"lemma","pos","cefr_level","coverage_rank","global_frequency","context_sentence","context_sentence_zh","definition_zh" "stammer","Verb","B1","1701","6","The stunned man stammered, taking too long for the impatient monk's comfort.","","" "outlaw","Noun","B1","1702","6","Her knowledge would be valuable in locating treacherous Avelyn, he presumed, and her presence as his prisoner would certainly aid in bringing the outlaw monk to him:","","" "cavern","Noun","B2","1703","6","Most of the fiery stuff of that time long past had bubbled and flowed away from the cavern, but enough had remained to harden about the dactyl's corporeal form.","","" "taut","Noun","UNKNOWN","1704","6","The muscles on Brother Justice's arms stood taut and too strong to fight.","","" "thumb","Noun","B2","1705","6","Bunkus Smealy turned his greasy grin on Avelyn, holding one hand up, his thumb and index finger about five inches apart.","","" "savor","Verb","UNKNOWN","1706","6","Elbryan savored every word, envisioning the battle clearly.","","" "cackle","Verb","UNKNOWN","1707","6","The dactyl cackled, thinking itself grand to be able to send such creatures - any creatures!","","" "former","Adjective","B2","1708","6","A line of drool hung low from the dactyl's mouth as it considered its former and future allies, its army of woe.","","" "hunger","Noun","B2","1709","6","What hopes of treasure, what hunger of gold","","" "outrun","Verb","UNKNOWN","1710","6","You cannot outrun us, yach you cannot, nor can you hope to give a, fight.","","" "snicker","Noun","UNKNOWN","1711","6","The snicker was soon gone, but the smile remained, all the wider for the sight.","","" "eternity","Noun","UNKNOWN","1712","6","Elbryan felt totally alone, yet one with the universe, a small part of majesty, a small but endless flicker in eternity.","","" "wisely","Adverb","B2","1713","6","She reflexively cocked a fist, and Elbryan wisely jumped back.","","" "unknown","Adjective","B2","1714","6","Precious Abbey of Palmaris, was not unknown to them or to any reasoning creature of Corona.","","" "briefly","Adverb","B2","1715","6","They put into Freeport only briefly, with but a handful of sailors going ashore in the boat.","","" "outcome","Noun","B2","1716","6","She hoped Elbryan would wage a gallant war now, with an outcome similar to her own.","","" "clap","Verb","UNKNOWN","1717","6","The older woman clapped her pudgy hands before her, her toothy smile nearly taking in her ears.","","" "patience","Noun","B2","1718","6","Bestesbulzibar had little patience with that.","","" "blanch","PastTense","UNKNOWN","1719","6","The skinny man, two daggers in hand, blanched and let his blades drop to the floor.","","" "cheer","Noun","B2","1720","6","Brother Avelyn, too, ignored Tol Yuganick's cheering gallery.","","" "numerous","Adjective","B2","1721","6","Next came a discussion, led by Brody Gentle, of goblinkind in general, from the numerous small goblins to the rare and dangerous disfigured fomorian giants.","","" "concerning","Adjective","B2","1722","6","Even young Elbryan soon came to realize that the old man knew little more than anyone else concerning goblins, and Elbryan doubted that Brody had ever seen a fomorian giant.","","" "extension","Noun","B2","1723","6","Its gray rock walls seemed to grow right from the solid stone, an extension of the earth's power.","","" "smoky","Adjective","UNKNOWN","1724","6","Not a ruby, not a smoky quartz, more.","","" "spiritual","Adjective","B2","1725","6","Avelyn felt something touch his hand - not his spiritual hand, but the physical one, the one clutching the stone.","","" "discipline","Verb","B2","1726","6","Avelyn dropped his gaze once more, fearful of discipline should he be caught peeking out from under his hood.","","" "disbelief","Noun","UNKNOWN","1727","6","Now, the young man did utter an unintended sound, a gasp of disbelief and delight.","","" "spiked","Adjective","UNKNOWN","1728","6","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.","","" "unfortunate","Adjective","B2","1729","6","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.","","" "muscular","Adjective","B2","1730","6","Olwan snorted and shrugged his muscular shoulders.","","" "spare","Verb","B2","1731","6","Whatever the source, with every passed scene of utter destruction, the ranger's fear mounted that he would not be able to spare the creature.","","" "squirrel","Noun","UNKNOWN","1732","6","It could have been a ground squirrel, the girl reasoned, but she knew in her heart that it was not.","","" "horrify","Verb","UNKNOWN","1733","6","Images assaulted them, mingling with imagined scenes even more horrifying, and amid all of it welled utter denial, the hope against obvious reality that this simply could not be happening.","","" "bald","Adjective","UNKNOWN","1734","6","Bradwarden followed his gaze to a tumble of a pair of goblins and, unmistakably, a bald-headed human lying among them.","","" "survival","Noun","B2","1735","6","Then, guided purely