"lemma","pos","cefr_level","coverage_rank","context_sentence","context_sentence_zh","definition_zh" "pitchfork","Noun","UNKNOWN","3501","Pony took one in the throat with the pitchfork.","","" "hoofbeats","Noun","UNKNOWN","3502","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","3503","Deadfalls, pit traps, and jaw traps stopped many; in one place a dropping pile of logs triggered a small avalanche of loose snow and rock.","","" "stomp","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3504","His confidence mounted as a pair of giants stomped past, oblivious of him.","","" "stupidly","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3505","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","3506","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","3507","Elbryan sat bolt upright, unblinking.","","" "prophecy","Noun","UNKNOWN","3508","""In prophecy?"" Avelyn looked at him hard.","","" "rustle","Noun","UNKNOWN","3509","The diamond-shaped grove was eerily quiet, with no rustle of wind nor the call of any animal, of any night bird, to stir the still air.","","" "dome","Noun","UNKNOWN","3510","He moved slowly and carefully about the field, building domes of snow the size of his two cupped hands.","","" "extinguish","Verb","UNKNOWN","3511","The fire on that particular dwarf was indeed extinguished as a huge booted foot crushed the diminutive creature flat.","","" "sanctuary","Noun","UNKNOWN","3512","The three trappers were at a loss; Brother Avelyn could think of no sanctuary closer than St.","","" "mouse","Noun","UNKNOWN","3513","So it became a game of cat and mouse, and Avelyn was the mouse.","","" "slush","Noun","UNKNOWN","3514","A drenching rain fell all about the region, turning the last of the snow to slush and softening the ground.","","" "invading","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3515","While their lives certainly became more comfortable, their nights no longer spent so closely huddled to a fire that their eyebrows singed, winter's relaxed grip offered the invading monsters even more mobility.","","" "advancing","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3516","""The folk of Landsdown are on the road south ahead of the advancing monsters,"" Juraviel explained.","","" "thanks","Noun","UNKNOWN","3517","And to go with my thanks and the gratitude of all who survived the invasion."" Paulson looked at Chipmunk, and the small man nodded nervously.","","" "wedge","PastTense","UNKNOWN","3518","He was in a sitting position, wedged in tightly against the hard trunk.","","" "focused","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3519","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","3520","Summoning every ounce of his remaining strength, Elbryan managed to pull away from Pony, taking two unsteady steps toward Bradwarden, meaning to help with the door.","","" "gust","Noun","UNKNOWN","3521","After the gust, the heat remained.","","" "cracking","Noun","UNKNOWN","3522","He came forward in a rush, Tempest driving in hard and straight, striking hard; cracking through the black shell and diving into the monster's magma interior.","","" "devour","Verb","UNKNOWN","3523","Not a sound came from about the beast as, clothing and all, the dactyl devoured the torn skin of Gothra.","","" "scour","Gerund","UNKNOWN","3524","Lower went the demon, and slower, turning tight circles, sharp eyes scouring the terrain, keen ears tuning to every sound.","","" "serenity","Noun","UNKNOWN","3525","It was a cruel lie: the quiet, the serenity, the spring breeze.","","" "jutting","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3526","He noted a movement up above, a dark shape coming atop the jutting rock.","","" "ringing","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3527","Elbryan pressed on, Tempest hitting so often that the ringing song never paused.","","" "crackling","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3528","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","3529","The dactyl's shriek echoed all through the tunnel maze of Aida, deafened the four friends, and made them reach for their ears.","","" "somber","Adjective","C1","3530","Squat towers anchored every turn in the wall; narrow windows showed that the place was built for somber reflection and defense.","","" "wistful","Adjective","C1","3531","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","3532","His intrigue was fast shifting to trepidation now, as he got the distinct feeling that he had stumbled on to something potentially dangerous.","","" "sullen","Adjective","C1","3533","""Soggy and sullen,"" she said aloud, and nodded, thinking that a fitting description of all her life.","","" "scrutinize","Verb","C1","3534","Avelyn scrutinized the broach carefully.","","" "favorite","Noun","A2","3535","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","3536","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","3537","""Three shots at a time, and they're likely to get lucky,"" Avelyn remarked.","","" "examine","Verb","B1","3538","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.","","" "humor","Noun","B1","3539","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","3540","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","3541","Tuntun pretended not to notice.","","" "character","Noun","B1","3542","Tuntun was wrong, Juraviel knew without any doubt at all; this one had character.","","" "symbol","Noun","B1","3543","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","3544","For whatever had happened, today and in the days and weeks before, this stubborn behavior could only lead to disaster.","","" "identify","Infinitive","B1","3545","He had learned to identify the various plants and their properties, often medicinal.","","" "attend","PastTense","B1","3546","She would dress in the finest gowns and attend the highest social events in Palmaris, even in Ursal!","","" "growth","Noun","B1","3547","With the elves, I felt a sense of personal