16 KiB
16 KiB
| 1 | lemma | pos | cefr_level | coverage_rank | global_frequency | context_sentence | context_sentence_zh | definition_zh |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | definite | Adjective | B1 | 2601 | 3 | The elf had been searching for Symphony, her desires formulating into a definite plan. | ||
| 3 | lonely | Adjective | B1 | 2602 | 3 | A short while later one haggard-looking soldier - a man of forty years by the name of Gofflaw, who had spent more than half his wretched life in the Kingsmen, including a dozen years in the Coastpoint Guards shuffling from one lonely outpost to another came staggering out to the wall, making his way toward Jill. | ||
| 4 | aged | Adjective | B1 | 2603 | 3 | Juraviel explained as the aged elf came out of his home and slowly descended. | ||
| 5 | powder | Noun | B1 | 2604 | 3 | Without explanation, Lady Dasslerond then threw a handful of glittering powder in Elbryan's face. | ||
| 6 | deepen | Verb | B1 | 2605 | 3 | As their friendship deepened, their trust becoming so strong, Avelyn again dared to use the hematite to instruct Jill. | ||
| 7 | deceive | Verb | B1 | 2606 | 3 | They had named the ranger Nightbird, and so the elf's dream had not deceived him. | ||
| 8 | smoothness | Noun | B1 | 2607 | 3 | He was amazed by its balance, by the smoothness of its long and comfortable draw. | ||
| 9 | impression | Noun | B1 | 2608 | 3 | That impression did little to calm Elbryan's fears. | ||
| 10 | chain | Noun | B1 | 2609 | 3 | Elbryan tugged again and the chained balls slipped off the staff's end, freeing both weapons. | ||
| 11 | difficulty | Noun | B1 | 2610 | 3 | He crossed with some difficulty, but had no trouble regaining the trail on the other side, for the rider was making no effort to conceal his tracks. | ||
| 12 | evade | Noun | B1 | 2611 | 3 | With a howl, it finally let go, scrambling about to evade the jabbing dagger. | ||
| 13 | rent | Verb | B1 | 2612 | 3 | Would Avelyn, who held the stones as most sacred, rent out their powers? | ||
| 14 | effectively | Adverb | B1 | 2613 | 3 | A blizzard could effectively shut the folk in their homes for a week straight. | ||
| 15 | access | Verb | B1 | 2614 | 3 | That joining by means of the hematite when he had been sorely wounded had given her an understanding of accessing the powers on a level that other monks spent months, even years, trying to attain. | ||
| 16 | feign | Infinitive | B1 | 2615 | 3 | It is evident in every stride you take, in every smile you feign= yea, feign, I say, for have you really smiled, Jill? | ||
| 17 | bounty | Noun | B1 | 2616 | 3 | It was more than any bounty, the ranger knew. | ||
| 18 | substance | Noun | B1 | 2617 | 3 | This man had been-poisoned, no doubt about it, but the poison was not based in any substance, in any herb or plant or any animal venom. | ||
| 19 | confidently | Adverb | B1 | 2618 | 3 | Maiyer Dek smiled confidently. | ||
| 20 | leafless | Adjective | B1 | 2619 | 3 | All the trees that had been on Aida's slopes were laid out flat, leafless, most of their branches blown away. | ||
| 21 | gust | Noun | B1 | 2620 | 3 | After the gust, the heat remained. | ||
| 22 | stirring | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2621 | 3 | It didn't seem such a momentous thing, just a gradual stirring in a deep cave in a far, empty mountain. | ||
| 23 | wandering | Noun | B2 | 2622 | 3 | The tangible, corporeal body felt good to the wandering spirit. | ||
| 24 | rend | Gerund | UNKNOWN | 2623 | 3 | Hooves of music rend the gloom | ||
| 25 | grown | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2624 | 3 | Obviously the man, or elf or whatever it might be, was important to the Touel'alfar; obviously they had graced this place, this cairn and the grove that had grown about it, with more than a small measure of their magic. | ||
| 26 | reddish | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2625 | 3 | 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. | ||
| 27 | humanlike | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2626 | 3 | The demon spread wide its black wings and reached back with one humanlike arm, claws extended toward the flowing lava, grabbing the power and channeling it. | ||
| 28 | hooked | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2627 | 3 | The demon extended its fingernails, transformed them into hooked claws, and grew its teeth-two pointed canines extending down over its bottom lip. | ||
