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| 1 | lemma | pos | cefr_level | coverage_rank | context_sentence | context_sentence_zh | definition_zh |
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| 2 | bunch | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3001 | The folk of Dundalis were, a hardy bunch, not shying from the occasional fight. | ||
| 3 | spray | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3002 | Cold winds and stinging spray buffeted the crew. | ||
| 4 | shouting | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3003 | More than once, Avelyn heard Bunkus Smealy and Adjonas in a shouting match, and every time. | ||
| 5 | slopes | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3004 | Gray became green as they closed, lush vegetation thick on the slopes. | ||
| 6 | decree | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3005 | Pettibwa had neatly burst apart at Abbot Dobrinion's decree, at the notion that her Jilly would be taken from her. | ||
| 7 | mutiny | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3006 | Quintall realized that shooting the desperate man in front of the crew would likely cause a mutiny. | ||
| 8 | oils | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3007 | Twice a week during the carving, he would coat the stem with special oils to add to its resilience. | ||
| 9 | salve | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3008 | "The red band is soaked in permanent salves," Juraviel explained. | ||
| 10 | compensation | Singular | UNKNOWN | 3009 | "Extra compensation for the lost man," Adjonas remarked. | ||
| 11 | tiger | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3010 | Quintall's roar, truly the roar of a tiger, sent the crew scrambling. | ||
| 12 | dispatch | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3011 | The cool and callous, way Quintall had dispatched the man, had murdered a human being, shook gentle Avelyn to his very bones. | ||
| 13 | plead | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3012 | "No," the man pleaded, his voice barely a whisper for the lump in his throat. | ||
| 14 | silhouette | Plural | UNKNOWN | 3013 | He couldn't see the arrow, of course, just the sudden jerk of the dark silhouette, followed-by a backward drop to the ground. | ||
| 15 | ignite | Gerund | UNKNOWN | 3014 | Another ball of flaming pitch soared out from the monastery, skipping in along the starboard rail of the vessel, igniting the mainsail into one tremendous flame. | ||
| 16 | flame | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3015 | Another ball of flaming pitch soared out from the monastery, skipping in along the starboard rail of the vessel, igniting the mainsail into one tremendous flame. | ||
| 17 | sizzle | Gerund | UNKNOWN | 3016 | But then came the worst thing of all - a hissing, sizzling noise. | ||
| 18 | accident | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3017 | This was no accident but a purposeful attack on the bear. | ||
| 19 | succumb | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3018 | "Brother Pellimar succumbed this morning to his grievous wounds," the Father Abbot informed Avelyn. | ||
| 20 | mend | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3019 | Pellimar would carry scars forever, but surely he had mended. | ||
| 21 | coil | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3020 | He was heading back for his physical coil when he realized that time was against him. | ||
| 22 | hover | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3021 | His spirit hovered there in the hall. | ||
| 23 | magnetite | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3022 | It hit with a tremendous, thump, jerking the behemoth from the ground, and then, to Avelyn's amazement, for he had never really used magnetite before, the second giant in line shuddered violently as well. | ||
| 24 | extraordinary | Adjective | B2 | 3023 | It was vespers, so few were about to observe the master and the guard, bearing his extraordinary burden, as they made their way to the abbey roof overlooking All Saints Bay. | ||
| 25 | circumvent | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3024 | With the amber, he crossed wide lakes that his pursuers would have to circumvent. | ||
| 26 | daylight | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3025 | Using a chrysoberyl, a cat's-eye, he could see clearly in the dark and move along at daylight pace without the telltale glow of a light. | ||
| 27 | inflection | Plural | UNKNOWN | 3026 | Jojonah leaned over the rail, listening to every inflection, every whisper. | ||
| 28 | key | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3027 | The ranger heard them long before he caught sight of them, laughing and singing terribly off-key, though the voices were surely human, as he had suspected. | ||
| 29 | gratitude | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3028 | 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. | ||
| 30 | verbal | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3029 | They walked for nearly an hour, no one talking except Tuntun, who offered an occasional verbal jab at Elbryan. | ||
| 31 | roots | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3030 | Around the back of the tree, Elbryan saw there was a narrow opening between the roots, a tunnel that seemed to widen as it descended at a steep angle. | ||
| 32 | soggy | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3031 | Flames licked at him, at his soggy muddy cloak, but he scampered along, buried by the blaze, bearing down on his unsuspecting enemy. | ||
| 33 | military | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3032 | Indeed she had thrived; initially, at least, in the military. | ||
| 34 | conviction | Plural | B2 | 3033 | It didn't take her long to realize that she was alone in her convictions. | ||
| 35 | crossing | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3034 | He left Symphony in the forest and moved tree to tree, crossing past goblin sentries undetected, at last finding a good vantage point on the edge of the village. | ||
