","Singular","C1","3542","3","The ranger felt the hairs on the back of his neck standing up, felt a tingling of trepidation.","",""
"sullen","Adjective","C1","3543","3","News that she would soon be transferred to Pireth Vanguard far to the north, did little to change Jill's sullen mood.","",""
"scrutinize","Verb","C1","3544","3","Avelyn scrutinized the broach carefully.","",""
"favorite","Noun","A2","3545","2","Master Jojonah talked constantly, though he said nothing of interest - slight remarks about the weather, a storm that had hit twenty years before, the passing of his favorite baker in the town of St.-Mere-Abelle, a surprisingly off-color remark about the man's ""lusty"" wife.","",""
"cook","Noun","A2","3546","2","True to his words, Bradwarden allowed Elbryan to start a fire and cook his venison, while the centaur ate his portion, nearly a quarter of the deer, raw.","",""
"lucky","Adjective","A2","3547","2","Avelyn could do nothing except pray that Elbryan and his riders were swift enough and lucky enough to get away.","",""
"examine","Verb","B1","3548","2","Just a week before, Avelyn had melted a leg of one table while examining a ruby sprinkled with carnallite!","",""
"humor","Noun","B1","3549","2","He came to know aspects of Dansally that his companions would never think to look former witty sense of humor, tenderness, and her regrettable resignation for her station in life.","",""
"excited","Adjective","B1","3550","2","Tuntun's normally melodic voice turned squeaky whenever she got excited, and several of the others cringed and some even put their hands over their sensitive, pointed ears.","",""
"pretend","Verb","B1","3551","2","Tuntun pretended not to notice.","",""
"character","Noun","B1","3552","2","Tuntun was wrong, Juraviel knew without any doubt at all; this one had character.","",""
"symbol","Noun","B1","3553","2","They are to me the shining symbol of all the unanswered questions of human existence, of our place in this vast sky, of our purpose, of death itself.","",""
"behavior","Noun","B1","3554","2","For whatever had happened, today and in the days and weeks before, this stubborn behavior could only lead to disaster.","",""
"identify","Infinitive","B1","3555","2","He had learned to identify the various plants and their properties, often medicinal.","",""
"attend","PastTense","B1","3556","2","She would dress in the finest gowns and attend the highest social events in Palmaris, even in Ursal!","",""
"growth","Noun","B1","3557","2","With the elves, I felt a sense of personal growth, learning and training, perfecting my skills, always moving toward something better.","",""
"absent","Adjective","B1","3558","2","Connor, sitting back on one of the plush chairs in the lobby, turned an absent gaze his companion's way.","",""
"approve","Verb","B1","3559","2","Now there was no mistaking the somber, accusing tone of the normally jovial centaur; Bradwarden did not approve of the monk's little flask.","",""
"discuss","Verb","B1","3560","2","""At that time, we will discuss the future of Brother Avelyn Desbris.""","",""
"achieve","Verb","B1","3561","2","The greatest gift of the elves was this harmony the man had achieved, this joining of two philosophies, of two ways of looking at the world, of two ways to do battle.","",""
"complex","Adjective","B1","3562","2","Elbryan gave a smile and shook his head, entertained, as usual by the complex man.","",""
"attach","Verb","B1","3563","2","As if some wire were attached to its back, the zombie stood suddenly, moving straight up without use of its hands, without bending its legs.","",""
"gradual","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3564","2","It didn't seem such a momentous thing, just a gradual stirring in a deep cave in a far, empty mountain.","",""
"twitching","Noun","UNKNOWN","3565","2","The dactyl could feel its blood, hot blood, coursing through its wings and mighty legs, could feel the twitching of its mighty muscles.","",""
"stasis","Singular","UNKNOWN","3566","2","It is settled, Uncle Mather, a new stasis, a level of play.","",""
"encase","Verb","UNKNOWN","3567","2","The spirit had come back to Corona encased in obsidian!","",""
"batlike","Noun","UNKNOWN","3568","2","Its torso resembled that of a tall, slender man, shaped and lined by corded strands of taut muscle and sporting a pair of tremendous batlike wings, twenty feet across when fully extended and with strength enough to lift a full-grown bull in swift flight.","",""
"shiny","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3569","2","The texture of its skin was rough and thick, an armored hide, reddish in hue and shiny, as if lit by its own inner glow.","",""
"orb","Noun","UNKNOWN","3570","2","Shining, too, were the demon's eyes, pools of liquid black at most times, but shifting to fiery red orbs, living flames, when the demon was agitated, a glow of absolute hatred.","",""
