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| 1 | lemma | pos | cefr_level | coverage_rank | context_sentence | context_sentence_zh | definition_zh |
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| 2 | swimming | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4301 | There were indeed powries on her deck now, some with heavy crossbows; taking potshots at the swimming monks. | ||
| 3 | rule | Verb | UNKNOWN | 4302 | He had to set the ground rules right away or this would be a long and perilous journey indeed. | ||
| 4 | slave | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4303 | This was Adjonas' ship, that Quintall did not dispute, but the abbey had paid well for this transport and the brothers had not been put aboard as slaves. | ||
| 5 | pirate | Verb | UNKNOWN | 4304 | "To be in sight of land would mean to be in sight of pirates." He snorted and walked away, but paused, looked back, and motioned to them. | ||
| 6 | unknowing | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 4305 | Only unknowing blackness. | ||
| 7 | approval | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4306 | Quintall nodded his approval and Thagraine led the eager Pellimar away. | ||
| 8 | climbing | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4307 | Jill sheathed her sword instead, pulled her belt off, and leaped out from the wall, beyond the climbing dwarf. | ||
| 9 | expense | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4308 | The other three townsfolk joined in the laughter, more than willing to do so at Elbryan's expense. | ||
| 10 | urges | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4309 | He had never expected such a thing, could not comprehend that his companions, on the most important journey of their lives should they live a century, would surrender to such base urges. | ||
| 11 | diversion | Plural | UNKNOWN | 4310 | All his adult life had been devoted to his studies; there had been no time for such diversions. | ||
| 12 | bien | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4311 | Those wicked stories of Bien deLouisa flitted through his memory. | ||
| 13 | delouisa | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4312 | Those wicked stories of Bien deLouisa flitted through his memory. | ||
| 14 | stateroom | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4313 | Every time he passed that cabin door, a small stateroom just behind the quarters of Captain Adjonas, he trembled. | ||
| 15 | fitful | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 4314 | He awoke, from his fitful sleep before the dawn. | ||
| 16 | tossing | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4315 | His sleep every night was fitful, tossing and turning even more than did the Windrunner on the rough swells. | ||
| 17 | meld | Verb | UNKNOWN | 4316 | All his dreams melded into that singular, mounting fear. | ||
| 18 | caricature | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4317 | The cave seemed a gigantic caricature of a king's throne room. | ||
| 19 | amble | Verb | UNKNOWN | 4318 | The old man ambled away on bowed legs. | ||
| 20 | aft | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4319 | He rubbed his hands together and started aft. | ||
| 21 | gravely | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 4320 | Avelyn nodded gravely, not liking where this was going. | ||
| 22 | shipboard | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4321 | For Avelyn, this was a most sacred mission, the most important duty of the Abellican Church, and to profane it so by indulging in a shipboard orgy, was surely blasphemous. | ||
| 23 | dealing | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4322 | His actions now carried serious consequences concerning his future dealings with his three companions. | ||
| 24 | cute | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 4323 | Her face seemed tiny, framed by the voluminous hair, but cute, if not beautiful, and her frame, too, was small and thin. | ||
| 25 | hem | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4324 | "Well, good enough then," she said, and she tossed the blanket onto the bed, then reached for the hem of her short shirt, pulling it up. | ||
| 26 | elevate | Verb | UNKNOWN | 4325 | This fifth target, some hundred yards away, was the first for which Elbryan had to elevate his shot. | ||
| 27 | mankind | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4326 | The weakness of mankind, the impiety of. | ||
| 28 | itchy | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 4327 | "A bit itchy?" "I am a man," Avelyn assured her in all confidence. | ||
| 29 | southwest | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 4328 | The Windrunner made great time, cutting southwest from the southern reaches of the Mantis Arm in a direct run to Freeport. | ||
| 30 | undertow | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4329 | So she shed her red Coastpoint jacket and her heavy boots and went over the side, fighting the undertow every inch of the way through the icy water. | ||
| 31 | sooner | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 4330 | Sooner or later, one of the pairs, or perhaps both, would stumble upon the dactyl or some of its deadly minions. | ||
| 32 | safely | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 4331 | Finally came the welcome sound of oars and the boat, all three safely aboard. | ||
| 33 | uncharacteristic | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 4332 | Who might this leader of the herd be to inspire such uncharacteristic respect from cocky Bradwarden? | ||
| 34 | landscape | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4333 | The wind rushed past his ears, the landscape flying along beneath, such a thrill of the run, such a smoothness of stride, that Elbryan would have sworn he was flying across a cushion of air. | ||
| 35 | bulging | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 4334 | - halfway around the bulging forearm. | ||
| 36 | stance | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4335 | Elbryan found that he could not possibly maintain such a stance. | ||
