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| 1 | lemma | pos | cefr_level | coverage_rank | context_sentence | context_sentence_zh | definition_zh |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | downward | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2701 | He fell away and Elbryan came up hard, bringing Hawkwing horizontal above his head in both hands to catch the downward chop of the second man's sword. | ||
| 3 | frozen | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2702 | The northern end of the valley was carpeted by snow, but only a few inches, and the small pond up there was frozen solid - Elbryan had once seen a handful of elves dancing and playing on the ice. | ||
| 4 | bathe | Verb | UNKNOWN | 2703 | Elbryan realized that he was bathed in a cold sweat. | ||
| 5 | bank | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2704 | He was on a mossy bank, a gentle slope that put his head comfortably above his feet. | ||
| 6 | sunset | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2705 | The boy believed the sun to be in the west, halfway from noon to sunset. | ||
| 7 | cryptic | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2706 | But this cryptic talk of a spiritual joining did not seem so imposing. | ||
| 8 | scowl | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2707 | "To think we have been forgotten in a mere century." Elbryan's scowl melted away in curiosity. | ||
| 9 | unpreparedness | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2708 | He had to somehow show them their own unpreparedness, their own weakness. | ||
| 10 | misty | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2709 | Not so far down, they moved beneath the misty canopy, and the forested valley came clear to Elbryan. | ||
| 11 | lush | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2710 | The undergrowth was lush and thick. | ||
| 12 | unseen | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2711 | Up on the balcony, unseen by the victim and his pair of torturers, Master Jojonah sighed and shook his head. | ||
| 13 | replay | Verb | UNKNOWN | 2712 | He forced himself to remember Dundalis, to replay the horror, that he might find a fighting edge. | ||
| 14 | false | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2713 | For Jill, her face was a mask of paint and false smiles. | ||
| 15 | excitedly | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 2714 | "My young human!" he said suddenly, excitedly, clapping his delicate hands together in mock glee. | ||
| 16 | promising | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2715 | Despite the promising events, the demon now paced about its obsidian throne anxiously. | ||
| 17 | detachment | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2716 | The boy could control it, could find that necessary place of detachment ... | ||
| 18 | contemplate | Verb | B2 | 2717 | But, no, we cannot fly as do the birds." He came back to the ground, his face suddenly serious as he contemplated his own words. | ||
| 19 | darkest | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2718 | It was good that the boy could think such things at this darkest time in his life, was good that he could press on logically, stoically. | ||
| 20 | fleet | Gerund | UNKNOWN | 2719 | That notion was lost along with so many others, fleeting thoughts banging into a wall of images. | ||
| 21 | drawing | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2720 | Quintall's grasp was the darkness of the demo cold, drawing the very life force from his opponent. | ||
| 22 | boundary | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2721 | The fog had receded now to the edges of the vale, and there it hung, blurring the dark shadows of the towering mountains, blurring the boundary between earth and sky. | ||
| 23 | icy | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2722 | Quintall fixed him with an icy stare. | ||
| 24 | wad | Verb | UNKNOWN | 2723 | He picked up his basket, cursed when one pant leg slipped down into the water, then waded out through the reeds. | ||
| 25 | laden | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2724 | And their poles were laden with the deer they would need, and with ... | ||
| 26 | deceivingly | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 2725 | 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. | ||
| 27 | cling | Verb | UNKNOWN | 2726 | Avelyn clung to the powrie's sword arm, for all his life. | ||
| 28 | heritage | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2727 | Only a coward of goblin heritage would attack someone who has no weapons with which to strike back!" The next arrow razored painfully across the back of his neck, drawing a line of bright blood. | ||
| 29 | painfully | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 2728 | It was coming back, but painfully slowly, for now she was growing quite impatient. | ||
| 30 | wheel | Verb | UNKNOWN | 2729 | He started to work himself to one side, but then a wheel succumbed to the flames and the gigantic catapult creaked and rocked to the side, pinning the monk. | ||
| 31 | groin | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2730 | A shift of the angle sent his staff poking straight up, smacking the man's groin. | ||
| 32 | clutching | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2731 | The boy went down hard, clutching and groaning, feeling suddenly weak and nauseous. | ||
| 33 | lick | Verb | UNKNOWN | 2732 | There came a bright flash and then the monk lay still, low flames licking his lifeless body. | ||
| 34 | attain | Verb | UNKNOWN | 2733 | "What height must I attain to satisfy the judgment of Tuntun and the many other elves of like mind? | ||
| 35 | agility | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2734 | A combination of strength and agility, a balanced, thinking warrior. | ||
| 36 | benefit | Noun | B2 | 2735 | But it was not without its benefits. | ||
