"lemma","pos","cefr_level","coverage_rank","global_frequency","context_sentence","context_sentence_zh","definition_zh"
"forsake","Verb","UNKNOWN","2801","4","He could not do that, could not forsake his duty and the destiny that he had been shown by the Touel'alfar.","",""
"twirl","Gerund","UNKNOWN","2802","4","Now firmly held in both hands, his staff made a second twirl, then came arching diagonally toward the ground, toward Tuntun.","",""
"dirk","Noun","UNKNOWN","2803","4","She couldn't even talk, and her dirk, like her sword before it, slipped uselessly from her weakened hand.","",""
"coin","Noun","UNKNOWN","2804","4","Avelyn did, too, noting the piles of coins and gems and jewelry, such a treasure as he had never before seen.","",""
"stabbing","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2805","4","Connor thrust against her, but she felt no stabbing point.","",""
"pluck","Gerund","UNKNOWN","2806","4","She was ripe for the plucking.","",""
"borne","Noun","UNKNOWN","2807","4","That left only one possibility, an escape borne on translucent wings.","",""
"pounce","Infinitive","UNKNOWN","2808","4","Elbryan turned to meet the pounce, but even as the goblin came on, silver flickers caught the ranger's eye.","",""
"remarkable","Adjective","B2","2809","4","And the amount of damage to the house was remarkable.","",""
"flourish","Verb","UNKNOWN","2810","4","He finished with a leaping flourish and landed pointing to the stripe.","",""
"proclamation","Plural","UNKNOWN","2811","4","On those first few occasions, Connor took the rejection personally, as a slight, despite Jill's proclamations otherwise.","",""
"bartender","Noun","UNKNOWN","2812","4","The man with the broken arm shrugged noncommittally, then turned to the bartender, who likewise had no answers.","",""
"gown","Noun","UNKNOWN","2813","4","She would dress in the finest gowns and attend the highest social events in Palmaris, even in Ursal!","",""
"madness","Noun","UNKNOWN","2814","4","Journeys into the wide, vast ocean were extremely rare, and rumors told of a madness that often grabbed at a crew.","",""
"loosen","Verb","UNKNOWN","2815","4","He was trying to loosen up her inhibitions, and she was, too.","",""
"lazily","Adverb","UNKNOWN","2816","4","The ruby, shining with power, arced lazily over the open hatch.","",""
"prow","Noun","UNKNOWN","2817","4","The barrelboat was moving much more swiftly than it appeared, for it cut no prow wake, as did the Windrunner.","",""
"store","Noun","UNKNOWN","2818","4","Avelyn could not discern the purpose of the magic, except to note that there was a tremendous amount of energy stored within those crystals.","",""
"tack","Verb","UNKNOWN","2819","4","Adjonas looked up at his sails, then at his crew, tacking frantically to keep them as full of wind as possible.","",""
"ram","Noun","UNKNOWN","2820","4","Hopefully we will be able to keep our pace swift enough so that the powries' initial ram causes little damage.","",""
"calculation","Plural","UNKNOWN","2821","4","The showers, by their calculations, were now overdue.","",""
"quarrel","Noun","UNKNOWN","2822","4","Even as Adjonas spoke, a flaming quarrel arched over the taffrail of the Windrunner, slashing into the rear sail.","",""
"swimmer","Noun","UNKNOWN","2823","4","With their heavy bodies and spindly limbs, powries were not strong swimmers, and Quintall easily overtook the dazed creature, pushing it under the water and gaining a seat atop its shoulders.","",""
"loincloth","Noun","UNKNOWN","2824","4","The elves prodded and pushed him, finally getting him out of his low tree house wearing only a cloak and a loincloth.","",""
"dorsal","Noun","UNKNOWN","2825","4","A second, smaller dorsal fin joined the first in its tightening ring.","",""
"fortunately","Adverb","UNKNOWN","2826","4","Avelyn shook his head, though fortunately Quintall and Adjonas missed the movement.","",""
"anxiously","Adverb","UNKNOWN","2827","4","Up ahead, Avelyn and Pellimar waited anxiously.","",""
"uncommon","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2828","4","The fan had snagged on some seaweed or on something the caravel had dropped, so the dwarves thought, and it was not so uncommon an occurrence.","",""
"snapping","Noun","UNKNOWN","2829","4","Pellimar hit it again, a series of three quick left jabs, then brought his right leg up hard, snapping out his foot to connect right under the powrie's jaw.","",""
"taking","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2830","4","He ran forward and slid down to the deck, scrambling fast and taking the ruby from his mouth.","",""
"limp","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2831","4","He looked much better, seeming his old bouncy self, except for a slight limp.","",""
"dangle","Gerund","UNKNOWN","2832","4","But they got him up to the rail, Quintall grabbing Pellimar and hauling the man onto the deck, Avelyn dangling dangerously low.","",""
"dissipate","Verb","UNKNOWN","2833","4","The excitement on the Windrunner did not dissipate until the powries were left far behind.","",""
"bunch","Noun","UNKNOWN","2834","4","The folk of Dundalis were, a hardy bunch, not shying from the occasional fight.","",""
"spray","Verb","UNKNOWN","2835","4","Cold winds and stinging spray buffeted the crew.","",""
