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| 1 | lemma | pos | cefr_level | coverage_rank | global_frequency | context_sentence | context_sentence_zh | definition_zh |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | cache | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2501 | 5 | We know the tricks Avelyn used to escape, and his cache of magic stones is considerable. | ||
| 3 | equine | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2502 | 5 | From further down the valley, Symphony charged in, followed by his equine minions. | ||
| 4 | driving | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2503 | 5 | The powrie slammed her hard from behind, driving her into the bent beam. | ||
| 5 | propel | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2504 | 5 | Pony floated up as she went, grabbing the branches of trees and propelling herself along. | ||
| 6 | sleeping | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2505 | 5 | Both elves nodded and slipped quietly out of the tent, past the sleeping soldiers and the alert guards without a whisper, seeming to all about as no more than windblown leaves or the shadow of a bird. | ||
| 7 | boom | Verb | UNKNOWN | 2506 | 5 | "Ho, ho, what!" the centaur boomed in a fair imitation of Avelyn. | ||
| 8 | carbuncle | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2507 | 5 | What he found instead were two stones intact: a sunstone - which did not surprise Avelyn in the least - and a carbuncle. | ||
| 9 | shortly | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 2508 | 5 | The sky brightened to a dull gray shortly before the dawn, another lazy snowstorm dropping scattered flakes that floated to and fro during their descent. | ||
| 10 | fence | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2509 | 5 | There was an old, broken-down fence on the northern edge of town, formerly a corral, Jill realized, and beyond it was the slope. | ||
| 11 | stealthy | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2510 | 5 | All thoughts of stealthy thievery flew from the fierce ranger's mind. | ||
| 12 | protective | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2511 | 5 | Lady Dasslerond was merciful, the elf knew, but she was, above that, pragmatic and protective of her realm. | ||
| 13 | debt | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2512 | 5 | That is my debt and my honor. | ||
| 14 | gallop | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2513 | 5 | Elbryan prodded Symphony into a short gallop, too quickly for the frightened youngster to scramble away. | ||
| 15 | swoop | Gerund | UNKNOWN | 2514 | 5 | Elbryan lifted his eyes at that unsettling notion, looked at the sky as if he expected the dactyl demon to be swooping upon him even then. | ||
| 16 | harness | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2515 | 5 | The first of the giants came into sight, bending low, pulling hard, a heavy harness strapped across its torso. | ||
| 17 | torment | Verb | UNKNOWN | 2516 | 5 | Quintall looked at his demon master; he knew the dactyl had shown him his mortal memories only to torment him. | ||
| 18 | helm | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2517 | 5 | Out stepped the giant, Togul Dek, still wearing no helm, its huge features twisted with rage. | ||
| 19 | visor | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2518 | 5 | Tuntun had put her arrow right against a giant's visor, right through the slit! | ||
| 20 | hellish | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2519 | 5 | The beast lifted its arms, summoning its hellish magic. | ||
| 21 | elusive | Adjective | C1 | 2520 | 5 | Furious, Elbryan finally launched himself sideways, putting some ground between him and his elusive opponent. | ||
| 22 | facilitate | Verb | C1 | 2521 | 5 | The Order had failed; their weakness had facilitated this tragedy! | ||
| 23 | adventure | Noun | A2 | 2522 | 4 | And so he worked, as he was instructed, penning the tale of his adventures in great detail, studying and cataloguing the newest stones, their type, their magic, their strength. | ||
| 24 | hate | Verb | A2 | 2523 | 4 | But many of the hardier plants had kept their summer hue, many flowers still bloomed, and this reedy bog, the one place in all the valley that Elbryan had truly come to hate, had not frozen. | ||
| 25 | encourage | Verb | B1 | 2524 | 4 | The bond had been particularly strong with Annalisa, a humble and spiritual woman, who had encouraged her youngest child to follow the path of God from his earliest recollections. | ||