growth, learning and training, perfecting my skills, always moving toward something better.","","" "absent","Adjective","B1","3548","Connor, sitting back on one of the plush chairs in the lobby, turned an absent gaze his companion's way.","","" "approve","Verb","B1","3549","""You approve of my appearance,"" he concluded.","","" "discuss","Verb","B1","3550","""We have much to discuss,"" the monk said.","","" "achieve","Verb","B1","3551","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","3552","To their dismay, this tunnel complex proved no less a maze than the higher passageways, and most of these corridors seemed to be leading further down and not up.","","" "attach","Verb","B1","3553","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","3554","It didn't seem such a momentous thing, just a gradual stirring in a deep cave in a far, empty mountain.","","" "twitching","Noun","UNKNOWN","3555","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","3556","It is settled, Uncle Mather, a new stasis, a level of play.","","" "encase","Verb","UNKNOWN","3557","The spirit had come back to Corona encased in obsidian!","","" "batlike","Noun","UNKNOWN","3558","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","3559","Jojonah's hand reached for one of two of the shiny gray stones.","","" "orb","Noun","UNKNOWN","3560","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","3561","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","3562","Dinoniel himself had come into this cave after the beast, had skewered the dactyl...","","" "rotate","Verb","UNKNOWN","3563","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","3564","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","3565","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","3566","""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","3567","The wicked goblins certainly, so full of anger and greed, so delighting in murder and war.","","" "warlike","Noun","UNKNOWN","3568","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","3569","But he was a letch, a drooling, grabby slob, who took it personally when Jill refused his advances.","","" "twilight","Noun","UNKNOWN","3570","The twilight of Corona was at hand.","","" "sorrow","Noun","UNKNOWN","3571","To untwist hearts from grasping sorrow, To offer the promise of the morrow?","","" "morrow","Noun","UNKNOWN","3572","To untwist hearts from grasping sorrow, To offer the promise of the morrow?","","" "waft","Noun","UNKNOWN","3573","Hot blood waft steam in night air cold.","","" "eerily","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3574","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","3575","She was in her mid-teens, but had the shapely body of a woman five years older.","","" "repair","Verb","UNKNOWN","3576","That meant gathering wood and tending the fires, repairing the cabins-which always seemed to need repair!","","" "wolf","Noun","UNKNOWN","3577","Somewhere in the distance a wolf howled, and another took up the song, and for Elbryan, the music was sweeter now than ever before, than even in those years he had spent in the enchanted elven forest.","","" "expedition","Singular","UNKNOWN","3578","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","3579","Elbryan moved up to the comer of the next house, smiling for his cleverness, and peered around.","","" "male","Noun","UNKNOWN","3580","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","3581","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","3582","She stood straight but not stiff, and could outrun and outfight any of the boys in Dundalis, Elbryan included.","","" "involuntarily","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3583","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","3584","She reflexively cocked a fist, and Elbryan wisely jumped back.","","" "excite","Verb","UNKNOWN","3585","Finally, Chipmunk caught up to his friend, but he was too excited to explain in words.","","" "rainbow","Noun","UNKNOWN","3586","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","3587","It floated through-the chill air, barely perceptible.","","" "dell","Noun","UNKNOWN","3588","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","3589","It was loud and rushing, exhilarating.","","" "spirituality","Noun","UNKNOWN","3590","There is more to spirituality than piety, my friend.","","" "theirs","Noun","UNKNOWN","3591","No, it was his experience and Pony's - theirs alone.","","" "shapely","Adverb","UNKNOWN","3592","She was in her mid-teens, but had the shapely body of a woman five years older.","","" "starkness","Noun","UNKNOWN","3593","The starkness of the scene from this vantage point, in this mounting light, amazed the companions.","","" "assessment","Noun","UNKNOWN","3594","""How many thousands must we defeat even to reach its black rocky base?"" Elbryan shook his head determinedly, somehow sure his companion's assessment was not correct.","","" "elk","Noun","UNKNOWN","3595","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!","","" "disintegrate","Verb","UNKNOWN","3596","Their patience fast disintegrated; they leaped out together, running fast down the steeper slope, picking their angle to intercept the returning troop.","","" "southeast","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3597","""The sun is in the southeast,"" Elbryan reminded Pony, squaring his shoulders as he took command of the situation.","","" "northeast","Adjective","UNKNOWN","3598","""The hunters approach from the northeast, so all we have to do is keep the sun just behind our right shoulders."" It seemed logical enough to Pony, so she.","","" "buck","Noun","UNKNOWN","3599","He screamed out and tried to buck, the force and dive ahead, arm extended, Tempest leading.","","" "stock","Noun","UNKNOWN","3600","Expressions ran from excitement to awkward fear to blank amazement as the villagers took stock of the kills, especially the last carcass on the shoulder poles, a smallish humanoid form.","",""