"shouting","Noun","UNKNOWN","2836","4","More than once, Avelyn heard Bunkus Smealy and Adjonas in a shouting match, and every time.","",""
"decree","Noun","UNKNOWN","2837","4","It was a strange decree, one that caught Avelyn so much by surprise that he hardly noticed Quintall had openly proclaimed the name of the island.","",""
"mutiny","Noun","UNKNOWN","2838","4","Quintall realized that shooting the desperate man in front of the crew would likely cause a mutiny.","",""
"salve","Noun","UNKNOWN","2839","4","Pony looked at Bradwarden, but the centaur was smiling widely, the healing salves already at work under the red bandage.","",""
"compensation","Singular","UNKNOWN","2840","4","""Extra compensation for the lost man,"" Adjonas remarked.","",""
"tiger","Noun","UNKNOWN","2841","4","Quintall's roar, truly the roar of a tiger, sent the crew scrambling.","",""
"dispatch","Verb","UNKNOWN","2842","4","The cool and callous, way Quintall had dispatched the man, had murdered a human being, shook gentle Avelyn to his very bones.","",""
"plead","Verb","UNKNOWN","2843","4","The creature's arms came up, reaching straight out toward the ranger, in a posture that might be threatening or pleading.","",""
"loved","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2844","4","The thought that Dansally had never loved caught Avelyn off his guard and settled him back for a bit.","",""
"silhouette","Plural","UNKNOWN","2845","4","And beyond the masses loomed a single dark silhouette, a conical mountain tipped by a steady stream of dark smoke.","",""
"ignite","Gerund","UNKNOWN","2846","4","Another ball of flaming pitch soared out from the monastery, skipping in along the starboard rail of the vessel, igniting the mainsail into one tremendous flame.","",""
"ballista","Noun","UNKNOWN","2847","4","The barrage intensified, more pitch, great heavy stones, and giant ballista bolts battering the ill-fated craft.","",""
"sizzle","Gerund","UNKNOWN","2848","4","But then came the worst thing of all - a hissing, sizzling noise.","",""
"accident","Noun","UNKNOWN","2849","4","This was no accident but a purposeful attack on the bear.","",""
"location","Singular","UNKNOWN","2850","4","It made sense to Avelyn that, for the security of the world, the location of Pimaninicuit should remain secret, but that thought did little to erase his revulsion at the destruction of the hired ship and the murder of her crew.","",""
"succumb","Verb","UNKNOWN","2851","4","The blackness will not fall complete until the last free human spirit has succumbed.","",""
"mend","Verb","UNKNOWN","2852","4","Pellimar would carry scars forever, but surely he had mended.","",""
"coil","Noun","UNKNOWN","2853","4","He was heading back for his physical coil when he realized that time was against him.","",""
"hover","Verb","UNKNOWN","2854","4","It wasn't; it hovered on the edge of his perceptions, whatever way he turned.","",""
"magnetite","Verb","UNKNOWN","2855","4","It hit with a tremendous, thump, jerking the behemoth from the ground, and then, to Avelyn's amazement, for he had never really used magnetite before, the second giant in line shuddered violently as well.","",""
"extraordinary","Adjective","B2","2856","4","It was vespers, so few were about to observe the master and the guard, bearing his extraordinary burden, as they made their way to the abbey roof overlooking All Saints Bay.","",""
"lake","Noun","UNKNOWN","2857","4","With the amber, he crossed wide lakes that his pursuers would have to circumvent.","",""
"circumvent","Verb","UNKNOWN","2858","4","With the amber, he crossed wide lakes that his pursuers would have to circumvent.","",""
"daylight","Noun","UNKNOWN","2859","4","Using a chrysoberyl, a cat's-eye, he could see clearly in the dark and move along at daylight pace without the telltale glow of a light.","",""
"inflection","Plural","UNKNOWN","2860","4","Jojonah leaned over the rail, listening to every inflection, every whisper.","",""
"key","Noun","UNKNOWN","2861","4","The ranger heard them long before he caught sight of them, laughing and singing terribly off-key, though the voices were surely human, as he had suspected.","",""
"gratitude","Noun","UNKNOWN","2862","4","But for all their joy, for all the centaur's gratitude toward Pony, the three found themselves in a precarious position.","",""
"verbal","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2863","4","Elbryan said firmly, and even as he spoke the words, he understood Bradwarden's cunning verbal maneuver.","",""
"jag","Verb","UNKNOWN","2864","4","So many times he thought he would collide with jags of stone only to watch them rush under him at the last possible second.","",""
"soggy","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2865","4","Flames licked at him, at his soggy muddy cloak, but he scampered along, buried by the blaze, bearing down on his unsuspecting enemy.","",""
"military","Noun","UNKNOWN","2866","4","Elbryan didn't believe it, not this time, not in looking at that military camp.","",""
"conviction","Plural","B2","2867","4","It didn't take her long to realize that she was alone in her convictions.","",""