| 37 | load | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2736 | His legs grew strong and agile from carrying loads and dodging traps. | ||
| 38 | establishment | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2737 | He liked the money the establishment brought in, though, and the young woman already understood that if Graevis and. | ||
| 39 | cheap | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2738 | Brother Justice found their stories, sputtered for the price of a few cheap ales, quite interesting. | ||
| 40 | paying | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2739 | Elbryan held steady his breath, paying close attention, for though he could understand the melodic language, many individual words might elude him if he was not careful. | ||
| 41 | blaze | Verb | UNKNOWN | 2740 | In the Way the hearth was always blazing, the beds were always soft, and the song was always loud. | ||
| 42 | bustle | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2741 | The moment ended all too soon, Cat-the-Stray tuning back to the bustle of the lively room about her. | ||
| 43 | truthfully | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 2742 | She knew that Graevis spoke truthfully; she, and not the patrons, was in control in here. | ||
| 44 | gliding | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2743 | For now Avelyn, had his duties, and his goal was growing closer with each gliding league. | ||
| 45 | differently | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 2744 | Cat suffered his insults, but couldn't dismiss the realization that Pettibwa would have handled it differently, better. | ||
| 46 | apology | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2745 | Cat suffered the inevitable apology, the insincere man only offering it at the end of his twisted arm. | ||
| 47 | leaving | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2746 | The flight stopped, leaving Brother Justice standing right before the dais. | ||
| 48 | polite | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2747 | To Cat-the-Stray, his adopted sister, he was always polite, too polite. | ||
| 49 | populous | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2748 | The real challenge lay in the south, in the most prosperous and populous kingdom, in Honce-the-Bear. | ||
| 50 | fleeting | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2749 | Even now, surrounded by the love of the Chilichunks, the place was not home; could never replace the fleeting image of a cabin that she held so dear. | ||
| 51 | predicament | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2750 | It had been given to her affectionately, she knew, and with all sympathy for her pitiful predicament, and so she had not argued. | ||
| 52 | pelt | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2751 | Then came the long journey, tagging along with a merchant caravan that had swapped crafted items to the people of the small frontier village in exchange for pelts and great trees that would be used as masts for the sailing ships built in Palmaris. | ||
| 53 | orphan | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2752 | Any reservations that the nobleman's family had held toward the peasant orphan girl had been washed away when they met Jill, truly beautiful both inside and out. | ||
| 54 | splinter | Verb | UNKNOWN | 2753 | The leg had splintered in the fall; Cat could see the jagged edge of a bone poking through the skin. | ||
| 55 | jagged | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2754 | The leg had splintered in the fall; Cat could see the jagged edge of a bone poking through the skin. | ||
| 56 | midnight | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2755 | He didn't know the hour but suspected that midnight was near or that it had come and gone. | ||
| 57 | religious | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2756 | They studied with their respective classmates throughout the day, learning their religious duties and expectations, the day-to-day functions of the abbey, and the fighting techniques. | ||
| 58 | garish | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2757 | Adjonas straightened, the blood rushing to his face, making that garish scar seem all the more imposing. | ||
| 59 | baldric | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2758 | He pulled a stone from his baldric, a small red ruby, and handed it over. | ||
| 60 | perilous | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2759 | He had to set the ground rules right away or this would be a long and perilous journey indeed. | ||
| 61 | offend | Verb | UNKNOWN | 2760 | He saw that his three companions apparently didn't share his feelings, for Quintall openly scowled as if he were offended by a mere ship's captain speaking so forcefully to him. | ||
| 62 | impart | Verb | UNKNOWN | 2761 | Quintall seemed disgusted, but Siherton was unbending, silently imparting to the aggravated Quintall that his. | ||
| 63 | drifting | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2762 | Pellimar reached the drifting boat first, pulling himself cautiously up its slick, rounded side. | ||
| 64 | mainmast | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2763 | He ordered Thagraine and Quintall up the yard of the mainmast, and so up they went, faster than any crewman on the Windrunner. | ||
| 65 | observe | Verb | UNKNOWN | 2764 | He had learned to observe the world through the senses of each animal, understood now each creature's fears and needs. | ||
| 66 | twig | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2765 | He had to leap away instead, far out to the side, crashing through twigs and saplings, for the boulder superheated, turned red, and then melted away right below him! | ||
| 67 | elm | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2766 | The giant was near a wide-branching elm with thick, solid limbs. | ||