| 26 | grateful | Adjective | B1 | 2525 | 4 | He was indeed grateful for the kind and optimistic words, and felt better, much better, about his loss to Tallareyish. | ||
| 27 | fortune | Noun | B1 | 2526 | 4 | Not one to argue with good fortune, Elbryan scrambled to his feet. | ||
| 28 | opposite | Noun | B1 | 2527 | 4 | But his words hardly seemed to calm Thagraine; quite the opposite, the man, obviously racked with guilt paced all the more furiously, slapping his hands together repeatedly. | ||
| 29 | express | Adjective | B1 | 2528 | 4 | But to take humans to Andur'Blough Inninness without the express permission of Lady Dasslerond was indeed a stretch of the Lady's compassion, and Juraviel was not certain that the troop wouldn't simply be turned away; perhaps the paths into the misty valley would be altered and hidden even from Juraviel. | ||
| 30 | compare | Verb | B1 | 2529 | 4 | And now these two fellow brothers were comparing her lovemaking techniques! | ||
| 31 | talent | Noun | B1 | 2530 | 4 | I will use the stones and all my talents, and all my body in whatever course you set. | ||
| 32 | pressure | Gerund | B1 | 2531 | 4 | Again, he was more than polite, the perfect gentleman, not pressuring Cat to even so much as offer a greeting to him. | ||
| 33 | responsible | Adjective | B1 | 2532 | 4 | He hesitated; were these goblins responsible for what their kin had done to Elbryan's home? | ||
| 34 | tangible | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2533 | 4 | The tangible, corporeal body felt good to the wandering spirit. | ||
| 35 | pool | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2534 | 4 | Elbryan and Pony looked away, could not watch the final drop into the molten pool, could not witness the end of Tuntun. | ||
| 36 | agitate | Verb | UNKNOWN | 2535 | 4 | Shining, too, were the demon's eyes, pools of liquid black at most times, but shifting to fiery red orbs, living flames, when the demon was agitated, a glow of absolute hatred. | ||
| 37 | hatred | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2536 | 4 | Who will quell the ancient and deep hatred between powrie and goblin when Bestesbulzibar is gone? | ||
| 38 | transform | Verb | B2 | 2537 | 4 | That relief fast transformed into a sinking feeling as Elbryan realized the meaning of this creature's positioning. | ||
| 39 | sin | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2538 | 4 | Was the dactyl the source of the deadly sins, or did it manifest itself and walk the world when those sins had festered to the point of eruption? | ||
| 40 | lump | Verb | UNKNOWN | 2539 | 4 | Avelyn froze in place, a lump rising in his throat. | ||
| 41 | dominate | Verb | B2 | 2540 | 4 | Brother Justice narrowed his eyes, not appreciating the sentiment, the way the foolish merchant tried to dominate him by referring to his superior in such familiar terms. | ||
| 42 | hull | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2541 | 4 | The stone wouldn't be nearly strong enough, he realized, to take out the wet barrelboat's sturdy hull. | ||
| 43 | tribe | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2542 | 4 | It would bring them into its fold, tribe by tribe, race by race, growing as the night grows when the sun touches the western horizon. | ||
| 44 | stain | Verb | UNKNOWN | 2543 | 4 | Elbryan saw the dark stain near those hands. | ||
| 45 | measured | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2544 | 4 | Through flowers and lovers, step measured paces | ||
| 46 | peaceful | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2545 | 4 | And sleep peaceful lovers, secure. | ||
| 47 | reverently | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 2546 | 4 | Gently, reverently, Avelyn reached into the back of his dead companion's head and pulled forth the stone. | ||
| 48 | labor | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2547 | 4 | Indeed he was tired from the previous day's labors, but so full of excitement that. | ||
| 49 | wolf | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2548 | 4 | Somewhere in the distance a wolf howled, and another took up the song, and for Elbryan, the music was sweeter now than ever before, than even in those years he had spent in the enchanted elven forest. | ||
| 50 | afford | Verb | UNKNOWN | 2549 | 4 | Let the younger boys and girls see him then, and afford him the respect he deserved, and let the older men see that the village, under his watchful eye, had fared well in their absence. | ||
| 51 | embarrassment | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2550 | 4 | Recognizing the boy's ultimate distress and embarrassment, Juraviel generously let the insult pass. | ||
