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| 1 | lemma | pos | cefr_level | coverage_rank | global_frequency | context_sentence | context_sentence_zh | definition_zh |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | fortress | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1001 | 16 | Pireth Tulme, and apparently all the other Coastpoint fortresses, were far from the stoic bastions of their reputation. | ||
| 3 | dais | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1002 | 16 | It moved across the dais, dipped one arm into the molten flow, then looked back at Quintall. | ||
| 4 | act | Verb | A2 | 1003 | 15 | It surprised Elbryan that adults would act that way, especially considering the gravity of the situation. | ||
| 5 | strange | Adjective | A2 | 1004 | 15 | The air came alive with a strange humming sound. | ||
| 6 | practice | Noun | A2 | 1005 | 15 | Dozens of elves were about this day, some sparring with practice weapons, others dancing. | ||
| 7 | announce | Verb | B1 | 1006 | 15 | It took him some time to realize that the elves had announced her, and thus, that the elves had met her! | ||
| 8 | actually | Adverb | B1 | 1007 | 15 | But the thought of actually going to see the woman terrified Avelyn. | ||
| 9 | advantage | Noun | B1 | 1008 | 15 | Juraviel took full advantage, put Elbryan off balance and kept on twisting, angling the boy over the trough. | ||
| 10 | discover | Verb | B1 | 1009 | 15 | The real pit, he discovered was several feet beyond the apparent pit. | ||
| 11 | torso | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1010 | 15 | Soon Jill's hands were flapping inconsequentially at the powrie's barrel-like torso, her strength fast deserting her. | ||
| 12 | thin | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1011 | 15 | The dactyl's ears were pointed as well, poking up about the demon creature's thin tuft of black hair. | ||
| 13 | curl | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1012 | 15 | On the floor and curled up like a baby, wanting his mother, praying for his mother. | ||
| 14 | chase | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1013 | 15 | It cursed aloud the name of Terranen Dinoniel, who had rallied the humans and the elves, chasing the dactyl's armies back to the base of this mountain, Aida. | ||
| 15 | scar | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1014 | 15 | Adjonas straightened, the blood rushing to his face, making that garish scar seem all the more imposing. | ||
| 16 | shudder | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1015 | 15 | A fomorian, Avelyn realized with a very visible shudder, in the typical battle dress of its warlike race. | ||
| 17 | murder | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1016 | 15 | The wicked goblins certainly, so full of anger and greed, so delighting in murder and war. | ||
| 18 | western | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1017 | 15 | The ranger ran off, arriving at the appointed spot as the moon settled behind the western horizon. | ||
| 19 | flash | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1018 | 15 | Elbryan rolled to one knee quickly and brought the sword flashing across, severing the plant at exactly the stripe. | ||
| 20 | youth | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1019 | 15 | Next spring, Elbryan would hunt with the adults, the games of his youth left behind. | ||
| 21 | normally | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 1020 | 15 | Elbryan's father had assured him that Wyndon boys were normally late in sprouting. | ||
| 22 | visible | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1021 | 15 | A fomorian, Avelyn realized with a very visible shudder, in the typical battle dress of its warlike race. | ||
| 23 | frighten | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1022 | 15 | Avelyn came out, frightened but determined. | ||
| 24 | wash | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1023 | 15 | A sickening feeling washed over Elbryan. | ||
| 25 | existence | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1024 | 15 | The reward for such a life, for such a good heart, was a better existence in a better place. | ||
| 26 | retort | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1025 | 15 | Avelyn swallowed his next retort, knowing that it would be a useless argument. | ||
| 27 | separate | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1026 | 15 | Up came Hawkwing; three feathers separated. | ||
| 28 | tangle | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1027 | 15 | Elbryan wondered, as he, too, worked through the tangled crowd, angling to intercept the newcomer. | ||
| 29 | usually | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 1028 | 15 | The Windrunner was usually a coast hugger. | ||
| 30 | border | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1029 | 15 | And even with any credible arguments, Siherton's posture, bordering on anger, on outrage, seemed so out of place. | ||
| 31 | corpse | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1030 | 15 | Elbryan and Pony lingered long by the corpse, studying it intently. | ||
| 32 | wink | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1031 | 15 | He looked at Pony and winked, and was surprised when she returned the gesture with a serious frown. | ||
| 33 | remaining | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1032 | 15 | While Adjonas tended to the crew and their course, the three remaining monks - even Pellimar, whose condition had steadily improved - worked with the stones. | ||
| 34 | handful | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1033 | 15 | Avelyn dared to peek out from under his hood at the handful of spectators lining the road before the monastery's. | ||
