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| 1 | lemma | pos | cefr_level | coverage_rank | context_sentence | context_sentence_zh | definition_zh |
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| 2 | gates | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1801 | A grinding sound, the great gates sliding open, brought the young man from his contemplations. | ||
| 3 | shuffle | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1802 | Avelyn ate a light meal, then shuffled outside and promptly regurgitated it. | ||
| 4 | violently | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 1803 | Cat-the-Stray shook her head violently, as if trying to launch the disturbing half memories right out of her ear. | ||
| 5 | plate | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1804 | Avelyn shoved his plate forward forcefully, angered now at being left out of their little secret. | ||
| 6 | translucent | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1805 | That left only one possibility, an escape borne on translucent wings. | ||
| 7 | silver | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1806 | Its limbs were slender and long and its armor a silver shining coat of fine interlocking links. | ||
| 8 | incredible | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1807 | It was true enough; Avelyn's incredible dedication was fast becoming the talk of St.-Mere-Abelle. | ||
| 9 | passing | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1808 | He lost all sense of the passing of time; soon nothing invaded his focus. | ||
| 10 | specter | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1809 | For the adults, the specter of the goblins brought a sobering wariness and then a troublesome distraction. | ||
| 11 | hero | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1810 | "Let us see if our young hero has any heart at all;" Siherton remarked coldly, and he stalked off toward the stairwell that would lead him down to the master's quarters. | ||
| 12 | spare | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1811 | His list of victories is far too long to be recited here, if we had a week to spare." Elbryan felt a strange sense of family pride. | ||
| 13 | informed | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1812 | Elbryan took it all in stride, with the exception of any insults to Pony, which he promptly informed the teasers would bring them serious and painful retaliation. | ||
| 14 | perch | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1813 | Something else watched the young man from a perch in one of the thicker pines on the ridge. | ||
| 15 | fluid | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1814 | Strike, parry, strike, all in harmonic and slow motion, and then he dropped his right foot back, coming around in a fluid movement to stalk back to the left. | ||
| 16 | logically | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 1815 | This was Dundalis - - she knew that logically - but it was no place Pony had ever seen before. | ||
| 17 | cup | PastTense | UNKNOWN | 1816 | She cupped Elbryan's chin in one hand and gently turned him back to face her. | ||
| 18 | necessity | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1817 | Their clothes ruffled and seemed more of an obstacle than a necessity. | ||
| 19 | direct | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1818 | The dactyl could not take direct credit, but that mattered little. | ||
| 20 | credit | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1819 | The dactyl could not take direct credit, but that mattered little. | ||
| 21 | sink | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1820 | With trembling fingers, Elbryan retrieved his short sword, and then he sank even deeper into the hollow, paralyzed with terror. | ||
| 22 | impact | Noun | B2 | 1821 | Then the impact of the question hit him fully. | ||
| 23 | carnage | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1822 | And the goblin ranks, for all the carnage, remained deep, and seemed undiminished. | ||
| 24 | footstep | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1823 | She stopped and braced herself, measuring the goblin's footsteps. | ||
| 25 | filter | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1824 | She let the night canopy absorb her, used it to filter back through the painful barriers. | ||
| 26 | dying | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1825 | The scream of a dying child, of her mother, of her village. | ||
| 27 | careen | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1826 | His thoughts careened suddenly back to Pony and the kiss at the twin pines atop the ridge. | ||
| 28 | dot | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1827 | Pireth Tulme was but one in a series of keeps dotting Honce-the-Bear's coastline. | ||
| 29 | lot | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1828 | Brother Avelyn is the best of the lot." The words stung Siherton profoundly. | ||
| 30 | profoundly | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 1829 | That bothered the young monk profoundly. | ||
| 31 | surrounding | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1830 | Her surroundings confused her. | ||
| 32 | root | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1831 | Paulson was caught; he tripped over an exposed root and went facedown into the mud and slush. | ||
| 33 | winding | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1832 | Their destination must be important indeed, Elbryan realized, for this trail was even more difficult to follow than the winding ways that hid Caer'alfar itself! | ||
