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| 1 | lemma | pos | cefr_level | coverage_rank | context_sentence | context_sentence_zh | definition_zh |
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| 2 | pipes | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1601 | He held the pipes under one arm, down low, his song finished. | ||
| 3 | potion | Singular | UNKNOWN | 1602 | "'Tis boggle I'm favoring, and not a potion in all the world'll kick ye harder than that. | ||
| 4 | broach | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1603 | He took the broach, felt its power in his hand, eyeing Dosey cautiously all the while. | ||
| 5 | color | Noun | A2 | 1604 | "Are they really that color?" asked another woman, and she dared to touch the creature's skin. | ||
| 6 | fail | Verb | A2 | 1605 | She batted futilely with her sword, then, that failing, tried to stab down at Elbryan. | ||
| 7 | exercise | Noun | A2 | 1606 | Brother Avelyn learned much about love that day, learned the completeness of body and spirit in a way more profound than his morning exercise could ever approach. | ||
| 8 | unexpected | Adjective | B1 | 1607 | CHAPTER 1 The Unexpected Kill Elbryan Wyndon was up before the dawn. | ||
| 9 | anxious | Adjective | B1 | 1608 | Why even you ..." Jojonah's voice trailed off, a tease that anxious Avelyn could not ignore. | ||
| 10 | tend | Gerund | B1 | 1609 | That meant gathering wood and tending the fires, repairing the cabins-which always seemed to need repair! | ||
| 11 | overcome | Verb | B1 | 1610 | That thought sparked anger in the young man, enough to overcome his fear. | ||
| 12 | wisdom | Noun | B1 | 1611 | She cursed herself for not having had the wisdom to collect a weapon before leaving Dundalis. | ||
| 13 | describe | Verb | B1 | 1612 | That word was in his head again, a word that perfectly described the appearance of the great horse. | ||
| 14 | safe | Adjective | B1 | 1613 | Nagged by a distinct feeling that he was not alone and believing that he would be safe if he could just make it to the dawn, he tried hard to stay awake. | ||
| 15 | freedom | Noun | B1 | 1614 | She knew that her life had been happy, her youth full of freedom and wild games. | ||
| 16 | issue | Verb | B1 | 1615 | Markwart issued a coughing laugh. | ||
| 17 | crime | Noun | B1 | 1616 | There was still the matter of Jill's crime, though. | ||
| 18 | unnoticed | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1617 | He was barely a half dozen steps away, unnoticed, on open ground. | ||
| 19 | resemble | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1618 | Its bottom was nearly flat, and placed on the floor it resembled some strange purple bush, with stems of various heights rising at many angles. | ||
| 20 | inner | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1619 | Elbryan took the torch with him as he pushed aside the vines and entered the inner chamber. | ||
| 21 | consume | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1620 | Dinoniel and much of his army had been consumed and destroyed, but the dactyl... | ||
| 22 | eternal | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1621 | No, me friend, ye're afraid o' Avelyn, of what ye did and of yer eternal soul. | ||
| 23 | ships | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1622 | Estimates of the enemy force ranged from a thousand warriors to a thousand ships full of warriors. | ||
| 24 | hopes | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1623 | But the young man held faith and passed his hopes down the line. | ||
| 25 | nightmare | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1624 | Chasing the nightmares away. | ||
| 26 | ember | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1625 | She saw the ember fall from a log, orange glowing like the eye of some hideous night creature. | ||
| 27 | normal | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1626 | The monk had shed his telltale brown robe in favor of the more normal dress of a villager. | ||
| 28 | hunting | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1627 | The sun was up, the day bright, and the village wide awake by the time Elbryan and Pony led the hunting party back into Dundalis. | ||
| 29 | everyone | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1628 | Everything, everyone that he loved. | ||
| 30 | taunt | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1629 | The elves were taunting him, the boy knew. | ||
| 31 | ultimate | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1630 | Pony sighed, too, and shook her head as if to show her ultimate frustration with adults. | ||
| 32 | golden | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1631 | Avelyn knelt by her bed and stroked her thick golden hair, then kissed her on the cheek. | ||
| 33 | mood | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1632 | Even the extra privileges did little to improve the mood of the increasingly surly crew. | ||
| 34 | shorter | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1633 | Tenegrid came right up to the monk, glaring down at the shorter man. | ||
| 35 | universe | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1634 | Elbryan felt totally alone, yet one with the universe, a small part of majesty, a small but endless flicker in eternity. | ||
| 36 | leaves | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1635 | 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. | ||