by his survival instinct, Avelyn curled his legs under him and came up fast.","","" "wretch","Noun","UNKNOWN","1736","6","This time, though, the wretches ringed the village, completely encircling it with ranks ten deep!","","" "reinforcement","Noun","B2","1737","6","The patrol in the valley had been spotted perhaps had even been already engaged, and this goblin had been set as sentry, watching for any other potential human reinforcements while its companions sacked the village.","","" "screaming","Noun","B2","1738","6","Scenes of angels conquering demons, of the mighty demon dactyl screaming in agony as its own lava poured over it, consuming it.","","" "foundation","Singular","B2","1739","6","There is a tavern now, larger than the old common house and built on the foundation of my old home.","","" "whistle","Noun","UNKNOWN","1740","6","More arrows whistled past, each trailing a strand, each tightening the web about Elbryan, holding him from his meal.","","" "aloft","Noun","UNKNOWN","1741","6","Bradwarden held aloft his own bow then, the first time Elbryan had seen it, and he was truly astonished.","","" "bucket","Noun","UNKNOWN","1742","6","At one point, they even took up buckets as part of a balling line.","","" "sternly","Adverb","B2","1743","6","Master Siherton eyed his peer sternly, considering the lie, for the messenger, a young boy, had only delivered news of the death and had offered no details surrounding it.","","" "accentuate","Gerund","UNKNOWN","1744","6","To accentuate his point, Elbryan lifted the next stone, and, instead.","","" "exotic","Adjective","B2","1745","6","So they spent the day walking and marveling at the sights of the great city, at the thick rows of exotic flowers in the tree-lined green that centered the place, at the shining white buildings, at the frantic bazaar, the largest open market that any of them had seen, reputably the largest open market in all Honce-the-Bear.","","" "vesper","Plural","UNKNOWN","1746","6","Only the call to vespers, the ceremony heralding eventide, had interrupted Avelyn's frantic pace.","","" "satisfied","Adjective","B2","1747","6","Despite the hints of doubt in Juraviel's tone, Jingo Gregor seemed satisfied with the words - a speech Juraviel had offered to the man several times over the last few days.","","" "marvel","Gerund","UNKNOWN","1748","6","The young monk made no pretense of keeping his gaze low now, looking left and right as they passed each case, marveling at the gems, the reds and blues, amber-colored stones and violet crystals.","","" "incredulous","Adjective","UNKNOWN","1749","6","Paulson gave her a sidelong, incredulous glance.","","" "tingling","Noun","UNKNOWN","1750","6","The ranger felt the hairs on the back of his neck standing up, felt a tingling of trepidation.","","" "evident","Adjective","B2","1751","6","None of that was evident in the dark, stocky man.","","" "sequence","Singular","B2","1752","6","Behind the master, Avelyn watched the sequence of fingers: one, three, two, one, five.","","" "commotion","Singular","UNKNOWN","1753","6","Finally Avelyn could not ignore the commotion from the common room below any longer.","","" "overhead","Noun","UNKNOWN","1754","6","The moon, Sheila, was up, but not yet directly overhead.","","" "tentatively","Adverb","UNKNOWN","1755","6","Elbryan took her hand and helped her up tentatively onto the powerful animal's back.","","" "mass","Noun","B2","1756","6","But even with all that mass, there was nothing awkward about the young man.","","" "sour","Adjective","UNKNOWN","1757","6","Avelyn's expression soured and he looked down at the bar.","","" "berate","Verb","UNKNOWN","1758","6","Some of the other masters, Siherton in particular, watched him closely, very closely, seeking an excuse to berate him.","","" "inspire","Verb","B2","1759","6","The daytime training was not as easy or as inspiring for Avelyn.","","" "prowess","Noun","UNKNOWN","1760","6","No longer did any, even Tuntun, question his prowess or his bloodline.","","" "joint","Plural","B2","1761","6","The young man bowed low and kept his gaze on the floor stones even when he straightened, focusing his attention on the joints among the rocks, each black line seeming so distinct in the harsh diamond light.","","" "puzzle","Noun","B2","1762","6","Avelyn knew what he could do with that jewel, and when he stopped to consider the implications for the other monks if he used the ruby first, the puzzle seemed not so difficult.","","" "burned","Adjective","UNKNOWN","1763","6","Avelyn's brown robes were tattered and dripping; he had the stench of burned hair about him.","","" "chosen","Adjective","UNKNOWN","1764","6","Besides, at night, and especially on those occasions when the chosen students actually handled the stones, Brother Avelyn easily proved that he was the proper choice.","","" "flit","Gerund","UNKNOWN","1765","6","Juraviel shrugged, a flitting little movement of his slender shoulders.","","" "stutter","Verb","UNKNOWN","1766","6","Jill