| 35 | willingly | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 1034 | 15 | Avelyn and the other monks would give their lives willingly to see the mission successful. | ||
| 36 | design | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1035 | 15 | These weren't particularly nasty traps, designed more to embarrass than to injure. | ||
| 37 | king | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1036 | 15 | To Avelyn Desbris, nothing in all the world, not the treasures of a dragon's hoard, nor the powers of a king, could outweigh that accomplishment. | ||
| 38 | coming | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1037 | 15 | The other goblin ran around the back of its companion and moved higher, coming in at Elbryan from above. | ||
| 39 | confident | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1038 | 15 | Tuntun was growing more confident, he realized. | ||
| 40 | cool | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1039 | 15 | How could she sweat so much on such a cool night? | ||
| 41 | relieve | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1040 | 15 | A few minutes later, one of the goblins went off a short distance into the brush to relieve itself. | ||
| 42 | shore | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1041 | 15 | It had taken Jill hours to manage to row the craft near shore and then to find some place where she could put in. | ||
| 43 | terrify | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1042 | 15 | Elbryan was terrified and thrilled all at once. | ||
| 44 | poison | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1043 | 15 | Elbryan recognized the black, sappy poison, a pain - inducing product of a rare black birch tree. | ||
| 45 | wake | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1044 | 15 | Then abruptly it was no more, and for Elbryan, the sudden silence was like waking up from a dream. | ||
| 46 | instant | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1045 | 15 | Five men were atop him in an instant, grabbing and twisting. | ||
| 47 | brace | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1046 | 15 | In came the giants at full charge; Bradwarden braced and set his hind legs firmly. | ||
| 48 | kneel | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1047 | 15 | Elbryan knelt beside her, his arm about her shoulders, comforting her. | ||
| 49 | grief | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1048 | 15 | Mercifully, Elbryan's grief had brought with it exhaustion, and the boy had found some sleep. | ||
| 50 | cudgel | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1049 | 15 | The fomorian charged ahead with a tremendous, hideous howl, its cudgel going high. | ||
| 51 | skinny | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1050 | 15 | This creature's limbs didn't look skinny, any more than did the supple branches of a bending willow. | ||
| 52 | depth | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1051 | 15 | Already the young monk was falling into the depths of the stone. | ||
| 53 | implication | Plural | UNKNOWN | 1052 | 15 | Avelyn paused and considered the sequence and the implications. | ||
| 54 | match | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1053 | 15 | More than once, Avelyn heard Bunkus Smealy and Adjonas in a shouting match, and every time. | ||
| 55 | tie | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1054 | 15 | Pony got Symphony and her roan around the back, ropes looped about the war engine and tied to the tugging horses. | ||
| 56 | finest | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1055 | 15 | She would dress in the finest gowns and attend the highest social events in Palmaris, even in Ursal! | ||
| 57 | intense | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1056 | 15 | Worst of all, and most intense of all, was the physical training. | ||
| 58 | rolling | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1057 | 15 | And then it was over, suddenly, the creature rolling, dead. | ||
| 59 | firm | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1058 | 15 | The sight of it, round and firm and creamy white, seemed to calm him for a moment. | ||
| 60 | aid | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1059 | 15 | Before the guard could come to the master's aid, Avelyn hauled the stunned Siherton and himself over the rail. | ||
| 61 | furious | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1060 | 15 | Elbryan went back to report to his companions, expecting that a furious argument would ensue. | ||
| 62 | contact | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1061 | 15 | But Avelyn had apparently not come home, or at least, had not made contact with his father. | ||
| 63 | mortal | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1062 | 15 | Jill saw a pair of dwarves go flying over, saw a man slump to his knees, hands clutching a mortal chest wound. | ||
| 64 | mine | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1063 | 15 | I cannot rescue Pony from the pain of her memories, as she cannot rescue me from mine. | ||
| 65 | rushing | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1064 | 15 | Elbryan tilted back his head, considering the stars, the few rushing clouds. | ||
| 66 | boot | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1065 | 15 | The fire on that particular dwarf was indeed extinguished as a huge booted foot crushed the diminutive creature flat. | ||
| 67 | gemstone | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1066 | 15 | So much so that he chanced to pocket a gemstone, a hematite, one day. | ||