"canine","Plural","UNKNOWN","3571","2","The demon extended its fingernails, transformed them into hooked claws, and grew its teeth-two pointed canines extending down over its bottom lip.","",""
"skewer","Verb","UNKNOWN","3572","2","Dinoniel himself had come into this cave after the beast, had skewered the dactyl...","",""
"rotate","Verb","UNKNOWN","3573","2","With a sickening crackle of bone, the creature's head rotated completely around and bowed, examining the second imperfection of its form, a scarred lump under its lower left shoulder blade.","",""
"throe","Noun","UNKNOWN","3574","2","Yet even in its death throes, the dactyl had won the day, using its willpower to bring up the magma from the bowels of Aida.","",""
"bowel","Noun","UNKNOWN","3575","2","Yet even in its death throes, the dactyl had won the day, using its willpower to bring up the magma from the bowels of Aida.","",""
"resonating","Noun","UNKNOWN","3576","2","""What man, what elf, will take Dinoniel's place?"" the demon asked aloud in its hollow, resonating voice, always seeming on the edge of a thunderous roar.","",""
"greed","Noun","UNKNOWN","3577","2","The wicked goblins certainly, so full of anger and greed, so delighting in murder and war.","",""
"warlike","Noun","UNKNOWN","3578","2","And the powries, yes, the powries, the cunning, warlike dwarves of the Julianthes, the Weathered Isles, who hated the humans above all others.","",""
"drool","Noun","UNKNOWN","3579","2","But he was a letch, a drooling, grabby slob, who took it personally when Jill refused his advances.","",""
"twilight","Noun","UNKNOWN","3580","2","Elbryan first noticed the ghostly figures moving through the mist as twilight descended.","",""
"sorrow","Noun","UNKNOWN","3581","2","To untwist hearts from grasping sorrow,","",""
"morrow","Noun","UNKNOWN","3582","2","To offer the promise of the morrow?","",""
"waft","Noun","UNKNOWN","3583","2","Hot blood waft steam in night air cold.","",""
"eerily","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3584","2","The small frontier village of Dundalis was quiet and eerily still about him, sleeping off the well-earned weariness that followed every day's hard labor.","",""
"teen","Noun","UNKNOWN","3585","2","She was in her mid-teens, but had the shapely body of a woman five years older.","",""
"repair","Verb","UNKNOWN","3586","2","That meant gathering wood and tending the fires, repairing the cabins-which always seemed to need repair!","",""
"expedition","Singular","UNKNOWN","3587","2","This would be the last time he remained behind when the hunters went off on the season's last and most important expedition.","",""
"comer","Noun","UNKNOWN","3588","2","Elbryan moved up to the comer of the next house, smiling for his cleverness, and peered around.","",""
"male","Noun","UNKNOWN","3589","2","One time Elbryan had made the mistake of catching Jilseponie without his male companions nearby, and of tugging too hard on her yellow mane to prove the point of his capture.","",""
"merry","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3590","2","He felt as though he could say anything to her, and she wouldn't judge him or make merry of his feelings.","",""
"outfight","Noun","UNKNOWN","3591","2","She stood straight but not stiff, and could outrun and outfight any of the boys in Dundalis, Elbryan included.","",""
"involuntarily","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3592","2","When Pony's eyes showed sadness, Elbryan felt it in his heart; when they soared with sparkling joy, Elbryan's feet moved involuntarily in dance.","",""
"reflexively","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3593","2","She reflexively cocked a fist, and Elbryan wisely jumped back.","",""
"excite","Verb","UNKNOWN","3594","2","Finally, Chipmunk caught up to his friend, but he was too excited to explain in words.","",""
"rainbow","Noun","UNKNOWN","3595","2","She remembered that long-ago morning on the tree-covered slope, looking at the sky, at the shining Halo, with its rainbow of colors, its heavenly allure.","",""
"perceptible","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3596","2","It floated through-the chill air, barely perceptible.","",""
"dell","Noun","UNKNOWN","3597","2","Juraviel let him lead often and corrected him whenever he went wrong - which was not often any longer - and soon the pair came into the low dell called Caer'alfar: Elvenhome.","",""
"exhilarating","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3598","2","It was loud and rushing, exhilarating.","",""
"spirituality","Noun","UNKNOWN","3599","2","There is more to spirituality than piety, my friend.","",""
"theirs","Noun","UNKNOWN","3600","2","No, it was his experience and Pony's - theirs alone.","",""