| 36 | hallway | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3035 | Jill hurried down the hallway and entered the common room of the upper level. | ||
| 37 | harvest | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3036 | The trees are older, never harvested by humans, and darker. | ||
| 38 | woodland | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3037 | "There is more for him to learn of himself and of the woodland arts. | ||
| 39 | aged | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3038 | This would be Joycenevial's first human task since Mather, and, since the bowyer was aged even by elven standards, most likely his last. | ||
| 40 | prefer | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3039 | The majority of Tinson's residents slept the day through, preferring the revelry of the night. | ||
| 41 | sever | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3040 | Elbryan rolled to one knee quickly and brought the sword flashing across, severing the plant at exactly the stripe. | ||
| 42 | escort | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3041 | The goblins and their giant escort moved along slowly but steadily, and soon after, Elbryan and his companions heard the rumble of the war engines, the grunts of the towing giants. | ||
| 43 | meager | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3042 | He heard the giant's victorious laughter, imagined the spiked club coming up high, and covered his head with his hands, though he realized that meager defense would do him little good. | ||
| 44 | dim | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3043 | Finally, Miklos Barmine wandered out, rubbing his eyes, blinking repeatedly as if the light, though the day was dim, stung him profoundly. | ||
| 45 | ends | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3044 | She was holding both ends now, hanging lower, and then she was sliding away from her enemy, sliding fast into the mist, toward the ship, which was holding steady more than a hundred feet from shore. | ||
| 46 | trusting | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3045 | Elbryan's first instinct was to ask where, but he held the thought private, trusting that the elves would tell him if he needed to know. | ||
| 47 | ambush | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3046 | He looked around again, this time searching for a vantage point, a perch from which he might ambush any enemies. | ||
| 48 | midair | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3047 | Elbryan's staff picked it off in midair, deflecting the blow up high. | ||
| 49 | jolly | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3048 | "Word of the bear?" the jolly innkeeper asked. | ||
| 50 | farmer | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3049 | As he suspected, the bear was nowhere near the size the excited farmer was claiming, probably closer to five or six feet in height, perhaps two to three hundred pounds. | ||
| 51 | hind | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3050 | In came the giants at full charge; Bradwarden braced and set his hind legs firmly. | ||
| 52 | wit | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3051 | For Pony, it took great strength to master her fears, to keep her wits about her; for Elbryan, it was simply a matter of duty and pride. | ||
| 53 | rot | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3052 | He could smell the rot there: the earth itself was tainted from the fiend's presence. | ||
| 54 | trapping | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3053 | He recognized the implements of the trapping trade hanging all about the shack, along with dozens of drying pelts. | ||
| 55 | dislodge | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3054 | Strength alone would not dislodge this heavy stone; she had to be smart. | ||
| 56 | stares | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3055 | Finally, Paulson looked up, locking stares with the ranger. | ||
| 57 | showing | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3056 | The first snows had fallen, a light and gentle blanket, and the air was chill, the sky above showing the richest blue hue. | ||
| 58 | befallen | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3057 | Had they been prepared, this disaster would not have befallen them. | ||
| 59 | hamlet | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3058 | She recognized the name Tinson as that of the small hamlet some dozen miles inland from the fortress. | ||
| 60 | fault | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3059 | She would die, not of any fault of her own, but because the Coastpoint Guards had grown weak. | ||
| 61 | brutish | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3060 | He hail never held any love for brutish Quintall, but still he pitied the man. | ||
| 62 | camps | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3061 | All of Dundalis' folk had followed Elbryan into the woods to the camps the ranger and his friends had constructed, hidden deep and far from the trails. | ||
| 63 | desertion | Singular | UNKNOWN | 3062 | The master understood the man's desperation, despite the fact that Avelyn's crimes and subsequent desertion were not without precedent. | ||
| 64 | effective | Adjective | B2 | 3063 | Pony went in with equal ferocity, though her attacks were not quite as effective and she scored only a minor hit. | ||
| 65 | telled | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3064 | "Might be that the animals telled me," Bradwarden remarked. | ||
| 66 | forgive | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3065 | The ranger nodded, forgiving himself for missing the signs. | ||
| 67 | manners | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3066 | "Ah, but where are my manners? | ||
| 68 | tentative | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3067 | He became tentative when he neared the magnificent horse. | ||
| 69 | lunge | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3068 | The ranger jumped back a step, then lunged forward, Tempest squealing as it deflected off Quintall's face. | ||
