"lemma","pos","cefr_level","coverage_rank","global_frequency","context_sentence","context_sentence_zh","definition_zh" "pounce","Infinitive","B1","2201","4","Elbryan turned to meet the pounce, but even as the goblin came on, silver flickers caught the ranger's eye.","","" "madness","Noun","B1","2202","4","Journeys into the wide, vast ocean were extremely rare, and rumors told of a madness that often grabbed at a crew.","","" "loosen","Verb","B1","2203","4","He was trying to loosen up her inhibitions, and she was, too.","","" "responsible","Adjective","B1","2204","4","He hesitated; were these goblins responsible for what their kin had done to Elbryan's home?","","" "location","Singular","B1","2205","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.","","" "hover","Verb","B1","2206","4","It wasn't; it hovered on the edge of his perceptions, whatever way he turned.","","" "dim","Adjective","B1","2207","4","Finally, Miklos Barmine wandered out, rubbing his eyes, blinking repeatedly as if the light, though the day was dim, stung him profoundly.","","" "ambush","Verb","B1","2208","4","He looked around again, this time searching for a vantage point, a perch from which he might ambush any enemies.","","" "effective","Adjective","B1","2209","4","Pony went in with equal ferocity, though her attacks were not quite as effective and she scored only a minor hit.","","" "bluff","Noun","B1","2210","4","Elbryan recognized the true fear behind that bluff.","","" "kicking","Adjective","B1","2211","4","Those monsters that did make it down found Bradwarden and his cudgel waiting for them, the centaur kicking and smashing with abandon.","","" "shorten","Verb","B1","2212","4","The ranger elbowed through the brawl, blocking punches whenever necessary, felling with three shortened blows yet another villager who tried to pounce upon him.","","" "praying","Noun","B1","2213","4","Avelyn lay across the centaur's back, staring more behind than ahead, praying for his companions.","","" "tangible","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2214","4","The tangible, corporeal body felt good to the wandering spirit.","","" "agitate","Verb","UNKNOWN","2215","4","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.","","" "transform","Verb","B2","2216","4","That relief fast transformed into a sinking feeling as Elbryan realized the meaning of this creature's positioning.","","" "lump","Verb","UNKNOWN","2217","4","Avelyn froze in place, a lump rising in his throat.","","" "dominate","Verb","B2","2218","4","Brother Justice narrowed his eyes, not appreciating the sentiment, the way the foolish merchant tried to dominate him by referring to his superior in such familiar terms.","","" "tribe","Noun","B2","2219","4","It would bring them into its fold, tribe by tribe, race by race, growing as the night grows when the sun touches the western horizon.","","" "stain","Verb","UNKNOWN","2220","4","Elbryan saw the dark stain near those hands.","","" "measured","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2221","4","Through flowers and lovers, step measured paces","","" "reverently","Adverb","UNKNOWN","2222","4","Gently, reverently, Avelyn reached into the back of his dead companion's head and pulled forth the stone.","","" "labor","Noun","UNKNOWN","2223","4","Indeed he was tired from the previous day's labors, but so full of excitement that.","","" "covet","Verb","UNKNOWN","2224","4","Toward his fellow Preparers, young men he would compete against for the coveted two positions of those who would actually step onto the island of Pimaninicuit, Avelyn felt no rivalry.","","" "aura","Noun","UNKNOWN","2225","4","Still, there was a delicate aura about her, a softness that a younger Elbryan had viewed as weakness, but the older Elbryan viewed as oddly distracting.","","" "sponge","Noun","UNKNOWN","2226","4","Elbryan mastered the intricate movements, every one, soaked them into the sponge he had become and held them fast in his heart, mind, and muscles.","","" "ascent","Noun","UNKNOWN","2227","4","That excitement turned to sheer joy when they passed out of the town and began their ascent of the ridge.","","" "fluster","Verb","UNKNOWN","2228","4","Belli'mar Juraviel suppressed a chuckle, for he liked seeing Tuntun flustered.","","" "carcass","Noun","UNKNOWN","2229","4","The hunters would return with carcasses - elk, caribou, or white-tailed deer - slung on shoulder poles, and it seemed to the watching pair as if this hunt had been successful indeed!","","" "confusing","Adjective","B2","2230","4","Pony shook the confusing possibilities from her thoughts.","","" "sloping","Adjective","B2","2231","4","A subtle shift, still too quick for the creature to dodge, and Elbryan stabbed the tapered end out straight, striking the goblin on its sloping forehead right above and between the eyes, laying it out straight in the stream.","","" "venison","Noun","UNKNOWN","2232","4","The elves would set out a grand table, steaming stew and venison, sometimes roasted game fowl, and piping hot tea that warmed the boy from his head to his cold