| 34 | proof | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1833 | Faith heeded no proof - indeed the very value of faith was loyalty to beliefs without proof! | ||
| 35 | flutter | Gerund | UNKNOWN | 1834 | He noted the elf's spring, heard the wings fluttering. | ||
| 36 | flinch | PastTense | UNKNOWN | 1835 | There is something on the roof that you should know." Despite the thrill, Avelyn flinched as he drifted through the room's ceiling. | ||
| 37 | speech | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1836 | His proper speech rang in sharp contrast to the street dialect of his parents. | ||
| 38 | belch | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1837 | Bradwarden belched again, and then he launched into a long speech about the ills of humankind. | ||
| 39 | statement | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1838 | Elbryan nodded, accepting that as more likely the truth than the man's previous statement. | ||
| 40 | replaced | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1839 | Gofflaw growled at her, but under Jill's unyielding glare, he replaced his sword in its sheath. | ||
| 41 | self | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1840 | Jojonah pushed his own self-pity away and smiled about Avelyn. | ||
| 42 | char | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1841 | Then likely he was now a charred thing, drifting to the bottom of the harbor. | ||
| 43 | tender | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1842 | He felt it, a tender vibration all along his frame, more than he heard it. | ||
| 44 | whine | Gerund | UNKNOWN | 1843 | But nothing else came to her - not the whimper of a survivor, not the whining, grating voice of a goblin, not the guttural grunts of the fomorian giants. | ||
| 45 | feed | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1844 | Just the birds, feeding on the bodies of her fallen friends. | ||
| 46 | maintain | Verb | B2 | 1845 | Elbryan found that he could not possibly maintain such a stance. | ||
| 47 | thud | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1846 | He heard a thud at the side and turned to see one of those tiny elvish. | ||
| 48 | substantial | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1847 | Inevitably the hits, particularly on Elbryan, became more substantial as weariness caused some sloppy defensive posturing. | ||
| 49 | despair | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1848 | She knew all of it and yet that knowledge brought only despair, for he was too close, too ready, and she could not hope to defend. | ||
| 50 | vivid | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1849 | Elbryan forced himself to stay away from such vivid empathy, realizing that he could easily lose himself in utter despair. | ||
| 51 | mass | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1850 | But even with all that mass, there was nothing awkward about the young man. | ||
| 52 | encircle | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1851 | The elves quietly encircling him paused and cocked curious ears. | ||
| 53 | superior | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1852 | He had come to feel special, in many ways superior. | ||
| 54 | scamper | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1853 | He tried to scamper away, but Bestesbulzibar towered over him, looking down, laughing, teasing. | ||
| 55 | blend | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1854 | Because I see them, they blend. | ||
| 56 | female | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1855 | The guards were forty in number, with only seven of them female. | ||
| 57 | erupt | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1856 | Her glare at Juraviel was almost threatening as laughter erupted about her. | ||
| 58 | sailing | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1857 | They had another month of sailing, at the least, and the captain honestly wondered if his crew would show that much patience. | ||
| 59 | possession | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1858 | Avelyn realized then that an attempt at possession was akin to fighting an enemy on his home ground. | ||
| 60 | release | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1859 | Jill rolled away immediately, falling to the side, grabbing at the release pin and pulling hard. | ||
| 61 | harbor | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1860 | Then likely he was now a charred thing, drifting to the bottom of the harbor. | ||
| 62 | string | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1861 | No answer, no hint, just the murmur, an endless string of mysterious whispers. | ||
| 63 | tense | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1862 | His breath came slow and steady, and he let that sensation spread throughout his tense body, easing muscles, finding a solid harmony, a more perfect balance. | ||
| 64 | flowers | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1863 | 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. | ||
| 65 | predictable | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1864 | Avelyn was shaking his head before Elbryan even finished the predictable sentence. | ||
| 66 | terrain | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1865 | He knew the terrain, had marked it clearly in his thoughts before the night had fallen. | ||
| 67 | outward | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1866 | Thus, Avelyn simply sat staring outward, too overwhelmed even to eat, and waited for the Windrunner. | ||
| 68 | frustrate | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1867 | He ignored them, didn't even hear them, lost in his self pity, consumed by frustrated rage. | ||
