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| 1 | lemma | pos | cefr_level | coverage_rank | global_frequency | context_sentence | context_sentence_zh | definition_zh |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | him | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1 | 1188 | Elbryan's father had assured him that Wyndon boys were normally late in sprouting. | ||
| 3 | back | Verb | UNKNOWN | 2 | 791 | The spirit had come back to Corona encased in obsidian! | ||
| 4 | them | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3 | 579 | The men were expected back any day, and Elbryan meant to meet them and lead their procession into the village. | ||
| 5 | monk | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4 | 485 | Again the young monk could only shrug helplessly, wanting to know but afraid to know. | ||
| 6 | down | Verb | UNKNOWN | 5 | 456 | A thin crack ran down the center of the obsidian sarcophagus. | ||
| 7 | stone | Noun | UNKNOWN | 6 | 444 | Its gray rock walls seemed to grow right from the solid stone, an extension of the earth's power. | ||
| 8 | away | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 7 | 418 | The boy looked away, angry at himself for allowing such feelings. | ||
| 9 | goblin | Noun | UNKNOWN | 8 | 412 | The wicked goblins certainly, so full of anger and greed, so delighting in murder and war. | ||
| 10 | way | Noun | UNKNOWN | 9 | 412 | Gradually a smile found its way back onto her face, her dimples showing the slightest blush of red. | ||
| 11 | turn | Verb | A2 | 10 | 357 | Its thoughts turned from its enemies to those it would summon as minions. | ||
| 12 | elf | Noun | UNKNOWN | 11 | 336 | Juraviel didn't have to look Tuntun's way to know her pose, for the obstinate elf struck it often. | ||
| 13 | right | Adverb | A2 | 12 | 334 | Its gray rock walls seemed to grow right from the solid stone, an extension of the earth's power. | ||
| 14 | hard | Adjective | A2 | 13 | 325 | Olwan Wyndon told the tale again in full to the gathering, trying hard not to embellish it. | ||
| 15 | long | Adjective | A2 | 14 | 306 | Elbryan and Pony lingered long by the corpse, studying it intently. | ||
| 16 | young | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 15 | 304 | Earlier that year, at the beginning of summer, some of the younger children had snagged a badger in a noose. | ||
| 17 | other | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 16 | 294 | Panic hit him, wrestling hard with a jumble of other emotions that Elbryan did not understand. | ||
| 18 | head | Noun | UNKNOWN | 17 | 281 | Pony sighed, too, and shook her head as if to show her ultimate frustration with adults. | ||
| 19 | giant | Noun | UNKNOWN | 18 | 265 | Pony shrugged, not willing to discount the possibility of giants, not after viewing a dead goblin. | ||
| 20 | side | Noun | UNKNOWN | 19 | 248 | Immediately a pair of mugs came up into the air from the side of the room. | ||
| 21 | foot | Noun | UNKNOWN | 20 | 247 | Realizing she hadn't been hit by anything, she put her feet back under her and ran on. | ||
| 22 | arm | Noun | UNKNOWN | 21 | 234 | Jilseponie moved first, a single, tiny step, her arm reaching out helplessly. | ||
| 23 | against | Adjective | B1 | 22 | 226 | Pony squeezed in tight between two buildings and put her head against a wall. | ||
| 24 | own | Adjective | A2 | 23 | 222 | Elbryan was glad that the distracted girl had not noticed his own shade of red. | ||
| 25 | word | Noun | UNKNOWN | 24 | 216 | Pony spoke the words again, under her breath. | ||
| 26 | sword | Noun | UNKNOWN | 25 | 212 | Even as the goblin began to turn, Elbryan's sword came down hard on its head. | ||
| 27 | such | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 26 | 211 | It didn't seem such a momentous thing, just a gradual stirring in a deep cave in a far, empty mountain. | ||
| 28 | far | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 27 | 211 | It didn't seem such a momentous thing, just a gradual stirring in a deep cave in a far, empty mountain. | ||
| 29 | reply | Verb | UNKNOWN | 28 | 207 | The look the stocky man gave him in reply did little to allay the monk's mounting suspicions. | ||
| 30 | behind | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 29 | 206 | The new class of twenty-five stood one behind the other. | ||
| 31 | good | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 30 | 206 | The tangible, corporeal body felt good to the wandering spirit. | ||
| 32 | centaur | Noun | UNKNOWN | 31 | 201 | Elbryan turned a wry gaze on the centaur. | ||
| 33 | realize | Verb | B1 | 32 | 200 | The object on the fourth shoulder pole, each man realized, would be enough to get the lesson across. | ||
| 34 | master | Noun | UNKNOWN | 33 | 199 | Without a word, the tall master stalked from the room. | ||
| 35 | tree | Noun | UNKNOWN | 34 | 197 | It moved nimbly from branch to branch, crossing over to nearby trees with barely a whisper. | ||