stuttered incoherently for a moment, trying to sort it all out.","","" "adjust","Verb","B2","1767","6","Then he forced himself to stare at the darkest spot he could find, that his eyes could adjust more completely.","","" "circuit","Noun","B2","1768","6","Brother Justice moved in a wide circuit of the dangerous ranger.","","" "bob","Verb","UNKNOWN","1769","6","Parting one patch of reeds, the boy found his first stone of the day, bobbing low in the water.","","" "pip","Verb","UNKNOWN","1770","6","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.","","" "chide","Verb","UNKNOWN","1771","6","""What, only one this night?"" Grady chided.","","" "flare","Verb","UNKNOWN","1772","6","Elbryan winced as the fire flared to life, as if expecting all the minions of the dactyl to descend upon him.","","" "indication","Singular","B2","1773","6","The forest was silent, totally silent, about him, and Juraviel made not a move nor any indication of how Elbryan should proceed.","","" "proceed","Verb","B2","1774","6","The elf paused, as if wondering how he should proceed.","","" "upper","Adjective","B2","1775","6","But Grady understood he had the upper hand and he would not back away.","","" "victory","Noun","B2","1776","6","Let Tuntun have her fun this day, the elf decided; that would make his victory all the sweeter when Elbryan finally proved himself.","","" "potent","Adjective","UNKNOWN","1777","6","Whenever he was allowed to handle a magical stone, Master Siherton was at his side, a potent and lethal gem in hand.","","" "starry","Noun","UNKNOWN","1778","6","That night, Elbryan sat upon the bare hillock that he claimed as his own, under the starry canopy, alone with his thoughts.","","" "boisterous","Adjective","UNKNOWN","1779","6","A dozen men and women were in the common room, boisterous until the stranger entered.","","" "crisp","Adjective","UNKNOWN","1780","6","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.","","" "distastefully","Adverb","UNKNOWN","1781","6","She shook her head distastefully as she walked her watch this night, as she did every night.","","" "gutter","Noun","UNKNOWN","1782","6","The young woman made her way around the back of the inn, down a dark alley that inspired no fear, and up a gutter, to the one section of Fellowship Way's roof that was not slanted.","","" "absorb","Verb","B2","1783","6","Elbryan absorbed all their words, sifted through their suggestions.","","" "rake","Verb","UNKNOWN","1784","6","Only chance had brought him in contact with a man named Bildeborough and a rake named Grady Chilichunk, drunkards both.","","" "squeal","Verb","UNKNOWN","1785","6","The goblin squealed but hardly slowed, even when Chipmunk's next blade stuck deep into its shoulder.","","" "depart","Verb","B2","1786","6","would soon depart, a group of elves going to their secret contacts in the frontier villages.","","" "blessed","Adjective","UNKNOWN","1787","6","Jill took in another blessed gulp of air and staggered to her feet.","","" "caravel","Noun","UNKNOWN","1788","6","The Windrunner veered hard to port, sails filling and pushing the square-rigged caravel on with tremendous speed.","","" "tuck","Verb","UNKNOWN","1789","6","In a barely noticeable movement, the ranger pulled the feathered tip from the bow, tucking it and the bowstring into his belt.","","" "topple","Verb","B2","1790","6","And she looked at the dwarf, not understanding until the powrie toppled forward, an arrow deep in its back.","","" "taffrail","Noun","UNKNOWN","1791","6","Now at the taffrail the four monks and Captain Adjonas watched the powries' progress.","","" "sprite","Singular","UNKNOWN","1792","6","Yes, it as Nightbird more than anything else that had the sprite riding hard through the forest night.","","" "flip","Verb","UNKNOWN","1793","6","Elbryan brought his staff back in, letting go with his left hand, flipping with his right to send the forward tip under.","","" "advance","Noun","B2","1794","6","And yet she couldn't ignore the advances of handsome Connor Bildeborough, not at the price of breaking Pettibwa's heart.","","" "satisfaction","Singular","B2","1795","6","It is, I believe, the difference between physical satisfaction and true lovemaking, the difference between release and passion.","","" "veil","Verb","UNKNOWN","1796","6","Many implications came to him then, as if the fog veiling one of the mysteries of elven life had suddenly lifted.","","" "flap","Gerund","UNKNOWN","1797","6","Soon Jill's hands were flapping inconsequentially at the powrie's barrel-like torso, her strength fast deserting her.","","" "backhand","Noun","UNKNOWN","1798","6","The powrie came across with a backhand slash, but Avelyn managed to duck beneath it.","","" "handmaiden","Noun","UNKNOWN","1799","6","The night was chill for late August and the room drafty, but the handmaidens had lit a small fire in the hearth.","","" "relent","Verb","UNKNOWN","1800","6","And Connor would not relent, prodding and pushing.","",""