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| 1 | lemma | pos | cefr_level | coverage_rank | global_frequency | context_sentence | context_sentence_zh | definition_zh |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | clearing | Noun | A2 | 701 | 16 | The ranger waited a few moments longer as the figure neared, as it came out into a clearing under the moonlight. | ||
| 3 | ill | Adjective | A2 | 702 | 16 | Thagraine was most ill at ease, pacing, stalking, and muttering to himself. | ||
| 4 | suppose | Verb | A2 | 703 | 16 | At peace, I suppose, and probably with Pony, and that is a fate about which no man could complain. | ||
| 5 | clench | PastTense | A2 | 704 | 16 | The young man stared at him wide-eyed with hope and eagerness, his hands clenching and opening at his sides. | ||
| 6 | nowhere | Adverb | A2 | 705 | 16 | Jill instinctively recoiled, but she had nowhere to hide. | ||
| 7 | taste | Noun | A2 | 706 | 16 | Not that many humans had ever tasted the elixir, for the elves did not deal openly in the juice. | ||
| 8 | deal | Verb | A2 | 707 | 16 | Not that many humans had ever tasted the elixir, for the elves did not deal openly in the juice. | ||
| 9 | disaster | Noun | A2 | 708 | 16 | Had they been prepared, this disaster would not have befallen them. | ||
| 10 | earn | Verb | A2 | 709 | 16 | Another sported a heavy axe, while the last earned a slender sword. | ||
| 11 | glowing | Adjective | A2 | 710 | 16 | Juraviel remained at the glowing fire pit until all had gone, his eyes ever skyward, looking for the blackest of forms. | ||
| 12 | liquid | Noun | B1 | 711 | 16 | Its feel was impossibly smooth, almost liquid. | ||
| 13 | wicked | Adjective | B1 | 712 | 16 | Smealy turned a wicked grin on the captain. | ||
| 14 | chill | Verb | B1 | 713 | 16 | It floated through-the chill air, barely perceptible. | ||
| 15 | judge | Verb | B1 | 714 | 16 | How will they judge me twenty years hence, a mere day by an elf's measure?. | ||
| 16 | proud | Adjective | B1 | 715 | 16 | Above it all stood Olwan, proud and strong and unshakable. | ||
| 17 | leading | Adjective | B1 | 716 | 16 | Elbryan's instincts - something about the air, perhaps, the aroma told him this was not the slope leading out of Dundalis up to the ridgeline, the slope where he had met the ... | ||
| 18 | dirt | Noun | B1 | 717 | 16 | The young man knew all that, as he sat in the dirt, staring curiously at the somehow dead giant. | ||
| 19 | entrance | Noun | B1 | 718 | 16 | Fiery rocks streaked down before the cave entrance, slicing holes in the wide leaves of trees and bushes. | ||
| 20 | concentrate | Verb | B1 | 719 | 16 | If Avelyn had concentrated so much of his energy into the ruby, then likely he had let the serpentine shield slip. | ||
| 21 | novice | Noun | B1 | 720 | 16 | Both the novices stopped their work and looked up at the window. | ||
| 22 | safety | Noun | B1 | 721 | 16 | Putting his personal safety aside, Avelyn had to consider the greater good. | ||
| 23 | drunk | Noun | B1 | 722 | 16 | Not that the seated drunk was even looking at her face; his eyes never seemed to angle quite that high. | ||
| 24 | fortress | Noun | B1 | 723 | 16 | Pireth Tulme, and apparently all the other Coastpoint fortresses, were far from the stoic bastions of their reputation. | ||
| 25 | somewhat | Adverb | B2 | 724 | 16 | Its head, too, was somewhat human, except more angular, with a narrow jaw and pointed chin. | ||
| 26 | tough | Adjective | B2 | 725 | 16 | The people were much the same - strong and firm, tough as the deepest winter night - and yet, they were not the same. | ||
| 27 | evergreen | Noun | UNKNOWN | 726 | 16 | It bothered Elbryan, too, for the scarring of the evergreens made no sense. | ||
| 28 | rocky | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 727 | 16 | Pony had to wonder as she skittered down the rocky slope, a pair of giants in fast pursuit. | ||
| 29 | monastery | Noun | UNKNOWN | 728 | 16 | Many merchants in Ursal likely possessed stones; the monastery was not averse to selling them. | ||
| 30 | chant | Verb | UNKNOWN | 729 | 16 | The master closed his eyes and began to softly chant. | ||
| 31 | bloody | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 730 | 16 | Then he stalked after them, his bloody sword in his bloody hand, hoping one of the creatures would stray from its friends. | ||
| 32 | split | Verb | B2 | 731 | 16 | Elbryan saw the bright red gash, the white of split bone, the grayish brain. | ||
