"lemma","pos","cefr_level","coverage_rank","global_frequency","context_sentence","context_sentence_zh","definition_zh" "haunt","Verb","C1","2101","5","Disturbing questions haunted the young monk every day.","","" "countless","Adjective","C1","2102","5","Yet here they were, countless spearheads glistening in the last slanted rays of day, countless shields, emblazoned with the standards of many different tribes, standing side by side.","","" "alike","Adjective","C1","2103","5","For near to forty years he kept a line a hundred miles long secure from goblins and fomorian giants alike.","","" "appoint","Verb","C1","2104","5","But after vespers, the four Preparers began a four-hour regimen, each with an appointed master.","","" "ritual","Noun","C1","2105","5","He found the many prayer rituals boring, even trite, in light of the revelations he was finding every night.","","" "tactic","Noun","C1","2106","5","Jill changed tactics and began slugging the dwarf in the face instead, then poking for its eyes.","","" "assert","Verb","C1","2107","5","The elves didn't see things that way; Juraviel had once asserted to Elbryan that everything in the.","","" "pump","Verb","C1","2108","5","Now the ranger's arm pumped frantically, and finally after perhaps the tenth blow, the powrie's grasp at last loosened.","","" "pond","Noun","C1","2109","5","When he was done, Elbryan gathered up his clothing and ran to a nearby pond, diving into the chilly water without hesitation.","","" "elusive","Adjective","C1","2110","5","Furious, Elbryan finally launched himself sideways, putting some ground between him and his elusive opponent.","","" "respective","Adjective","C1","2111","5","They were two feet apart as each burrowed into its respective goblin, dropping the creatures where they stood.","","" "replacement","Noun","C1","2112","5","Sea journeys were not considered safe in God's Year 821, the year of the stone showers, and replacements might become necessary.","","" "comply","Verb","C1","2113","5","Grady was more than willing to comply, practically shoving Cat right onto the man's lap.","","" "beloved","Adjective","C1","2114","5","And the southland will be warned by Pony, my beloved, returned to me and flying fist across the miles upon Symphony.","","" "absurd","Adjective","C1","2115","5","On another note, Avelyn could not help but laugh at the absurd, useless treasure that lay strewn all about him.","","" "treacherous","Adjective","C1","2116","5","The journey was too treacherous, and if the crew had been well paid, as promised, they would have had no reason to dare the perils of the South Mirianic again.","","" "burden","Noun","C1","2117","5","Relieve your mind of the burden, then decide, my friend.","","" "sacrifice","Verb","C1","2118","5","Avelyn agreed and he would sacrifice his own life for the good of the voyage.","","" "continually","Adverb","C1","2119","5","But Jill had settled into a routine here, akin to the continually gloomy season.","","" "facilitate","Verb","C1","2120","5","The Order had failed; their weakness had facilitated this tragedy!","","" "wipe","Verb","C1","2121","5","Gofflaw snorted and wiped a greasy hand down the front of his own red jacket.","","" "trailing","Adjective","C1","2122","5","Avelyn crouched behind a tree, barely ten feet from the side of the trailing catapult.","","" "seize","Verb","C1","2123","5","As fortune would have it, the dagger went straight up, and Elbryan seized it, catching it by the tip.","","" "fateful","Adjective","C1","2124","5","I love her, Uncle Mather, as I loved her that fateful day on the ridge above our home.","","" "boom","Verb","C1","2125","5","""Ho, ho, what!"" the centaur boomed in a fair imitation of Avelyn.","","" "protective","Adjective","C1","2126","5","Lady Dasslerond was merciful, the elf knew, but she was, above that, pragmatic and protective of her realm.","","" "hull","Noun","A2","2127","4","The stone wouldn't be nearly strong enough, he realized, to take out the wet barrelboat's sturdy hull.","","" "inviting","Adjective","A2","2128","4","He sensed their softness, so very inviting ...","","" "carpet","Noun","A2","2129","4","Every time he gazed upon the white carpet, he wanted to take off his shoes and pants and run through it barefoot and bare legged, to feel its softness between his toes and brushing against his shins.","","" "maple","Noun","A2","2130","4","Autumn was well advanced, and all the leaves of the deciduous trees, particularly the sugar maples, were bright with colors, shining red and orange and yellow, painting the ridge.","","" "hideous","Adjective","A2","2131","4","The fomorian charged ahead with a tremendous, hideous howl, its cudgel going high.","","" "recently","Adverb","A2","2132","4","The reaction of the inhabitants to Brother Justice's brown robes tipped the monk off to the fact that he was not the first Abellican monk to come through this place recently.","","" "frown","Noun","A2","2133","4","The young woman sighed deeply, paused a moment, then consciously worked hard to erase the perpetual frown from her face as she made her way to the three men calling her from the corner table.","","" "habit","Noun","A2","2134","4","Even Elbryan's