toes.","","" "badger","Noun","B2","2233","4","Earlier that year, at the beginning of summer, some of the younger children had snagged a badger in a noose.","","" "noose","Noun","UNKNOWN","2234","4","Earlier that year, at the beginning of summer, some of the younger children had snagged a badger in a noose.","","" "snare","Verb","UNKNOWN","2235","4","He approached the snared creature boldly, only to find that it had chewed right through the leather bindings.","","" "brief","Noun","B2","2236","4","Jill had known this air, so crisp and so clean, in her youth, in this place; and images of that past life flitted past the edges of her consciousness now, brief glimpses of what had once been.","","" "outnumber","Verb","UNKNOWN","2237","4","The Coastpoint Guards of Pireth Tulme were fighting well, but they were badly outnumbered and they had lost their one advantage: the walls.","","" "slain","Adjective","B2","2238","4","Not until this day, he silently added, looking at the slain goblin.","","" "wrestle","Verb","UNKNOWN","2239","4","Panic hit him, wrestling hard with a jumble of other emotions that Elbryan did not understand.","","" "interject","PastTense","UNKNOWN","2240","4","""The goblins were never here,"" Pony interjected.","","" "stoop","Verb","UNKNOWN","2241","4","Tempest weaved its wondrous lines about him slowly-turning, stooping, and rising in perfect balance.","","" "zone","Noun","B2","2242","4","Back in St.-Mere-Abelle, he had seen Master Siherton create a magical dead zone while he and several others had tried to discern the powers of the giant amethyst crystal.","","" "craftsmanship","Noun","UNKNOWN","2243","4","Avelyn wanted to go closer to it to study the stern facial features and the incredible craftsmanship of the armor.","","" "recollection","Plural","UNKNOWN","2244","4","Always working or praying; there were no other recollections of Avelyn to be found.","","" "resounding","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2245","4","The huge stone gates of St.-Mere-Abelle slammed shut with a resounding crash that jolted Annalisa Desbris violently.","","" "myriad","Noun","UNKNOWN","2246","4","He came up fast on a pair of great bronze doors, inlaid with a myriad of designs and symbols.","","" "classmate","Noun","UNKNOWN","2247","4","After vespers, their classmates knelt to pray for one hour, spent an hour with their letters, then retired early to meditate and sleep, to reinvigorate their bodies for the tasks of the next day.","","" "uneventful","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2248","4","Bafway proved to be a long, uneventful month.","","" "chimney","Noun","UNKNOWN","2249","4","Cat rested back against a sooty chimney, the warm bricks taking a bit of the bite from the night chill.","","" "imagination","Plural","B2","2250","4","Many images flitted through Elbryan's imagination as Juraviel sang: scenes of war and terror, scenes so very much like Dundalis on that awful day when the goblins came.","","" "temper","Verb","UNKNOWN","2251","4","All of that was, of course, tempered by her realization that she was, in effect, a deserter.","","" "manhood","Noun","UNKNOWN","2252","4","There would be a measure in this of his manhood, Avelyn realized, a test he could not fail.","","" "dizzy","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2253","4","Elbryan fell back against the wall, dizzy, defeated, with no answers.","","" "caress","Verb","UNKNOWN","2254","4","A warm fog hung thick about him, caressing his body and dulling his senses.","","" "mingle","Verb","UNKNOWN","2255","4","Frustration boiled in the young woman, mingling with desperation.","","" "surmise","Verb","UNKNOWN","2256","4","Pony's first instincts were to try and join that battle group, but she quickly surmised that she would never get in.","","" "litany","Noun","UNKNOWN","2257","4","Silently mouthing that litany, Elbryan inched his face toward the edge of the pine.","","" "collapse","Verb","B2","2258","4","The dog's legs splayed wide; it gave one yelp, then lay still, its back broken, its lungs collapsing.","","" "grimace","Noun","UNKNOWN","2259","4","Cat did well to keep the grimace from her face.","","" "weirdly","Adverb","B2","2260","4","The goblin staggered weirdly, dropped its weapon, and fell to its knees.","","" "gash","Noun","UNKNOWN","2261","4","Elbryan saw the bright red gash, the white of split bone, the grayish brain.","","" "dismay","Noun","UNKNOWN","2262","4","He looked ahead at the evergreen vale and noted to his dismay that a fight was going on down there.","","" "stifle","Verb","UNKNOWN","2263","4","She took a moment to consider where she was, whose house this was, and she stifled a sob.","","" "vomit","Verb","UNKNOWN","2264","4","Avelyn stepped out of the room, into the stone corridor, and vomited all over the floor.","","" "thrash","Gerund","UNKNOWN","2265","4","The creature went berserk, kicking and thrashing, flopping like a landed fish.","","" "thrashing","Noun","UNKNOWN","2266","4","The pair rolled hard into the trunk of another tree, and the goblin abruptly stopped its thrashing.","","" "daze","Verb","UNKNOWN","2267","4","Elbryan, dazed, his