| 33 | shriek | Noun | B2 | 732 | 16 | The club fell into the stream; the goblin shrieked and clutched at its arm. | ||
| 34 | hesitate | Verb | B2 | 733 | 16 | Modesty caused Elbryan to hesitate, but Tuntun wasn't in the mood for a debate. | ||
| 35 | blur | Noun | UNKNOWN | 734 | 16 | The sun seemed a gray blur above him, a lighter spot in the sky. | ||
| 36 | pitiful | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 735 | 16 | Thagraine spotted him then, a hopeful, pitiful, smile widening on his bloody face. | ||
| 37 | swipe | Verb | UNKNOWN | 736 | 16 | A series of swipes, stabs, and forward strides put Elbryan in the desired position. | ||
| 38 | handle | Noun | B2 | 737 | 16 | Cat suffered his insults, but couldn't dismiss the realization that Pettibwa would have handled it differently, better. | ||
| 39 | satisfy | Verb | B2 | 738 | 16 | For in the Ring Stones, the young man found his ideals satisfied. | ||
| 40 | attempt | Noun | B2 | 739 | 16 | Avelyn realized then that an attempt at possession was akin to fighting an enemy on his home ground. | ||
| 41 | smack | Verb | UNKNOWN | 740 | 16 | A shift of the angle sent his staff poking straight up, smacking the man's groin. | ||
| 42 | damned | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 741 | 16 | He remembered Avelyn, damned Avelyn, and the rivalry. | ||
| 43 | dais | Noun | UNKNOWN | 742 | 16 | It moved across the dais, dipped one arm into the molten flow, then looked back at Quintall. | ||
| 44 | delicate | Adjective | C1 | 743 | 16 | Elbryan wondered, having no explanation of who or what those delicate winged creatures might be. | ||
| 45 | fierce | Adjective | C1 | 744 | 16 | On the main road of Dundalis, just on the other side of this house, a fierce battle raged. | ||
| 46 | rear | Noun | C1 | 745 | 16 | Jill heard the dying scream of a soldier to her rear and fully expected that she would soon be overwhelmed. | ||
| 47 | sack | Verb | C1 | 746 | 16 | And if the humanoids didn't sack the town, that indicated they meant to continue on. | ||
| 48 | halt | Noun | C1 | 747 | 16 | Finally, Father Abbot Markwart halted the conversation with an upraised hand. | ||
| 49 | squeeze | Verb | C1 | 748 | 16 | Still she dug, widening the hole, trying desperately to squeeze under the slab. | ||
| 50 | grave | Noun | C1 | 749 | 16 | Quintall's expression grew suddenly grave at the sight of the imposing ranger. | ||
| 51 | consciousness | Noun | C1 | 750 | 16 | A soft melody vibrated in his ear, somewhere just below his consciousness. | ||
| 52 | intensity | Noun | C1 | 751 | 16 | Grady could see that in his every fidget, in his almost animal-like intensity. | ||
| 53 | thin | Adjective | A2 | 752 | 15 | The dactyl's ears were pointed as well, poking up about the demon creature's thin tuft of black hair. | ||
| 54 | scar | Verb | A2 | 753 | 15 | Adjonas straightened, the blood rushing to his face, making that garish scar seem all the more imposing. | ||
| 55 | normally | Adverb | A2 | 754 | 15 | Elbryan's father had assured him that Wyndon boys were normally late in sprouting. | ||
| 56 | separate | Verb | A2 | 755 | 15 | Up came Hawkwing; three feathers separated. | ||
| 57 | actually | Adverb | A2 | 756 | 15 | But the thought of actually going to see the woman terrified Avelyn. | ||
| 58 | act | Verb | A2 | 757 | 15 | It surprised Elbryan that adults would act that way, especially considering the gravity of the situation. | ||
| 59 | king | Noun | A2 | 758 | 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. | ||
| 60 | advantage | Noun | A2 | 759 | 15 | Juraviel took full advantage, put Elbryan off balance and kept on twisting, angling the boy over the trough. | ||
| 61 | kneel | Verb | A2 | 760 | 15 | Elbryan knelt beside her, his arm about her shoulders, comforting her. | ||
| 62 | strange | Adjective | A2 | 761 | 15 | The air came alive with a strange humming sound. | ||
| 63 | tie | Verb | A2 | 762 | 15 | Pony got Symphony and her roan around the back, ropes looped about the war engine and tied to the tugging horses. | ||
| 64 | discover | Verb | A2 | 763 | 15 | The real pit, he discovered was several feet beyond the apparent pit. | ||
| 65 | column | Noun | A2 | 764 | 15 | Twin rows of massive columns, each carved into the likeness of a giant warrior, lined the room. | ||
| 66 | destiny | Noun | A2 | 765 | 15 | Now, finally, Avelyn could face his destiny with no regrets for the path that had led him to this place. | ||