"crossing","Noun","UNKNOWN","2868","4","By all appearances, the man was impressive - tall and straight, mustache and goatee neatly trimmed, his red-trimmed blue overcoat tailored straight and proper, black leather baldric crossing right shoulder to left hip and sporting an impressive sword, a family heirloom.","",""
"hallway","Noun","UNKNOWN","2869","4","Jill hurried down the hallway and entered the common room of the upper level.","",""
"harvest","Noun","UNKNOWN","2870","4","The trees are older, never harvested by humans, and darker.","",""
"woodland","Noun","UNKNOWN","2871","4","But there was no high ground, just thick woodlands, giving way to the brown and gray stones that lined the riverbank.","",""
"sever","Verb","UNKNOWN","2872","4","Elbryan rolled to one knee quickly and brought the sword flashing across, severing the plant at exactly the stripe.","",""
"spell","Noun","UNKNOWN","2873","4","He took a step forward and the horse ran off, breaking the spell and ending the encounter.","",""
"escort","Verb","UNKNOWN","2874","4","The goblins and their giant escort moved along slowly but steadily, and soon after, Elbryan and his companions heard the rumble of the war engines, the grunts of the towing giants.","",""
"meager","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2875","4","Occasionally, the group came upon a lone house or a few clustered together, the real frontier families, living beyond even the meager civilization of the three small villages.","",""
"dim","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2876","4","Finally, Miklos Barmine wandered out, rubbing his eyes, blinking repeatedly as if the light, though the day was dim, stung him profoundly.","",""
"meander","Verb","UNKNOWN","2877","4","The path meandered, joining another, then forking three ways.","",""
"ambush","Verb","UNKNOWN","2878","4","He looked around again, this time searching for a vantage point, a perch from which he might ambush any enemies.","",""
"midair","Noun","UNKNOWN","2879","4","Elbryan's staff picked it off in midair, deflecting the blow up high.","",""
"jolly","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2880","4","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.","",""
"farmer","Noun","UNKNOWN","2881","4","As he suspected, the bear was nowhere near the size the excited farmer was claiming, probably closer to five or six feet in height, perhaps two to three hundred pounds.","",""
"hind","Noun","UNKNOWN","2882","4","In came the giants at full charge; Bradwarden braced and set his hind legs firmly.","",""
"wit","Noun","UNKNOWN","2883","4","Elbryan gathered his wits and began his dance of praise to the spirit of the bear, thanking it for its gift of food and warmth.","",""
"trapping","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2884","4","Such were the trappings of power that Dosey did not realize what an ultimate bore and ridiculous buffoon he truly was.","",""
"dislodge","Verb","UNKNOWN","2885","4","A flick of the wrist dislodged the bar and Elbryan kicked open the door, striding a single step into the shack.","",""
"showing","Noun","UNKNOWN","2886","4","The first snows had fallen, a light and gentle blanket, and the air was chill, the sky above showing the richest blue hue.","",""
"befallen","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2887","4","Had they been prepared, this disaster would not have befallen them.","",""
"hamlet","Noun","UNKNOWN","2888","4","She recognized the name Tinson as that of the small hamlet some dozen miles inland from the fortress.","",""
"fault","Noun","UNKNOWN","2889","4","What had precipitated the trouble, a fault of Avelyn's or the man's lack of fault in an order grown perverse?","",""
"brutish","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2890","4","He hail never held any love for brutish Quintall, but still he pitied the man.","",""
"desertion","Singular","UNKNOWN","2891","4","The master understood the man's desperation, despite the fact that Avelyn's crimes and subsequent desertion were not without precedent.","",""
"effective","Adjective","B2","2892","4","Pony went in with equal ferocity, though her attacks were not quite as effective and she scored only a minor hit.","",""
"forgive","Verb","UNKNOWN","2893","4","The ranger nodded, forgiving himself for missing the signs.","",""
"tentative","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2894","4","Theirs became a tentative friendship, an offered smile and exchange of news whenever the pair happened to be in the same area.","",""
"unaware","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2895","4","They had been caught unaware; she noted no allies had yet exited the tower even as she got back to the front wall.","",""
"joining","Noun","UNKNOWN","2896","4","But this cryptic talk of a spiritual joining did not seem so imposing.","",""
"plump","Noun","UNKNOWN","2897","4","And then, quickly, the plump woman was gone, back into the bustle of the Way.","",""
"whereabouts","Noun","UNKNOWN","2898","4","Avelyn took a deep breath and cursed himself for sleeping the afternoon and all the night through while a potential clue to Jill's whereabouts was right below him.","",""
"emanation","Plural","UNKNOWN","2899","4","shortly thereafter, finding no magical emanations in or about the pitiful village.","",""
"bluff","Noun","UNKNOWN","2900","4","Elbryan recognized the true fear behind that bluff.","",""