| 29 | sickening | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2628 | 3 | A sickening feeling washed over Elbryan. | ||
| 30 | scurry | Gerund | UNKNOWN | 2629 | 3 | She scurried away, suddenly uncomfortable. | ||
| 31 | muffle | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2630 | 3 | Elbryan tried to muffle his snicker; the girl hated that nickname, Jilly, though nearly everyone in town called her that. | ||
| 32 | nickname | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2631 | 3 | He screwed up his face, the ridiculous nickname sounding foolish in his ears. | ||
| 33 | illuminate | Verb | B2 | 2632 | 3 | Candlelight spilled out onto the road, softly illuminating the girl. | ||
| 34 | dismissively | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 2633 | 3 | Tol snorted and waved his hand dismissively. | ||
| 35 | enchanting | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2634 | 3 | So now here he was, in a land enchanting and terrifying, sharing the forest with these creatures that he could not understand and could not defeat. | ||
| 36 | turmoil | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2635 | 3 | Despite that turmoil, Elbryan found himself nodding. | ||
| 37 | horrifying | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2636 | 3 | And then suddenly, it was gone, destroyed by a horrified, and horrifying, scream. | ||
| 38 | feverish | Adjective | B2 | 2637 | 3 | What struck Jill most about him was his almost feverish intensity, his brown eyes showing a luster, a life, beyond anything she had seen in many years. | ||
| 39 | crunch | Gerund | UNKNOWN | 2638 | 3 | Elbryan froze as he heard the crusty snow crunch under his feet. | ||
| 40 | relish | Verb | UNKNOWN | 2639 | 3 | Pony had won that battle by accepting, even relishing, those private feelings, the warmth that washed over her whenever she looked upon Elbryan. | ||
| 41 | barefoot | Verb | UNKNOWN | 2640 | 3 | 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. | ||
| 42 | legged | Verb | UNKNOWN | 2641 | 3 | 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. | ||
| 43 | deciduous | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2642 | 3 | 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. | ||
| 44 | northeastern | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2643 | 3 | The month had turned to Parvespers, the last month of the autumn, when the Windrunner swept around the northeastern reach of the Mantis Arm, past Pireth Tulme and into the Gulf of Corona. | ||
| 45 | chatter | Gerund | UNKNOWN | 2644 | 3 | This was a place of natural noises: running streams, cackling birds, and chattering animals. | ||
| 46 | prickly | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2645 | 3 | Pony caught up to him, even passed him over that last expanse, leading the way through the tangle of two wide pines, pushing aside the prickly branches and bursting into a clearing right beside the returning party. | ||
| 47 | crook | Verb | UNKNOWN | 2646 | 3 | Elbryan walked a crooked path to the food and stubbornly salvaged what he could. | ||
| 48 | credence | Singular | UNKNOWN | 2647 | 3 | Avelyn's lack of initial response to the news that his mother had died had lent credence to Siherton's complaints. | ||
| 49 | oft | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2648 | 3 | This gloom that had come to Honce-the-Bear had come before in a definite shape and manner that was oft-told in the historical volumes at St.-Mere-Abelle. | ||
| 50 | derisive | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2649 | 3 | Pony didn't miss her companion's derisive snort. | ||
| 51 | snag | Verb | UNKNOWN | 2650 | 3 | Earlier that year, at the beginning of summer, some of the younger children had snagged a badger in a noose. | ||
| 52 | blazing | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2651 | 3 | Avelyn undressed and wrapped a blanket about himself, then sat alone with his thoughts in front of a blazing fire. | ||
| 53 | locked | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2652 | 3 | Even as Cat started to turn back for the first, the drunk's arms came about her and locked about her chest, squeezing her tight. | ||