| 68 | column | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1067 | 15 | Twin rows of massive columns, each carved into the likeness of a giant warrior, lined the room. | ||
| 69 | cairn | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1068 | 15 | For surely it was the magic of the cairn that had done all of this; Elbryan knew that without doubt. | ||
| 70 | destiny | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1069 | 15 | Now, finally, Avelyn could face his destiny with no regrets for the path that had led him to this place. | ||
| 71 | serious | Adjective | B1 | 1070 | 14 | So foolish Avelyn wasn't really any serious threat to the abbey or to the Order. | ||
| 72 | decision | Noun | B1 | 1071 | 14 | But still she feared that his decision was folly, based on his underestimating the pain within her. | ||
| 73 | nature | Noun | B1 | 1072 | 14 | But Avelyn didn't fully understand the nature of that love. | ||
| 74 | complain | Verb | B1 | 1073 | 14 | Paulson started to complain, but Elbryan glared so fiercely at him that he seemed to melt. | ||
| 75 | fair | Adjective | B1 | 1074 | 14 | Mounted sidelong on a platform, the thing would have passed for a fair-sized ballista! | ||
| 76 | ceiling | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1075 | 14 | Torches burned at regular intervals, and the massive beams that supported the hall's ceiling seemed to dance in their light. | ||
| 77 | harden | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1076 | 14 | Elbryan smiled and considered the monk, understanding there was indeed a hardened frame beneath the soft exterior. | ||
| 78 | curse | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1077 | 14 | He didn't know what to do, then cursed himself silently for what he had already done! | ||
| 79 | heal | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1078 | 14 | All that the gentle and idealistic young man wanted was to serve God, to foster peace, to heal, and to comfort. | ||
| 80 | hollow | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1079 | 14 | Then he wanted to turn back, to run into the hollow and cover his face. | ||
| 81 | cunning | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1080 | 14 | On those first two occasions, the hopeful lad had fallen victim to ever more cunning elvish traps. | ||
| 82 | shock | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1081 | 14 | After a moment of shock, the goblins had thrown their spears, injuring one man. | ||
| 83 | hunter | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1082 | 14 | The startled, almost feral, reaction of the hunters froze Elbryan in his tracks and sent Pony ducking for cover. | ||
| 84 | lightly | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 1083 | 14 | Pony came through the brush lightly, wearing only a soft silken nightshirt that didn't reach her knees. | ||
| 85 | title | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1084 | 14 | Avelyn cocked an eyebrow at that curious title, not the response he had expected. | ||
| 86 | window | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1085 | 14 | The place was not bright, having only a handful of tiny windows set high up on the tall walls. | ||
| 87 | pose | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1086 | 14 | How could anyone, or anything, that could pipe so beautifully pose a danger? | ||
| 88 | sensation | Singular | UNKNOWN | 1087 | 14 | It was warm; Elbryan felt that first, felt a soft, moist sensation gently touching all his skin. | ||
| 89 | resist | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1088 | 14 | Elbryan resisted the sudden and inexplicable urge to run over and kiss Pony. | ||
| 90 | shin | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1089 | 14 | The ruby, shining with power, arced lazily over the open hatch. | ||
| 91 | outrage | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1090 | 14 | That only fueled the young man's outrage. | ||
| 92 | proper | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1091 | 14 | It was with great anticipation that l walked that last mile to the village proper - to see a place that I knew not. | ||
| 93 | ridiculous | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1092 | 14 | The ruby was strong, but this was ridiculous! | ||
| 94 | discussion | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1093 | 14 | Quintall spent the better part of an hour in a sometimes heated discussion with Captain Adjonas. | ||
| 95 | flesh | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1094 | 14 | The soldiers of Pireth Tulme engaged in the revelry, the pleasures of the flesh, to avoid noticing their empty souls. | ||
| 96 | coast | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1095 | 14 | The Windrunner glided easily over calmer seas, the southern reaches of the Mantis Arm's coast a gray blur to the west. | ||
| 97 | peek | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1096 | 14 | Avelyn dared to peek out from under his hood at the handful of spectators lining the road before the monastery's. | ||
| 98 | hall | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1097 | 14 | Avelyn ran from the chapel, skittering down the empty halls, his footsteps echoing noisily. | ||
| 99 | dip | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1098 | 14 | Juraviel walked past Elbryan to the trough and dipped his cupped hands in. | ||
| 100 | dirty | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1099 | 14 | Cat did not get overalarmed - until she saw a familiar dirty face come over the edge of the roof. | ||
| 101 | wise | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1100 | 14 | The words, coming from so mysterious, so wise, and aged a creature, hit Avelyn profoundly. |