breath blasted away, nearly fainted.","","" "alter","Verb","B2","2268","4","Elbryan knew it, yet he did not slow his pace and did not alter his course.","","" "mumble","Verb","UNKNOWN","2269","4","Tears ran freely down his cheeks; he mumbled the name ""Dansally,"" over and over.","","" "fortune","Noun","B2","2270","4","Not one to argue with good fortune, Elbryan scrambled to his feet.","","" "casually","Adverb","B2","2271","4","And all hope flew from him as a fomorian giant, holding a club as large as Elbryan's entire body, casually walked toward him.","","" "clamp","PastTense","UNKNOWN","2272","4","Cat-the-Stray clamped her teeth over one of his knuckles and bit him hard.","","" "securely","Adverb","B2","2273","4","Thus she kept her cabin door securely locked.","","" "crank","Noun","UNKNOWN","2274","4","Brother Avelyn turned hard on the crank, both wood and man groaning with each rotation.","","" "appropriately","Adverb","B2","2275","4","Other bowyers would have marked the stem appropriately, but Joycenevial was far beyond such crude necessities.","","" "tan","Verb","UNKNOWN","2276","4","And though she was not wearing the telltale red jacket, a woman dressed in a simple white shirt, tan pants, and bare feet was not a common sight.","","" "lure","Noun","UNKNOWN","2277","4","If Jill ventured into that tight place, if this man was out here to lure her in, she would likely find, herself in grabby quarters indeed.","","" "assume","Verb","B2","2278","4","Pellimar seemed too eager, as if he expected Pimaninicuit to be quite close to Entel, but in truth, the Windjammer would likely spend the better part of four months getting to the island, and that was assuming favorable winds.","","" "sincerity","Noun","UNKNOWN","2279","4","It was obvious that Avelyn had loved his mother dearly, and yet, there was a sincerity in his.","","" "aspect","Noun","B2","2280","4","So went the widely accepted argument that allowed for relaxing some aspects of the holy pledge.","","" "healing","Adjective","B2","2281","4","Pony looked at Bradwarden, but the centaur was smiling widely, the healing salves already at work under the red bandage.","","" "musing","Noun","UNKNOWN","2282","4","Of course Avelyn would not protest aloud, and even his silent musings were washed away as the heavy door opened silently, on balanced and oiled hinges, to reveal the greatest splendor of all.","","" "midsummer","Noun","UNKNOWN","2283","4","Palmaris falls before midsummer, I say, and another powrie force sails to join us, makes fast for the Broken Coast.","","" "polished","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2284","4","There were several various stones within, all smooth and polished.","","" "uncomfortably","Adverb","UNKNOWN","2285","4","Jojonah cleared his throat uncomfortably.","","" "melodious","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2286","4","""In their melodious singing, so it is said, and in the metal their gardens `grow' from the soil.""","","" "alternate","Gerund","UNKNOWN","2287","4","He collected himself quickly and did as instructed, alternating the number of raised fingers behind his back.","","" "volume","Noun","B2","2288","4","This gloom that had come to Honce-the-Bear had come before in a definite shape and manner that was oft-told in the historical volumes at St.-Mere-Abelle.","","" "register","Verb","B2","2289","4","It took a long moment for Avelyn even to register the question.","","" "blurt","Verb","UNKNOWN","2290","4","""Do those work?"" he asked on impulse, blurting out his thoughts before he even realized he was speaking.","","" "grating","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2291","4","The fiend ended with yet another hideous laugh, but this time, Quintall heard his own grating voice joining in.","","" "horrid","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2292","4","That horrid thought set Pony into violent motion.","","" "ounce","Noun","UNKNOWN","2293","4","Avelyn screamed, and the dactyl shrieked again, throwing all its magical strength, every ounce, behind the beam.","","" "shared","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2294","4","Too private and yet shared.","","" "visualize","Verb","UNKNOWN","2295","4","Pony turned with a start, visualizing the fight on the road, the last she had seen of her father.","","" "riddle","Noun","UNKNOWN","2296","4","One group in particular, a pile of many monstrous corpses together in the road, posed a curious riddle.","","" "sometime","Noun","B2","2297","4","Sometime later, as dusk descended, Pony's senses warned her that she was not alone.","","" "titter","Noun","UNKNOWN","2298","4","To the left came a titter, a tiny voice whispering softly.","","" "exposed","Adjective","UNKNOWN","2299","4","Paulson was caught; he tripped over an exposed root and went facedown into the mud and slush.","","" "sapling","Gerund","UNKNOWN","2300","4","He had to leap away instead, far out to the side, crashing through twigs and saplings, for the boulder superheated, turned red, and then melted away right below him!","",""