| 37 | tragic | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 4336 | All the world, save Avelyn and the perpetrators, would think this a tragic accident. | ||
| 38 | cheat | Verb | UNKNOWN | 4337 | When the ways of merchants turn cheating, When the legs of women bow, When gain is ill not just. | ||
| 39 | awakening | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4338 | Then he turned his attention to the awakening world about him. | ||
| 40 | trench | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4339 | There are reports of a trench, a great upheaval, not twenty miles beyond our valley." Juraviel looked to the north, to the wild lands beyond his elven home and far beyond the settlements of any humans. | ||
| 41 | upheaval | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4340 | There are reports of a trench, a great upheaval, not twenty miles beyond our valley." Juraviel looked to the north, to the wild lands beyond his elven home and far beyond the settlements of any humans. | ||
| 42 | stickler | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4341 | At first, Jill thought the new warder more her style, a stickler for detail and duty. | ||
| 43 | attune | Verb | UNKNOWN | 4342 | Compelled I say, pulled by the magic of the stones, by a distant power that long ago attuned itself to these special stones." Pony looked at him curiously, not really understanding. | ||
| 44 | uncanny | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 4343 | Around and around the weapons went, reminding Elbryan of her uncanny dexterity. | ||
| 45 | precision | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4344 | But that quickness and precision would not be enough, Elbryan told himself. | ||
| 46 | underhand | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4345 | Perfect height for an underhand swing. | ||
| 47 | vertical | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 4346 | The elf squealed and threw her sword out to the side, blade vertical, its tip nearly touching the ground. | ||
| 48 | occur | Verb | UNKNOWN | 4347 | And so they fought, evenly matched, for a long while, poles sometimes slapping together so rapidly that it occurred to Elbryan that, if they had some kindling, they might light a fire from friction alone! | ||
| 49 | err | Verb | UNKNOWN | 4348 | I feared that I had erred in my course, that I had returned home by memory, not by vision. | ||
| 50 | unpredictable | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 4349 | He thought himself foolish as he neared the unpredictable Tuntun, expecting that she would find the strength to drive her dirk into his face, thus claiming a draw. | ||
| 51 | thunderstorm | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4350 | Earthquakes and thunderstorms, swirling tornadoes, even exploding volcanoes, were more often than not natural events. | ||
| 52 | volcano | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4351 | Earthquakes and thunderstorms, swirling tornadoes, even exploding volcanoes, were more often than not natural events. | ||
| 53 | magnetic | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 4352 | Lodestone was highly magnetic; its enchantment would send it fast to a metal surface. | ||
| 54 | brothel | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4353 | His other needs could be taken care of in the many brothels that openly offered their wares in the city, but of course he didn't need to tell Jill, his Jilly, about that. | ||
| 55 | ware | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4354 | His other needs could be taken care of in the many brothels that openly offered their wares in the city, but of course he didn't need to tell Jill, his Jilly, about that. | ||
| 56 | refuge | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4355 | She couldn't look at the man but kept her eyes locked on the stars, as if seeking refuge high above. | ||
| 57 | proposal | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4356 | Her first instinct told her to refuse the proposal. | ||
| 58 | considering | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4357 | She believed him with all her heart, and she had come to love him, so she thought: What else could it be called, after all, considering that her smile came so easily whenever he was in sight? | ||
| 59 | hopping | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4358 | Pettibwa was distinctly more animated, hopping up and down, breasts and belly bouncing wildly, and clapping her hands together, her cheeks fast streaking with an outburst of tears. | ||
| 60 | plush | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4359 | No longer did the island seem so plush and inviting. | ||
| 61 | discard | Verb | UNKNOWN | 4360 | Grady knew too much about Connor's nighttime pursuits for the nobleman to discard him, and though Grady had never even hinted at blackmail, Connor understood him well enough to fear him. | ||
| 62 | applaud | Verb | UNKNOWN | 4361 | Putting your maidenhead on a barbed hook and jiggling it before the baron's nephew." Grady silently applauded his conniving little sister, though his perception of her actions almost scared him; he had never thought her capable of such a beautifully treacherous play. | ||
| 63 | feigning | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4362 | The monk leaped ahead, feigning a punch and kicking straight out for Elbryan's knee. | ||
| 64 | royalty | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4363 | "A lady must be well practiced in the ways of lovemaking for royalty," one of them remarked. | ||
| 65 | nonsense | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4364 | One of the giants continued to stammer on about bad luck and other such nonsense, trying hard to concoct some excuse that might keep its skin attached to its body. | ||
| 66 | tonight | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4365 | "Tonight." And then he had left Jill with the thought. | ||
| 67 | inhibition | Plural | UNKNOWN | 4366 | He was trying to loosen up her inhibitions, and she was, too. | ||