| 36 | world | Noun | A2 | 35 | 194 | All the world seemed still, not a bird calling, not a whisper of wind. | ||
| 37 | soon | Adjective | A2 | 36 | 186 | The snicker was soon gone, but the smile remained, all the wider for the sight. | ||
| 38 | great | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 37 | 186 | A grinding sound, the great gates sliding open, brought the young man from his contemplations. | ||
| 39 | well | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 38 | 185 | The dactyl's ears were pointed as well, poking up about the demon creature's thin tuft of black hair. | ||
| 40 | indeed | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 39 | 184 | Faith heeded no proof - indeed the very value of faith was loyalty to beliefs without proof! | ||
| 41 | ground | Noun | UNKNOWN | 40 | 184 | Elbryan prodded the ground with the tip of his sword. | ||
| 42 | perhaps | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 41 | 184 | It wouldn't matter, she quickly reminded herself, and perhaps this way, defenseless, the end would come more quickly. | ||
| 43 | creature | Noun | UNKNOWN | 42 | 182 | For the demonic creature in the cave, such questions hardly mattered. | ||
| 44 | dactyl | Noun | UNKNOWN | 43 | 181 | By sheer will and brute strength, the dactyl flexed its wings. | ||
| 45 | human | Noun | UNKNOWN | 44 | 180 | Its head, too, was somewhat human, except more angular, with a narrow jaw and pointed chin. | ||
| 46 | wall | Noun | UNKNOWN | 45 | 180 | Its gray rock walls seemed to grow right from the solid stone, an extension of the earth's power. | ||
| 47 | moment | Noun | B1 | 46 | 178 | Then she turned and skipped off, and was startled a moment later when Elbryan jumped out in front of her. | ||
| 48 | last | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 47 | 178 | How many decades, even centuries, had passed since its last visit to Corona? | ||
| 49 | end | Verb | UNKNOWN | 48 | 174 | Stubborn to the end, he stabbed again as hard as he could, then closed his eyes. | ||
| 50 | line | Verb | UNKNOWN | 49 | 163 | There were no lines of defense anymore, no organized pockets of resistance. | ||
| 51 | fight | Verb | UNKNOWN | 50 | 163 | To where his parents were fighting, to where Pony had run. | ||
| 52 | fast | Adjective | A2 | 51 | 162 | That relief fast transformed into a sinking feeling as Elbryan realized the meaning of this creature's positioning. | ||
| 53 | under | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 52 | 162 | Pony spoke the words again, under her breath. | ||
| 54 | body | Noun | UNKNOWN | 53 | 161 | The tangible, corporeal body felt good to the wandering spirit. | ||
| 55 | fear | Noun | B1 | 54 | 160 | That notion brought fear and Elbryan tried to pull away - and did break the hold long enough to catch his breath. | ||
| 56 | light | Verb | A2 | 55 | 159 | The texture of its skin was rough and thick, an armored hide, reddish in hue and shiny, as if lit by its own inner glow. | ||
| 57 | nod | Verb | UNKNOWN | 56 | 159 | Elbryan shrugged and nodded down the road to the north, then led the girl off at a swift pace. | ||
| 58 | low | Adjective | A2 | 57 | 156 | A line of drool hung low from the dactyl's mouth as it considered its former and future allies, its army of woe. | ||
| 59 | thing | Noun | UNKNOWN | 58 | 154 | It didn't seem such a momentous thing, just a gradual stirring in a deep cave in a far, empty mountain. | ||
| 60 | small | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 59 | 153 | Elbryan felt totally alone, yet one with the universe, a small part of majesty, a small but endless flicker in eternity. | ||
| 61 | explain | Verb | A2 | 60 | 151 | The mysteries of stone magic could not be explained away by human desires of control and order. | ||
| 62 | himself | Noun | UNKNOWN | 61 | 151 | Dinoniel himself had come into this cave after the beast, had skewered the dactyl... | ||
| 63 | high | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 62 | 148 | The place was not bright, having only a handful of tiny windows set high up on the tall walls. | ||
| 64 | magic | Noun | UNKNOWN | 63 | 148 | Of course he knew of the Ring Stones, the heavenly gifts to St.-Mere-Abelle, the source of all the magic in the world. | ||
| 65 | here | Noun | UNKNOWN | 64 | 147 | A trip line here, a disguised patch of slick mud on a corner there. | ||
| 66 | past | Noun | A2 | 65 | 145 | Avelyn tried not to think of the reality of his position as the tower walls slipped past his descending form. | ||
| 67 | little | Adjective | A2 | 66 | 144 | Goblins were little seen creatures; many considered them more myth than truth. | ||
| 68 | voice | Noun | B1 | 67 | 144 | Pony recognized the frustration in his voice, though he did well to hide it. | ||
| 69 | something | Noun | UNKNOWN | 68 | 144 | Elbryan felt suddenly closer to the girl, as if they two had shared something very special and very private. | ||