| 68 | stature | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2767 | Though diminutive in stature, they were said to be stronger than an average man and with incredible stamina. | ||
| 69 | sparring | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2768 | He could never catch Tuntun off her guard; she relished the sparring matches, acting as if they were her personal forum for punishing the young man. | ||
| 70 | intend | Verb | UNKNOWN | 2769 | "What magic do you intend for Symphony?" he wanted to know. | ||
| 71 | overrun | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2770 | The monstrous troop in the south had been overrun, so it seemed. | ||
| 72 | abrupt | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2771 | The would be attacker skidded to an abrupt stop, recognizing the man. | ||
| 73 | correctly | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 2772 | He turned a corner within a triangle of tight pines, expecting correctly that the zombie would be there. | ||
| 74 | pivot | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2773 | The eager young man rushed through the opening, shuffling a few steps past Tallareyish's right flank, then cut a swift pivot, grabbing his pole down low with both hands and sweeping it back. | ||
| 75 | conclude | Verb | UNKNOWN | 2774 | "You approve of my appearance," he concluded. | ||
| 76 | shy | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2775 | The folk of Dundalis were, a hardy bunch, not shying from the occasional fight. | ||
| 77 | disturbing | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2776 | Avelyn remained with her for a long while, fearing that disturbing dreams would visit her. | ||
| 78 | bold | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2777 | Avelyn and Pellimar held their breath at the bold words. | ||
| 79 | faraway | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2778 | He had hoped simply to drive the bear faraway into the deeper woodlands. | ||
| 80 | pleasant | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2779 | "Flowing out from Aida, encompassing all the world under its blackness." It was not a pleasant thought. | ||
| 81 | rigging | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2780 | They were busy every minute, checking and rechecking lines, adjusting the rigging, for the Windrunner hadn't been out to deep sea in several years and Captain Adjonas was clearly nervous. | ||
| 82 | feathered | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2781 | To the relief of the monks - though Quintall felt a bit of disappointment Adjonas tipped his great feathered hat to the monk and nodded slightly, a clear sign of respect. | ||
| 83 | wholly | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 2782 | He still wasn't wholly convinced that he agreed with the technique - or the purpose - of Quintall's training, but he had to admit that it seemed effective. | ||
| 84 | clasp | PastTense | UNKNOWN | 2783 | They were not clasped, rather, his right hand was cupped, fingers set tight, forearm muscles twitching from the strain. | ||
| 85 | league | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2784 | For now Avelyn, had his duties, and his goal was growing closer with each gliding league. | ||
| 86 | chewing | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2785 | "Sheltered in your mother's arms, you have never learned of such treasures." Quintall would say no more about it, leaving Avelyn chewing his lip in frustration for the rest of the afternoon. | ||
| 87 | smelly | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2786 | A bear or a porcupine or even a smelly skunk might have slipped in here, and it was with great relief that Elbryan found the cave apparently empty, and not so large. | ||
| 88 | solace | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2787 | His only solace came in his many discussions with Master Jojonah, to whom he still felt a bond. | ||
| 89 | nightshirt | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2788 | He caught her by surprise, wearing only a dirty nightshirt. | ||
| 90 | local | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2789 | Pellimar suggested that they pay a visit to the local abbey. | ||
| 91 | impose | Verb | UNKNOWN | 2790 | Adjonas straightened, the blood rushing to his face, making that garish scar seem all the more imposing. | ||
| 92 | sentiment | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2791 | He expressed that sentiment to Juraviel one quiet afternoon, he and the elf out on a long walk, talking of the plants and animals. | ||
| 93 | marriage | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2792 | The reaction of Pettibwa and Graevis to the news of the marriage was not hard to predict. | ||
| 94 | forsake | Verb | UNKNOWN | 2793 | Thus find your hearts and enemies true And all ill ways forsake And know the time for righteousness! | ||
| 95 | twirl | Gerund | UNKNOWN | 2794 | Now firmly held in both hands, his staff made a second twirl, then came arching diagonally toward the ground, toward Tuntun. | ||
| 96 | dirk | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2795 | 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. | ||
| 97 | coin | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2796 | Tuntun could roll four coins at a time on each of her hands; she could juggle a dozen daggers, or even flaming brands, effortlessly. | ||
| 98 | stabbing | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 2797 | Connor thrust against her, but she felt no stabbing point. | ||
| 99 | pluck | Gerund | UNKNOWN | 2798 | She was ripe for the plucking. | ||
| 100 | borne | Noun | UNKNOWN | 2799 | That left only one possibility, an escape borne on translucent wings. | ||
| 101 | pounce | Infinitive | UNKNOWN | 2800 | She had meant to pounce right upon stupid Elbryan's back, driving her wooden practice sword into the back of his neck. |