| 37 | blush | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1636 | He remembered his companion, his earlier feelings, and turned away from Pony, blushing fiercely. | ||
| 38 | linger | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1637 | Elbryan and Pony lingered long by the corpse, studying it intently. | ||
| 39 | politely | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 1638 | Most listened politely but turned up their eyes and shook their heads whenever Brody looked away. | ||
| 40 | unexpectedly | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 1639 | He nodded to Adjonas, then unexpectedly handed the stone to Avelyn. | ||
| 41 | amazed | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1640 | The starkness of the scene from this vantage point, in this mounting light, amazed the companions. | ||
| 42 | sharply | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 1641 | "I cannot," he admitted, looking back sharply, his eyes reflecting a simmering rage. | ||
| 43 | intercept | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1642 | Elbryan wondered, as he, too, worked through the tangled crowd, angling to intercept the newcomer. | ||
| 44 | expanse | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1643 | Now it was Elbryan's turn to laugh, as he discerned the dimensions of the true trap, then easily leaped it, leaving the last few feet of the path, the last expanse to the food, open to him. | ||
| 45 | amazement | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1644 | To Jill's amazement, his eyes closed. | ||
| 46 | nasty | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1645 | These weren't particularly nasty traps, designed more to embarrass than to injure. | ||
| 47 | type | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1646 | Old Brody was a snarling type, angry at the world and at his own infirmities, and an easy mark for children, always ready to give chase and never quick enough to make a catch. | ||
| 48 | lend | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1647 | "I am always ready to lend aid to those of St. | ||
| 49 | nestle | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1648 | Juraviel, too, was near to sleep, the elf comfortably nestled in the V of a high branch. | ||
| 50 | fume | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1649 | Twice he fumed corners to see the monster waiting for him. | ||
| 51 | stake | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1650 | There was more at stake here than his own life. | ||
| 52 | twist | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1651 | Again came the wriggling, the tearing of clothes and scraping of skin, the frantic pull and twist that, at last, freed her from the hole. | ||
| 53 | hood | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1652 | He peeked out around the side of his hood to make sure that they carried no bows. | ||
| 54 | impressive | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1653 | The visible parts of the monastery were impressive; the sea wall alone rose and melted back into the cliff face for more than a mile. | ||
| 55 | forty | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1654 | Avelyn was the youngest of ten, and his parents had been well into their forties when he was born. | ||
| 56 | bond | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1655 | Siherton maintained his tight bond with Quintall and lobbied for the younger man to be included - as Thagraine's replacement and not Avelyn's. | ||
| 57 | controlled | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1656 | He came through the gauntlet without uttering a single sound beyond the range of his controlled, even-toned chant. | ||
| 58 | art | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1657 | Quintall was easily the best of the four in matters of martial arts. | ||
| 59 | patch | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1658 | Parting one patch of reeds, the boy found his first stone of the day, bobbing low in the water. | ||
| 60 | map | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1659 | The ranger took a stick from the edge of the low fire and drew a rough map of the area on the ground. | ||
| 61 | route | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1660 | Here, high stones lined both sides of the trail, making passage off the path nearly impossible unless Elbryan took a circuitous route quite deep into the underbrush. | ||
| 62 | painful | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1661 | She let the night canopy absorb her, used it to filter back through the painful barriers. | ||
| 63 | fun | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1662 | Let Tuntun have her fun this day, the elf decided; that would make his victory all the sweeter when Elbryan finally proved himself. | ||
| 64 | graceful | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1663 | Sometimes they held hands, and other times they let go long enough for every other elf to turn a graceful pirouette. | ||
| 65 | greatly | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 1664 | It pleased her greatly to help out Elbryan, to guard his emotions. | ||
| 66 | following | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1665 | He came into the Way again the following week. | ||
| 67 | races | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1666 | Already the goblins, the powries, or one of the other races the demon would claim as minions had felt that awakening and had been given the courage to act. | ||