| 54 | olive | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2653 | 3 | Even from this distance, the elves could see the olive-green orbs sparkling with intensity, truly seeing the imagined foes. | ||
| 55 | gesture | Noun | B2 | 2654 | 3 | He looked at Pony and winked, and was surprised when she returned the gesture with a serious frown. | ||
| 56 | voluminous | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2655 | 3 | Twenty-five stood in a line, cloaked in thick brown robes with voluminous sleeves and large hoods that were pulled low to hide their faces. | ||
| 57 | southeastern | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2656 | 3 | No land came in sight for three days, the Windjammer making a direct run to the southeastern point of the Gulf of Corona, the northern tip of the region known as the Mantis Arm. | ||
| 58 | solemn | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2657 | 3 | The ceremony went off perfectly solemn yet joyous, ladies crying, men standing tall and handsome. | ||
| 59 | toil | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2658 | 3 | He got his reward for his morning's toils when he returned to the bog to collect the tenth loaded basket. | ||
| 60 | grueling | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2659 | 3 | The schedule was grueling, designed to find weakness and break those who were not fit for the daily rigors of the Order of St.-Mere-Abelle. | ||
| 61 | testing | Noun | B2 | 2660 | 3 | Eight years of formal study, eight years of grueling testing, had brought Avelyn to this point, one of twenty-five remaining of the two thousand twelve-year-olds who had begun the process, each desperately vying to gain admittance in this class of God's Year 816. | ||
| 62 | eyelid | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2661 | 3 | But weariness overtook him, caught him where he sat, and brought his eyelids low. | ||
| 63 | mortality | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2662 | 3 | Inevitably, though, that led Elbryan to thoughts of mortality and thus to the recent fate of his family and friends. | ||
| 64 | momentary | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2663 | 3 | None of the group was hurt; but the momentary distraction gave the drained dactyl the time to retreat. | ||
| 65 | windblown | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2664 | 3 | Thoughts of his parents could not hold Avelyn's attention as the group crossed the windblown courtyard and entered the grand entrance hall of St.-Mere-Abelle. | ||
| 66 | dramatically | Adverb | B2 | 2665 | 3 | He resisted, and the hematite receded dramatically, almost forcing him from the trance. | ||
| 67 | gruesome | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2666 | 3 | Spurred by the gruesome sight, she attacked fiercely. | ||
| 68 | wariness | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2667 | 3 | For the adults, the specter of the goblins brought a sobering wariness and then a troublesome distraction. | ||
| 69 | respectfully | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 2668 | 3 | Each of this group nodded respectfully at his younger counterparts as he passed them on the rim; some mentioned that Elbryan's patrols would serve as their vital liaison with the village proper. | ||
| 70 | compliment | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2669 | 3 | After that exchange of compliments, even the passing of endless uneventful hours could not dampen the thrill for the youngsters. | ||
| 71 | uneventfully | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 2670 | 3 | Half an hour passed uneventfully, Elbryan walking and looking about, constantly awed by the beauty and the. | ||
| 72 | sympathize | Verb | UNKNOWN | 2671 | 3 | Brother Justice understood this, though he hardly sympathized. | ||
| 73 | luster | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2672 | 3 | Elbryan looked at her, little luster showing in his normally bright green eyes. | ||
| 74 | bump | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2673 | 3 | He dared to put his arms around Pony's back, dared to pull her closer, feeling the strangely interesting curves and bumps of her body against his own as they came together. | ||
| 75 | urgency | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2674 | 3 | The kiss shifted, from curiosity to urgency, then back to gentleness. | ||