| 52 | covet | Verb | UNKNOWN | 2551 | 4 | Toward his fellow Preparers, young men he would compete against for the coveted two positions of those who would actually step onto the island of Pimaninicuit, Avelyn felt no rivalry. | ||
| 53 | aura | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2552 | 4 | Still, there was a delicate aura about her, a softness that a younger Elbryan had viewed as weakness, but the older Elbryan viewed as oddly distracting. | ||
| 54 | sponge | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2553 | 4 | Elbryan mastered the intricate movements, every one, soaked them into the sponge he had become and held them fast in his heart, mind, and muscles. | ||
| 55 | inviting | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2554 | 4 | He sensed their softness, so very inviting ... | ||
| 56 | sentence | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2555 | 4 | That last sentence brought a strange feeling over Elbryan. | ||
| 57 | ascent | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2556 | 4 | That excitement turned to sheer joy when they passed out of the town and began their ascent of the ridge. | ||
| 58 | beautifully | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 2557 | 4 | How could anyone, or anything, that could pipe so beautifully pose a danger? | ||
| 59 | carpet | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2558 | 4 | Every time he gazed upon the white carpet, he wanted to take off his shoes and pants and run through it barefoot and bare legged, to feel its softness between his toes and brushing against his shins. | ||
| 60 | fluster | Verb | UNKNOWN | 2559 | 4 | Belli'mar Juraviel suppressed a chuckle, for he liked seeing Tuntun flustered. | ||
| 61 | maple | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2560 | 4 | 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. | ||
| 62 | carcass | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2561 | 4 | The hunters would return with carcasses - elk, caribou, or white-tailed deer - slung on shoulder poles, and it seemed to the watching pair as if this hunt had been successful indeed! | ||
| 63 | confusing | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2562 | 4 | Pony shook the confusing possibilities from her thoughts. | ||
| 64 | object | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2563 | 4 | Not brighter, exactly, but every object became much more distinct. | ||
| 65 | hideous | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2564 | 4 | The fomorian charged ahead with a tremendous, hideous howl, its cudgel going high. | ||
| 66 | sloping | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2565 | 4 | A subtle shift, still too quick for the creature to dodge, and Elbryan stabbed the tapered end out straight, striking the goblin on its sloping forehead right above and between the eyes, laying it out straight in the stream. | ||
| 67 | legendary | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2566 | 4 | Olwan Wyndon nodded, not wanting to get Brody into one of his legendary fits of outrage. | ||
| 68 | recount | Verb | UNKNOWN | 2567 | 4 | Elbryan closed his eyes and recounted the events in his mind. | ||
| 69 | venison | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2568 | 4 | 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. | ||
| 70 | badger | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2569 | 4 | Earlier that year, at the beginning of summer, some of the younger children had snagged a badger in a noose. | ||
| 71 | noose | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2570 | 4 | Earlier that year, at the beginning of summer, some of the younger children had snagged a badger in a noose. | ||
| 72 | snare | Verb | UNKNOWN | 2571 | 4 | He approached the snared creature boldly, only to find that it had chewed right through the leather bindings. | ||
| 73 | binding | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2572 | 4 | He approached the snared creature boldly, only to find that it had chewed right through the leather bindings. | ||
| 74 | stepping | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2573 | 4 | For Jill, who had spent her life so simply, it seemed somehow obscene; a dozen people could sleep comfortably on that bed, and she needed a stepping stool to even get onto it! | ||
| 75 | brief | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2574 | 4 | 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. | ||
| 76 | outnumber | Verb | UNKNOWN | 2575 | 4 | The Coastpoint Guards of Pireth Tulme were fighting well, but they were badly outnumbered and they had lost their one advantage: the walls. | ||