| 68 | spectacle | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1667 | With great effort, Elbryan tore his gaze from the dreadful spectacle below and glanced all around. | ||
| 69 | twin | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1668 | Elbryan fell back behind the twin pines, catching the shout in his throat, gasping for breath. | ||
| 70 | failed | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1669 | If that failed, the next task was to save as many individuals as possible. | ||
| 71 | locate | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1670 | A warrior knows his enemy, locates his enemy, and watches its every move. | ||
| 72 | meaning | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1671 | Elbryan hardly knew what a "bloody cap" was, and so the meaning of his own curse was lost on him. | ||
| 73 | sympathetic | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1672 | Master Jojonah was glad to hear the sympathetic question. | ||
| 74 | fighter | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1673 | Then the ranger began his scan again, seeking the newcomer, this skilled fighter, this assassin. | ||
| 75 | stomach | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1674 | The last bite, of a cinnamon roll turned over in Avelyn's stomach, a sinking feeling. | ||
| 76 | whimper | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1675 | Carley dan Aubrey's whimper brought him back to his senses. | ||
| 77 | shaft | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1676 | It raised the shaft like a club, bearing down on him. | ||
| 78 | twisting | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1677 | Brother Justice used a fantasy of twisting the fool's head off to force a smile. | ||
| 79 | mercy | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1678 | They showed no mercy; Pony saw one woman beg for her life, offer herself to the goblins circling about her. | ||
| 80 | skitter | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1679 | Avelyn ran from the chapel, skittering down the empty halls, his footsteps echoing noisily. | ||
| 81 | squirm | Gerund | UNKNOWN | 1680 | The other was also on the ground, squirming and groaning. | ||
| 82 | rich | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1681 | The rest of his dress, though weathered, was rich, particularly a golden brocade and jewel-studded baldric. | ||
| 83 | conjure | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1682 | He stopped at the door, bowed his head; and closed his eyes, conjuring images of the young Avelyn. | ||
| 84 | display | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1683 | Avelyn had never seen such a display, couldn't begin to decipher it. | ||
| 85 | stated | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1684 | "Might that we be getting together when the hearth's burning low," he stated more than asked. | ||
| 86 | shadowy | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1685 | Still his eyes searched the corners of the shadowy room for his mother's spirit. | ||
| 87 | widely | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 1686 | So went the widely accepted argument that allowed for relaxing some aspects of the holy pledge. | ||
| 88 | neatly | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 1687 | Pettibwa had neatly burst apart at Abbot Dobrinion's decree, at the notion that her Jilly would be taken from her. | ||
| 89 | frantic | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1688 | For Elbryan, life went along at its usual frantic pace, learning and growing. | ||
| 90 | cot | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1689 | Avelyn rolled off the cot and fumbled with his flint and steel, finally getting the candle lit. | ||
| 91 | recite | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1690 | Now Avelyn began to recite his evening prayers so that he might hear no more. | ||
| 92 | heed | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1691 | Would the people of that village have heeded his warnings? | ||
| 93 | points | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1692 | He was a friend, of like mind and, on most points, morals. | ||
| 94 | moon | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1693 | Under the light of a half moon, he saw the outline of the Windrunner gliding out into the bay. | ||
| 95 | tool | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1694 | At the end of the day, Juraviel revealed a new tool for him, the very cap he wore upon his head. | ||
| 96 | pile | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1695 | Three men lay about on piled skins, black bear mostly, drinking foamy beer from old mugs. | ||
| 97 | lone | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1696 | Yet he could not deny the tug of that lone, smoking mountain, calling to him, compelling him . | ||
| 98 | forever | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 1697 | Pettibwa was forever laughing, dancing with her tray from one table to the next. | ||
| 99 | horrible | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1698 | Jill felt as if she must be the most horrible person in the world. | ||
| 100 | miserable | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1699 | There is no afterlife for a miserable wretch such as thee! | ||
| 101 | embarrassed | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1700 | He did well to stifle his belch and looked at Jill as if embarrassed. |