| 70 | wide | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 69 | 141 | The snicker was soon gone, but the smile remained, all the wider for the sight. | ||
| 71 | father | Noun | UNKNOWN | 70 | 141 | Elbryan's father had assured him that Wyndon boys were normally late in sprouting. | ||
| 72 | suddenly | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 71 | 140 | Elbryan felt suddenly closer to the girl, as if they two had shared something very special and very private. | ||
| 73 | once | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 72 | 140 | Avelyn dropped his gaze once more, fearful of discipline should he be caught peeking out from under his hood. | ||
| 74 | point | Verb | UNKNOWN | 73 | 139 | The dactyl's ears were pointed as well, poking up about the demon creature's thin tuft of black hair. | ||
| 75 | smile | Verb | A2 | 74 | 138 | Elbryan moved up to the comer of the next house, smiling for his cleverness, and peered around. | ||
| 76 | consider | Verb | B1 | 75 | 133 | A line of drool hung low from the dactyl's mouth as it considered its former and future allies, its army of woe. | ||
| 77 | hit | Noun | B1 | 76 | 132 | Realizing she hadn't been hit by anything, she put her feet back under her and ran on. | ||
| 78 | shoulder | Noun | UNKNOWN | 77 | 132 | The object on the fourth shoulder pole, each man realized, would be enough to get the lesson across. | ||
| 79 | near | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 78 | 130 | The village was not even walled, as earlier settlements near the Wilderlands had been, and the folk were not well armed. | ||
| 80 | along | Verb | UNKNOWN | 79 | 130 | From up here: St.-Mere-Abelle appeared as a thick and stretched snake, winding its way along the top of the sea cliff. | ||
| 81 | step | Verb | UNKNOWN | 80 | 126 | Jilseponie moved first, a single, tiny step, her arm reaching out helplessly. | ||
| 82 | deep | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 81 | 125 | It didn't seem such a momentous thing, just a gradual stirring in a deep cave in a far, empty mountain. | ||
| 83 | bear | Verb | UNKNOWN | 82 | 125 | As if in a grotesque mockery of that hope, a goblin marched around that corner, bearing down on the girl. | ||
| 84 | village | Noun | UNKNOWN | 83 | 124 | Work in the village was at full pace, readying for winter. | ||
| 85 | next | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 84 | 123 | Elbryan moved up to the comer of the next house, smiling for his cleverness, and peered around. | ||
| 86 | pair | Noun | UNKNOWN | 85 | 122 | Immediately a pair of mugs came up into the air from the side of the room. | ||
| 87 | powrie | Noun | UNKNOWN | 86 | 122 | It was a powrie mannikin, Avelyn realized. | ||
| 88 | fly | Verb | UNKNOWN | 87 | 118 | Something tapped him on the shoulder, not hard at first, but then he was flying once more, sidelong this time. | ||
| 89 | old | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 88 | 118 | The younger children came out in a mob, swarming around the older pair. | ||
| 90 | powries | Noun | UNKNOWN | 89 | 117 | It wasn't lost on Juraviel, though, for the elf had battled the fierce, evil powries many times over the centuries. | ||
| 91 | star | Verb | UNKNOWN | 90 | 117 | All eyes turned to Kristeena, a girl of ten who always seemed to be staring at Elbryan. | ||
| 92 | dark | Noun | UNKNOWN | 91 | 116 | Yes, the dark vibrations were running strong through the stone. | ||
| 93 | group | Noun | UNKNOWN | 92 | 116 | Pony's first instincts were to try and join that battle group, but she quickly surmised that she would never get in. | ||
| 94 | alone | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 93 | 113 | Elbryan felt totally alone, yet one with the universe, a small part of majesty, a small but endless flicker in eternity. | ||
| 95 | course | Gerund | UNKNOWN | 94 | 112 | The elves, of course; had little trouble keeping ahead of him, silent and out of sight. | ||
| 96 | bow | Verb | UNKNOWN | 95 | 111 | The weight of his first kill descended upon him, bowing his shoulders, nearly driving him to his knees. | ||
| 97 | cry | Verb | UNKNOWN | 96 | 111 | Pony let out a cry, hurled one of her stones at the creature, and ran off. | ||
| 98 | dead | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 97 | 110 | Finally he stopped, realizing it was dead, that it could no longer hurt him. | ||
| 99 | sight | Noun | UNKNOWN | 98 | 110 | In the hollow of the twin pines, he had lost sight of his enemy - the first, and often fatal, mistake. | ||
| 100 | strong | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 99 | 110 | Pony dared to reach out then; the connection was too strong to let the moment pass. | ||
| 101 | force | Verb | B1 | 100 | 109 | Now she remembered her training, forced herself to think clearly and concisely. |