| 77 | slain | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2576 | 4 | Not until this day, he silently added, looking at the slain goblin. | ||
| 78 | afterward | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2577 | 4 | They lay together for a long time afterward, nestled in their cloaks, saying nothing, staring at the fire. | ||
| 79 | recently | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 2578 | 4 | The reaction of the inhabitants to Brother Justice's brown robes tipped the monk off to the fact that he was not the first Abellican monk to come through this place recently. | ||
| 80 | shed | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2579 | 4 | The monk had shed his telltale brown robe in favor of the more normal dress of a villager. | ||
| 81 | wrestle | Verb | UNKNOWN | 2580 | 4 | Panic hit him, wrestling hard with a jumble of other emotions that Elbryan did not understand. | ||
| 82 | interject | PastTense | UNKNOWN | 2581 | 4 | "The goblins were never here," Pony interjected. | ||
| 83 | hanging | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2582 | 4 | All the gang was quiet, hanging on Elbryan's every word. | ||
| 84 | frown | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2583 | 4 | The young woman sighed deeply, paused a moment, then consciously worked hard to erase the perpetual frown from her face as she made her way to the three men calling her from the corner table. | ||
| 85 | humble | Adjective | B2 | 2584 | 4 | The bond had been particularly strong with Annalisa, a humble and spiritual woman, who had encouraged her youngest child to follow the path of God from his earliest recollections. | ||
| 86 | stoop | Verb | UNKNOWN | 2585 | 4 | Tempest weaved its wondrous lines about him slowly-turning, stooping, and rising in perfect balance. | ||
| 87 | cloth | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2586 | 4 | The anxious couple went back into the last copse and cut sticks, wrapping them with cloth to make torches. | ||
| 88 | zone | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2587 | 4 | Back in St.-Mere-Abelle, he had seen Master Siherton create a magical dead zone while he and several others had tried to discern the powers of the giant amethyst crystal. | ||
| 89 | craftsmanship | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2588 | 4 | Avelyn wanted to go closer to it to study the stern facial features and the incredible craftsmanship of the armor. | ||
| 90 | recollection | Plural | UNKNOWN | 2589 | 4 | Always working or praying; there were no other recollections of Avelyn to be found. | ||
| 91 | divine | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2590 | 4 | A stone of divining, Brother Justice then realized, and he was beginning to catch on. | ||
| 92 | paint | Verb | UNKNOWN | 2591 | 4 | For Jill, her face was a mask of paint and false smiles. | ||
| 93 | meditation | Singular | UNKNOWN | 2592 | 4 | list day in prayer and meditation, mentally preparing himself for the task ahead. | ||
| 94 | resounding | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2593 | 4 | The huge stone gates of St.-Mere-Abelle slammed shut with a resounding crash that jolted Annalisa Desbris violently. | ||
| 95 | myriad | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2594 | 4 | He came up fast on a pair of great bronze doors, inlaid with a myriad of designs and symbols. | ||
| 96 | fur | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2595 | 4 | 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. | ||
| 97 | habit | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2596 | 4 | Even Elbryan's sleeping habits changed, shifting to a more controlled, meditative process than a lumped time of uncontrollable unconsciousness. | ||
| 98 | classmate | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2597 | 4 | After vespers, their classmates knelt to pray for one hour, spent an hour with their letters, then retired early to meditate and sleep, to reinvigorate their bodies for the tasks of the next day. | ||
| 99 | priest | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2598 | 4 | Precious and thus the third ranking priest in the entire Abellican Church, had performed the ceremony himself! | ||
| 100 | uneventful | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2599 | 4 | Bafway proved to be a long, uneventful month. | ||
| 101 | meat | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2600 | 4 | There was much to be done: the last harvesting, preparing the meat, patching holes in the cottages, and cleaning the chimneys. |