| 76 | wag | Verb | UNKNOWN | 2675 | 3 | If that was the case, would he be justified in waging battle with these six? | ||
| 77 | formerly | Adverb | B2 | 2676 | 3 | The creature flexed its great wings and settled back in the throne it had shaped from the obsidian that had formerly served as its tomb. | ||
| 78 | unreal | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2677 | 3 | It was too unreal, too beyond their experience and expectations. | ||
| 79 | expectation | Plural | B2 | 2678 | 3 | It was too unreal, too beyond their experience and expectations. | ||
| 80 | rag | Verb | UNKNOWN | 2679 | 3 | Avelyn thought his very skin would slip off his body, a great rag, and fall rumpled to the deck. | ||
| 81 | loll | Verb | UNKNOWN | 2680 | 3 | Elbryan looked over at Tol, the man's head lolling about on his shoulders. | ||
| 82 | sag | Verb | UNKNOWN | 2681 | 3 | The young man shifted to a sitting position and sagged on the wet ground. | ||
| 83 | grotesque | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2682 | 3 | As if in a grotesque mockery of that hope, a goblin marched around that corner, bearing down on the girl. | ||
| 84 | pointy | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2683 | 3 | The ugly goblin face, all twisted teeth and long pointy nose, was barely inches from Elbryan's face, and closer still when the creature began to butt the boy. | ||
| 85 | butt | Verb | UNKNOWN | 2684 | 3 | He pulled her hands out wide, and she used the opening to head-butt him again. | ||
| 86 | overrule | Verb | UNKNOWN | 2685 | 3 | Wisdom overruled his rage, though, and he stayed hidden and let them pass. | ||
| 87 | choke | Gerund | UNKNOWN | 2686 | 3 | But before it could get anywhere near to the young man, the giant went down, choking in its own blood. | ||
| 88 | impatient | Adjective | B2 | 2687 | 3 | The stunned man stammered, taking too long for the impatient monk's comfort. | ||
| 89 | speck | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2688 | 3 | He turned his fingers gently to flick a speck of mud from her cheek, though his gaze never left her shining blue eyes. | ||
| 90 | squint | Verb | B2 | 2689 | 3 | Master Siherton squinted ominously and leaned close over Avelyn, glaring openly. | ||
| 91 | chore | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2690 | 3 | In addition to their daily duties as first - and second - year students at the abbey, they were given the extra chores of preparation for their journey to Pimaninicuit. | ||
| 92 | lust | Verb | UNKNOWN | 2691 | 3 | And, because of that passion, because of worldly lusts, a man who could be controlled. | ||
| 93 | commission | Verb | B2 | 2692 | 3 | That thought shook Jojonah as he looked around at his decorated chamber, at the beautiful tapestry he had commissioned from the gallery of Porvon dan Guardinio, among the most respected artists in all the world. | ||
| 94 | immaculates | Verb | UNKNOWN | 2693 | 3 | Jojonah glanced around the room again, reminding himself that most of the other masters, even some of the tenth-year immaculates, had chambers more richly adorned. | ||
| 95 | herald | Gerund | UNKNOWN | 2694 | 3 | Only the call to vespers, the ceremony heralding eventide, had interrupted Avelyn's frantic pace. | ||
| 96 | disappointment | Singular | B2 | 2695 | 3 | She wasn't, to Avelyn's ultimate disappointment. | ||
| 97 | oval | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2696 | 3 | The central stone of the broach was a hematite, as he had suspected, an oval of liquid gray, deep and smooth. | ||
| 98 | portal | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2697 | 3 | Beyond this portal, Avelyn saw a huge room, braced by columns and lit by the orange flow of molten stone. | ||
| 99 | latch | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2698 | 3 | Avelyn blinked; amid the wonders of the door, he hadn't even noticed the huge latch! | ||
| 100 | hinge | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2699 | 3 | Of course Avelyn would not protest aloud, and even his silent musings were washed away as the heavy door opened silently, on balanced and oiled hinges, to reveal the greatest splendor of all. | ||
| 101 | crystalline | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2700 | 3 | Avelyn studied the way the light worked off the many facets of the diamonds, how it seemed to delve within the stone itself, swirling down to crystalline depths. |