| 70 | joining | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3069 | But this cryptic talk of a spiritual joining did not seem so imposing. | ||
| 71 | plump | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3070 | And then, quickly, the plump woman was gone, back into the bustle of the Way. | ||
| 72 | whereabout | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3071 | We have not recovered his body." "Then why did you come here with questions as to his whereabouts?" came a sharp question from the side of the room. | ||
| 73 | emanation | Plural | UNKNOWN | 3072 | He touched one and felt a gentle tingling there, the emanation of magic. | ||
| 74 | bluff | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3073 | Gwendolyn?" Brother Justice asked, recognizing the name of the monastery, a secluded fortress nestled high on a rocky bluff, perhaps two days' ride to the east. | ||
| 75 | fortify | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3074 | The two giants banged against the fortified wall for a moment, then simply stepped over it. | ||
| 76 | emissary | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3075 | This time, though, more than a few of the village folk were considering their options should an emissary approach. | ||
| 77 | telepathically | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 3076 | He contacted Symphony telepathically, and the horse nickered softly. | ||
| 78 | sleeping | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3077 | Bradwarden's smile didn't lessen a bit "Call 'em arrows," he said evenly, placing his pipes on the ground and hoisting a quiver that would have passed for a sleeping bag for Elbryan, with arrows each as long as the man was tall. | ||
| 79 | targets | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3078 | Bradwarden led the way out of the area to an open meadow upon which he had placed a series of six targets; each a different distance from the appointed line. | ||
| 80 | nicker | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3079 | The horse nickered and threw back his head. | ||
| 81 | conventional | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3080 | At first, the monk used the conventional methods, the same lessons that had been given to him in St.-Mere-Abelle. | ||
| 82 | confront | Verb | B2 | 3081 | She was confronting her past, the monk knew, and he was glad of that, though he wished he could be of more help to the young woman. | ||
| 83 | underestimate | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3082 | But still she feared that his decision was folly, based on his underestimating the pain within her. | ||
| 84 | creak | Gerund | UNKNOWN | 3083 | What they heard, though, was not the thunder of hooves or the howls of charging goblins but the creaking swish of powrie war engines. | ||
| 85 | kicking | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3084 | Those monsters that did make it down found Bradwarden and his cudgel waiting for them, the centaur kicking and smashing with abandon. | ||
| 86 | sidestep | Gerund | UNKNOWN | 3085 | She dodged each, sidestepping, then came in hard with a thrust of her own. | ||
| 87 | overwhelm | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3086 | If the man made but a single mistake, the mob of villagers would overwhelm him. | ||
| 88 | flurry | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3087 | Then the ranger went into a flurry: poking, swishing the staff side to side, then pulling it straight across, and alternating a series of heavy blows, left hand leading, right hand leading. | ||
| 89 | descending | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3088 | Pony looked to the fight as she rose, saw Elbryan, Hawkwing in one hand, Tempest in the other, jump out of the path of a fast descending club, then leap back suddenly as a sword swished across. | ||
| 90 | dizziness | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3089 | It went down hard, groaning, trying to shake the dizziness, growling against the searing pain. | ||
| 91 | shorten | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3090 | The ranger elbowed through the brawl, blocking punches whenever necessary, felling with three shortened blows yet another villager who tried to pounce upon him. | ||
| 92 | plans | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3091 | The woman had mentioned her plans to walk to the valley beyond the north slope, and the monk was confident that Jill could take care of herself. | ||
| 93 | prop | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3092 | His friends were beside him in an instant, Pony propping up his head. | ||
| 94 | harshly | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 3093 | He ran about, kicking at feet, whispering harshly, until all the humans were roused. | ||
| 95 | puddle | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3094 | Her main artery severed, blood was pumping wildly from the wound, already forming a puddle around her slumped form. | ||
| 96 | appreciation | Singular | UNKNOWN | 3095 | The elf took her pack and her weapons - - bow and a long dagger - and with a final look Symphony's way, a final nod of appreciation, she ran off into the night. | ||
| 97 | afore | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 3096 | "But all we got to do is see them afore they see us," the burly man went on. | ||
| 98 | abandon | Verb | B2 | 3097 | Pony was quick to retrieve the stone, not willing to abandon such a powerful weapon. | ||
| 99 | scare | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3098 | He stayed quiet and closed his eyes once more, not wanting to scare the sprites away. | ||
| 100 | hum | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3099 | Hawkwing's bowstring hummed, the arrow flying true, diving into the back of the peeing goblin's head. | ||
| 101 | bark | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3100 | One of the powries stood tall on the first catapult, barking out commands. |