| 67 | shudder | Verb | B1 | 766 | 15 | A fomorian, Avelyn realized with a very visible shudder, in the typical battle dress of its warlike race. | ||
| 68 | murder | Noun | B1 | 767 | 15 | The wicked goblins certainly, so full of anger and greed, so delighting in murder and war. | ||
| 69 | western | Noun | B1 | 768 | 15 | The ranger ran off, arriving at the appointed spot as the moon settled behind the western horizon. | ||
| 70 | youth | Noun | B1 | 769 | 15 | Next spring, Elbryan would hunt with the adults, the games of his youth left behind. | ||
| 71 | frighten | Verb | B1 | 770 | 15 | Avelyn came out, frightened but determined. | ||
| 72 | announce | Verb | B1 | 771 | 15 | It took him some time to realize that the elves had announced her, and thus, that the elves had met her! | ||
| 73 | border | Noun | B1 | 772 | 15 | And even with any credible arguments, Siherton's posture, bordering on anger, on outrage, seemed so out of place. | ||
| 74 | wink | Verb | B1 | 773 | 15 | He looked at Pony and winked, and was surprised when she returned the gesture with a serious frown. | ||
| 75 | remaining | Adjective | B1 | 774 | 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. | ||
| 76 | confident | Adjective | B1 | 775 | 15 | Tuntun was growing more confident, he realized. | ||
| 77 | poison | Noun | B1 | 776 | 15 | Elbryan recognized the black, sappy poison, a pain - inducing product of a rare black birch tree. | ||
| 78 | rolling | Adjective | B1 | 777 | 15 | And then it was over, suddenly, the creature rolling, dead. | ||
| 79 | contact | Noun | B1 | 778 | 15 | But Avelyn had apparently not come home, or at least, had not made contact with his father. | ||
| 80 | torso | Noun | B2 | 779 | 15 | Soon Jill's hands were flapping inconsequentially at the powrie's barrel-like torso, her strength fast deserting her. | ||
| 81 | curl | Verb | UNKNOWN | 780 | 15 | On the floor and curled up like a baby, wanting his mother, praying for his mother. | ||
| 82 | chase | Verb | B2 | 781 | 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. | ||
| 83 | flash | Verb | B2 | 782 | 15 | Elbryan rolled to one knee quickly and brought the sword flashing across, severing the plant at exactly the stripe. | ||
| 84 | visible | Adjective | B2 | 783 | 15 | A fomorian, Avelyn realized with a very visible shudder, in the typical battle dress of its warlike race. | ||
| 85 | existence | Noun | B2 | 784 | 15 | The reward for such a life, for such a good heart, was a better existence in a better place. | ||
| 86 | retort | Verb | UNKNOWN | 785 | 15 | Avelyn swallowed his next retort, knowing that it would be a useless argument. | ||
| 87 | tangle | Noun | UNKNOWN | 786 | 15 | Elbryan wondered, as he, too, worked through the tangled crowd, angling to intercept the newcomer. | ||
| 88 | corpse | Noun | UNKNOWN | 787 | 15 | Elbryan and Pony lingered long by the corpse, studying it intently. | ||
| 89 | willingly | Adverb | B2 | 788 | 15 | Avelyn and the other monks would give their lives willingly to see the mission successful. | ||
| 90 | relieve | Verb | B2 | 789 | 15 | A few minutes later, one of the goblins went off a short distance into the brush to relieve itself. | ||
| 91 | shore | Verb | B2 | 790 | 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. | ||
| 92 | terrify | Verb | B2 | 791 | 15 | Elbryan was terrified and thrilled all at once. | ||
| 93 | instant | Noun | B2 | 792 | 15 | Five men were atop him in an instant, grabbing and twisting. | ||
| 94 | brace | Verb | UNKNOWN | 793 | 15 | In came the giants at full charge; Bradwarden braced and set his hind legs firmly. | ||
| 95 | cudgel | Noun | UNKNOWN | 794 | 15 | The fomorian charged ahead with a tremendous, hideous howl, its cudgel going high. | ||
| 96 | skinny | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 795 | 15 | This creature's limbs didn't look skinny, any more than did the supple branches of a bending willow. | ||
| 97 | depth | Noun | B2 | 796 | 15 | Already the young monk was falling into the depths of the stone. | ||
| 98 | implication | Plural | B2 | 797 | 15 | Avelyn paused and considered the sequence and the implications. | ||
| 99 | finest | Noun | UNKNOWN | 798 | 15 | She would dress in the finest gowns and attend the highest social events in Palmaris, even in Ursal! | ||
| 100 | intense | Adjective | B2 | 799 | 15 | Worst of all, and most intense of all, was the physical training. | ||
| 101 | firm | Verb | B2 | 800 | 15 | The sight of it, round and firm and creamy white, seemed to calm him for a moment. |