sleeping habits changed, shifting to a more controlled, meditative process than a lumped time of uncontrollable unconsciousness.","","" "adventure","Noun","A2","2135","4","And so he worked, as he was instructed, penning the tale of his adventures in great detail, studying and cataloguing the newest stones, their type, their magic, their strength.","","" "sprint","Verb","A2","2136","4","Carefully placing the basket at last at the trough, the boy then sprinted full out the half mile back to the bog.","","" "receive","Verb","A2","2137","4","And so it was with great expectations and hopes that Jill had received the news of her appointment into the second most elite unit, behind only the Allheart Brigade, in all of Honce-the-Bear: the famed Coastpoint Guards.","","" "lowly","Adjective","A2","2138","4","Grady saw himself as above that lowly station, Cat understood.","","" "express","Adjective","A2","2139","4","But to take humans to Andur'Blough Inninness without the express permission of Lady Dasslerond was indeed a stretch of the Lady's compassion, and Juraviel was not certain that the troop wouldn't simply be turned away; perhaps the paths into the misty valley would be altered and hidden even from Juraviel.","","" "hopelessness","Noun","A2","2140","4","And Quintall knew the demon read his every thought, that his hopelessness only made the creature something more.","","" "lifting","Noun","A2","2141","4","Perhaps that last Oracle in Andur'Blough Inninness was no more than a lifting of the veil.","","" "schedule","Noun","A2","2142","4","The grueling schedule, though, allowed Avelyn the opportunity to put off his more personal problems.","","" "hiss","Verb","A2","2143","4","But then came the worst thing of all - a hissing, sizzling noise.","","" "sunset","Noun","A2","2144","4","The boy believed the sun to be in the west, halfway from noon to sunset.","","" "misty","Adjective","A2","2145","4","Not so far down, they moved beneath the misty canopy, and the forested valley came clear to Elbryan.","","" "drawing","Noun","A2","2146","4","Quintall's grasp was the darkness of the demo cold, drawing the very life force from his opponent.","","" "wheel","Verb","A2","2147","4","He wheeled, but Tuntun turned with him, staying behind him and punching out a veritable drum roll on his upper back.","","" "benefit","Noun","A2","2148","4","But it was not without its benefits.","","" "differently","Adverb","A2","2149","4","Cat suffered his insults, but couldn't dismiss the realization that Pettibwa would have handled it differently, better.","","" "polite","Adjective","A2","2150","4","To Cat-the-Stray, his adopted sister, he was always polite, too polite.","","" "twig","Noun","A2","2151","4","A single great leap sent the beast flying away, disappearing so quickly into the twigs and branches of the forest lining the small meadow that it was lost to Elbryan's sight before he ever recovered from his lunging roll.","","" "correctly","Adverb","A2","2152","4","He turned a corner within a triangle of tight pines, expecting correctly that the zombie would be there.","","" "store","Noun","A2","2153","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.","","" "fortunately","Adverb","A2","2154","4","Avelyn shook his head, though fortunately Quintall and Adjonas missed the movement.","","" "limp","Adjective","A2","2155","4","He looked much better, seeming his old bouncy self, except for a slight limp.","","" "shouting","Noun","A2","2156","4","More than once, Avelyn heard Bunkus Smealy and Adjonas in a shouting match, and every time.","","" "accident","Noun","A2","2157","4","This was no accident but a purposeful attack on the bear.","","" "lake","Noun","A2","2158","4","With the amber, he crossed wide lakes that his pursuers would have to circumvent.","","" "crossing","Noun","A2","2159","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.","","" "hum","Verb","A2","2160","4","Hawkwing's bowstring hummed, the arrow flying true, diving into the back of the peeing goblin's head.","","" "peaceful","Adjective","B1","2161","4","And sleep peaceful lovers, secure.","","" "afford","Verb","B1","2162","4","Let the younger boys and girls see him then, and afford him the respect he deserved, and let the older men see that the village, under his watchful eye, had fared well in their absence.","","" "stepping","Noun","B1","2163","4","For Jill, who had spent her life so simply, it seemed somehow obscene; a dozen people could sleep comfortably on that bed, and she needed a stepping stool to even get onto it!","","" "hanging","Noun","B1","2164","4","All the gang was quiet, hanging on Elbryan's every word.","","" "cloth","Noun","B1","2165","4","The anxious couple went back into the last copse and cut sticks, wrapping them with cloth to make torches.","","" "encourage","Verb","B1","2166","4","The bond had been particularly strong with Annalisa, a humble and spiritual woman, who had encouraged her youngest child to follow the path of God from his earliest recollections.","","" "fur","Noun","B1","2167","4","Along one wall stood a gigantic statue, fifteen feet or more, dressed in a heavy leather jacket, trimmed in fur and set with spiked metal plates and heavy iron rings.","","" "priest","Noun","B1","2168","4","Precious and thus the third ranking priest in the entire Abellican Church, had performed the ceremony himself!","","" "remote","Adjective","B1","2169","4","Had they caught him at last, up here in the most remote corner of Honce-the-Bear?","","" "seriously","Adverb","B1","2170","4","The Order of St.