| 68 | comments | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4367 | The ball ended far too soon, at Connor's insistence, which brought more than a few randy comments. | ||
| 69 | mansion | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4368 | And then the night, spent in the mansion of Baron Bildeborough! | ||
| 70 | obscene | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 4369 | 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! | ||
| 71 | kissing | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4370 | Jill felt her knees buckle and she would have gone down, except Connor was on her again, squeezing her tight, kissing her all about the face and neck. | ||
| 72 | tenderness | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4371 | Even worse, there was no love, no tenderness in his face as he stalked back to her, just heated desire, an almost angry passion. | ||
| 73 | hesitance | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4372 | Her hesitance incited his rage once more. | ||
| 74 | incite | Verb | UNKNOWN | 4373 | Her hesitance incited his rage once more. | ||
| 75 | log | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4374 | She saw the ember fall from a log, orange glowing like the eye of some hideous night creature. | ||
| 76 | pleadingly | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 4375 | She looked up pleadingly at the two women that held her, but both seemed impassive, even somehow pleased by it all, by the sight of her, and of Connor - seemed pleased by her helplessness and their part in it. | ||
| 77 | helplessness | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4376 | The centaur understood what the man was feeling, the sense of his own loss those years before and the helplessness now in the face of a repeat of that disaster. | ||
| 78 | magistrate | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4377 | "We shall let the magistrate, Abbot Dobrinion, determine her fate in the morning. | ||
| 79 | blister | Verb | UNKNOWN | 4378 | He burned and blistered, then browned, darker and darker, taking on the leathery appearance of those seasoned sailors around him. | ||
| 80 | leathery | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4379 | He burned and blistered, then browned, darker and darker, taking on the leathery appearance of those seasoned sailors around him. | ||
| 81 | scraggly | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 4380 | He tried to keep clean shaven, as did his monk companions, but there was no blade fine enough, and soon all three had scraggly beards. | ||
| 82 | romantic | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 4381 | All romantic notions Avelyn had held concerning sea voyages were long gone, washed away by the slow, creaking, rolling reality. | ||
| 83 | forbid | Verb | UNKNOWN | 4382 | Even to utter the, name of the island without Father Abbot's permission was forbidden. | ||
| 84 | including | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4383 | Even if he beat these two, others were coming fast, including the one with the glowing spike! | ||
| 85 | crimson | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4384 | Soft blues and purples, vivid oranges and sometimes a deep crimson lined the night sky, lifting hearts and spirits. | ||
| 86 | unrelenting | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 4385 | Adjonas' voice was grim and unrelenting. | ||
| 87 | waylay | Verb | UNKNOWN | 4386 | "They waylay ships simply to kill. | ||
| 88 | newfound | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4387 | A light snow had begun to fall all across the forest, but it seemed to shy from the ranger's camp, from the heat of the ranger's fire, from the warmth of Brother Avelyn's newfound home. | ||
| 89 | pillage | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4388 | They attack only to pillage enough stores to get them to the next ship and for the simple thrill of the hunt and torture." | ||
| 90 | mister | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4389 | "Fill our sails, Mister Smealy," he instructed. | ||
| 91 | hooks | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4390 | "Oh, damn," she sputtered; seeing many of the hooks gaining a firm hold on the walls. | ||
| 92 | trader | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4391 | "Yach, trader, give her up! | ||
| 93 | hinged | Verb | UNKNOWN | 4392 | He hated risking them all but realized the success of the mission hinged on their actions right now. | ||
| 94 | operation | Singular | UNKNOWN | 4393 | Adjonas motioned to Bunkus Smealy; this was Quintall's operation now, and the Windrunner captain, with no other apparent options, was more than willing to give the sturdy monk his chance. | ||
| 95 | smoothly | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 4394 | The barrelboat closed - fifty yards, forty, twenty - cutting the water smoothly. | ||
| 96 | diagonal | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4395 | Then it jerked suddenly and its straight run shifted to the diagonal. | ||
| 97 | ladder | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4396 | The dwarf caught the gem securely, but surrendered his hold on the ladder. | ||
| 98 | hatchway | Noun | UNKNOWN | 4397 | He had one hand below him and managed to push the hatch back as they descended, Avelyn rolling right over the hatchway, the deceivingly agile powrie hopping to its feet atop the now-closed portal. | ||
| 99 | evilly | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 4398 | The dwarf lifted its sword, grinning evilly, and let out a wail that shook Avelyn to the marrow of his bones :as he lay prone not far away. | ||
| 100 | spindly | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 4399 | With their heavy bodies and spindly limbs, powries were not strong swimmers, and Quintall easily overtook the dazed creature, pushing it under the water and gaining a seat atop its shoulders. | ||
| 101 | temporarily | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 4400 | The barrelboat was disabled temporarily, but the fight was hardly over. |