| 69 | sputter | Gerund | UNKNOWN | 1868 | He put Elbryan's head under the liquid, brought him up, sputtering, then dunked him again. | ||
| 70 | friendship | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1869 | For a long time, the innkeeper had kept his friendship with Elbryan quiet and low-key, knowing that his own reputation might be at stake. | ||
| 71 | guest | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1870 | All four of the dactyl's guests felt that imposing weight keenly. | ||
| 72 | roughly | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 1871 | After a long moment, Tuntun nudged him roughly. | ||
| 73 | lewd | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1872 | And what would ye have me say?" she asked, a mischievous, lewd sparkle coming to her blue eyes. | ||
| 74 | alley | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1873 | Jill left the alley hurriedly, thinking to go back to her room across town. | ||
| 75 | inquire | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1874 | She considered going back into the Way and inquiring about this Halo right then, but her concentration was broken by a sharp, metallic sound. | ||
| 76 | sails | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1875 | As Bafway, the third month, whose end marked the spring equinox, neared, the whispers became a contest to see who might first spot the square sails of the chartered ship. | ||
| 77 | tide | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1876 | The Windrunner caught the next tide away from the unlawful and dangerous place, and they were soon into Entel harbor. | ||
| 78 | sitting | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1877 | The young man shifted to a sitting position and sagged on the wet ground. | ||
| 79 | pat | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1878 | He walked to Avelyn and patted the huge man on the shoulder. | ||
| 80 | method | Noun | B2 | 1879 | At first, the monk used the conventional methods, the same lessons that had been given to him in St.-Mere-Abelle. | ||
| 81 | accuse | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1880 | How dare he accuse Elbryan and Pony, if that was indeed what he was doing. | ||
| 82 | predictably | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 1881 | Then he sent it straight out a second time, cutting short the thrust as the elf predictably ducked. | ||
| 83 | welcome | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1882 | Finally came the welcome sound of oars and the boat, all three safely aboard. | ||
| 84 | signal | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1883 | Up in front, one of the women signaled that the caravan was nearly upon them. | ||
| 85 | mounted | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1884 | They used to call me Jilly." Her excitement mounted with each word, and so did Connor's. | ||
| 86 | stoic | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1885 | Always had the ranger seemed stoic and often stern, but never as grim as now. | ||
| 87 | disappoint | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1886 | He was determined not to disappoint Juraviel and not to let Tuntun be right about anything. | ||
| 88 | drag | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1887 | Brother Justice dragged him along. | ||
| 89 | valuable | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1888 | "That stone is, more valuable than all my ship." Quintall looked it over curiously. | ||
| 90 | kin | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1889 | He hesitated; were these goblins responsible for what their kin had done to Elbryan's home? | ||
| 91 | flying | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1890 | Jill dodged easily, then kicked out behind the flying weapon, just nicking the powrie on the back but solidly enough so the overbalanced dwarf fell from the parapet eight feet to the ground below. | ||
| 92 | torn | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1891 | The upheaval was recent, that much was perfectly clear, for the soil on the torn side of the ridge was loose and deep brown, pocked here and there by a root, but with no fresh, aboveground growth. | ||
| 93 | wedding | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1892 | Nearly two years had passed since her "wedding night," but the pain remained vivid indeed. | ||
| 94 | approaching | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1893 | Might the bonds of approaching matrimony be tightening?" "Hardly," Connor replied. | ||
| 95 | pin | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1894 | Jill rolled away immediately, falling to the side, grabbing at the release pin and pulling hard. | ||
| 96 | trick | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1895 | The giant was not without a trick of its own, though. | ||
| 97 | instrument | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1896 | The man would be reduced to an instrument of destruction, Avelyn's destruction. | ||
| 98 | archer | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1897 | Jill worked to get behind the boat, to use it as a barrier against the powrie archers on the deck. | ||
| 99 | telltale | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1898 | The monk had shed his telltale brown robe in favor of the more normal dress of a villager. | ||
| 100 | slice | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1899 | It was not a serious wound, a tiny slice, too small to have been caused by a dagger, even. | ||
| 101 | missile | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1900 | Concentrate your missiles on the giants pulling the front catapult. |