-Mere-Abelle took its physical training seriously; perhaps Avelyn was expected to defend himself against such tactics.","","" "importance","Noun","B1","2171","4","Dosey interrupted, his tales only for an occasional belch; so lost was he in his own sense of importance that he hardly bothered to gauge the monk's reaction.","","" "total","Noun","B1","2172","4","The hunting party of twelve had carried with them more than half the total real weapons of the hundred folk of Dundalis.","","" "grateful","Adjective","B1","2173","4","He was indeed grateful for the kind and optimistic words, and felt better, much better, about his loss to Tallareyish.","","" "charging","Noun","B1","2174","4","Charging soldiers met the red-capped dwarves all along the wall, battling fiercely.","","" "thigh","Noun","B1","2175","4","The young man settled on the edge of his cot, head bowed, hands resting on his sore thighs.","","" "injured","Adjective","B1","2176","4","Elbryan looked her over carefully, satisfied that she, was not injured, only muddy and weary from so long a ride.","","" "flint","Noun","B1","2177","4","Avelyn rolled off the cot and fumbled with his flint and steel, finally getting the candle lit.","","" "content","Noun","B1","2178","4","His dreams were not content, though, not with the prospects of a magic-wielding assassin nearby.","","" "regularly","Adverb","B1","2179","4","He had been coming into Caer'alfar regularly since the turn of the year, and now the elves hardly gave him a thought as he walked in.","","" "prepared","Adjective","B1","2180","4","Jojonah launched into a rushed explanation, more the regurgitation of a prepared speech than anything spontaneous.","","" "tent","Noun","B1","2181","4","All the valley was filled with tents and campfires; a thousand, thousand forms milled about down below, most seeming about goblin.","","" "addition","Singular","B1","2182","4","Despite the addition of the pit, the path appeared almost exactly the same as it had on all of his previous returns.","","" "security","Noun","B1","2183","4","There was security in that, Avelyn came to realize, but also responsibility.","","" "plot","Noun","B1","2184","4","Avelyn folded his hands and bowed his head, closed his eyes and began to plot his defense for the next time he and Quintall were paired.","","" "tax","Verb","B1","2185","4","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.","","" "central","Noun","B1","2186","4","The central stone of the broach was a hematite, as he had suspected, an oval of liquid gray, deep and smooth.","","" "frozen","Noun","B1","2187","4","Jojonah held the diamond close to Avelyn, and the young monk felt its warmth flowing into his aching, frozen form.","","" "painfully","Adverb","B1","2188","4","The next arrow razored painfully across the back of his neck, drawing a line of bright blood.","","" "clutching","Noun","B1","2189","4","The boy went down hard, clutching and groaning, feeling suddenly weak and nauseous.","","" "gliding","Noun","B1","2190","4","Suddenly he was off balance, and then he was sitting on the floor, the pretty barmaid gliding out of reach.","","" "talent","Noun","B1","2191","4","I will use the stones and all my talents, and all my body in whatever course you set.","","" "jagged","Adjective","B1","2192","4","The leg had splintered in the fall; Cat could see the jagged edge of a bone poking through the skin.","","" "religious","Adjective","B1","2193","4","From his lessons, years of religious training, years of his masters imparting the fears of that which opposed their God.","","" "intend","Verb","B1","2194","4","He forgot all about his game of surprising the pair then, and used his stealth ability to extract himself from the area, return to his tree house - which was closer to the ground than the sky - to shave and to prepare himself for his next sparring session, one he suddenly intended to win.","","" "conclude","Verb","B1","2195","4","He studied the bow as he walked, and concluded at once that this was not formed of the darkfern such as he had cut, but from a smaller plant.","","" "shy","Adjective","B1","2196","4","For her part, Cat kept her distance, offering a shy smile once or twice but mostly looking the other way.","","" "pressure","Gerund","B1","2197","4","Again, he was more than polite, the perfect gentleman, not pressuring Cat to even so much as offer a greeting to him.","","" "pleasant","Adjective","B1","2198","4","Jill went to bed that night full of warm feelings, some pleasant, others too intense, too uncomfortable for her to understand.","","" "marriage","Noun","B1","2199","4","The reaction of Pettibwa and Graevis to the news of the marriage was not hard to predict.","","" "coin","Noun","B1","2200","4","Avelyn did, too, noting the piles of coins and gems and jewelry, such a treasure as he had never before seen.","",""