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| 1 | lemma | pos | cefr_level | coverage_rank | context_sentence | context_sentence_zh | definition_zh |
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| 2 | numb | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3201 | Master Wink-and-Slap twisted his face at her again and gave a breathless burst of laughter, his throat no doubt numb from the drink. | ||
| 3 | tow | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3202 | Cat caught the word "whore," and then she was not surprised to see Graevis, several of the other regulars in tow, crossing the room, their faces suddenly grim. | ||
| 4 | inspired | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3203 | The young woman made her way around the back of the inn, down a dark alley that inspired no fear, and up a gutter, to the one section of Fellowship Way's roof that was not slanted. | ||
| 5 | mast | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3204 | 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. | ||
| 6 | exist | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3205 | Did such a thing as the Halo even exist, or was her memory a mere fantasy? | ||
| 7 | slug | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3206 | She slapped away his grabbing hands, then slugged him twice in the face. | ||
| 8 | channel | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3207 | She let all the tears and all the unanswered screams come out, channeled them into a level of violence that the drunk could not have foreseen. | ||
| 9 | gag | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3208 | It was a dagger, small but nasty, and thrown perfectly to hit the gagged and bound woman right in the throat, just under her jawbone. | ||
| 10 | salute | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3209 | "Some hero I prove to be," the man said, bringing his sword back in a salute to the young woman. | ||
| 11 | rooftop | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3210 | It was up on that rooftop, under a sky that was streaked by clouds and stars, that Connor first mentioned the prospect of marriage. | ||
| 12 | righteousness | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3211 | Were the fifteen Holy Orders of God, the rules of righteousness, truly God inspired, or were they merely rules of keeping order within a civilized society? | ||
| 13 | civilize | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3212 | Were the fifteen Holy Orders of God, the rules of righteousness, truly God inspired, or were they merely rules of keeping order within a civilized society? | ||
| 14 | formally | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 3213 | She had no idea how to proceed - Avelyn had not formally trained her with this most dangerous of stones - but she knew that she must try. | ||
| 15 | charter | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3214 | Avelyn and Thagraine had been formally named as the Preparers, the two monks who would leave the chartered ship and go onto the island of Pimaninicuit to collect and prepare the stones, while Quintall and Pellimar would remain aboard, going onto the island only should one of the chosen pair falter. | ||
| 16 | leverage | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3215 | The man was impossibly strong, his stocky frame and low center of gravity giving him the leverage he needed to punish Avelyn endlessly. | ||
| 17 | unsettling | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3216 | Elbryan lifted his eyes at that unsettling notion, looked at the sky as if he expected the dactyl demon to be swooping upon him even then. | ||
| 18 | ferocious | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3217 | When she wouldn't - couldn't - tell him anything about the staff-wielding stranger who had intervened in the inn, the ferocious monk had beaten her again, and now one of her eyes was swollen closed. | ||
| 19 | disease | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3218 | He feared that the bear was in the grip of some disease, perhaps, or was wounded. | ||
| 20 | isle | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3219 | What Avelyn focused on, therefore, was the destination, the isle itself. | ||
| 21 | cease | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3220 | Even after the showers ceased, the pair would have to wait some time before handling the heated stones, and then the work would be too furious and desperate to pause and contemplate God. | ||
| 22 | supporting | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3221 | Elbryan countered by letting go of his staff with his top hand, rolling it under the blocking arm, then grabbing it and sweeping low for the monk's supporting leg. | ||
| 23 | stud | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3222 | And the dactyl made even finer protection for its four chieftains, great magical bracers, studded with spikes, that would protect the wearer from the blows of any weapon. | ||
| 24 | garment | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3223 | His hand came up and unlaced her cloak; and she let the garment drop without protest, cool air on her skin. | ||
| 25 | crop | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3224 | He was dirty and gray, his hair cropped short and badly trimmed, and his beard untended. | ||
| 26 | execute | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3225 | Adjonas watched it all anxiously, moving along the rail as his ship executed a turn. | ||
| 27 | glisten | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3226 | The ceremony began before dawn, intensified as the sun glistened on the horizon across the waters, then went on and on, one prayer after another, each song louder than the previous. | ||
| 28 | curt | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3227 | Adjonas gave a curt nod, and Quintall paced by him, the other three monks in tow. | ||
| 29 | skittish | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3228 | And to a deer, perhaps the most skittish creature of all ... | ||
| 30 | twitch | Gerund | UNKNOWN | 3229 | The deer's head came up, ears twitching, scanning; Elbryan's smile vanished. | ||
| 31 | vanish | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3230 | The deer's head came up, ears twitching, scanning; Elbryan's smile vanished. | ||
| 32 | phrase | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3231 | The young man knew all the word's, all the common phrases, now, after five years in Andur'Blough Inninness, and only his inflections still needed perfecting. | ||
| 33 | uneven | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3232 | Elbryan was expected to bathe daily, to keep his clothing clean, and since his beard was splotchy and uneven, not yet that of a man, to keep his face clean shaven. | ||
| 34 | elude | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3233 | 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. | ||
| 35 | stealth | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3234 | He forgot all about his game of surprising the pair then, and used his stealth ability to extract himself from the area, return to his tree house - which was closer to the ground than the sky - to shave and to prepare himself for his next sparring session, one he suddenly intended to win. | ||
| 36 | fury | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3235 | "And you," Elbryan answered, and on he came, full of fury and determination. | ||
| 37 | clockwise | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3236 | He had to anticipate, and so he did, flipping his spear over one hand counterclockwise and then back again, then again clockwise, then back the other way. | ||
| 38 | pressing | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3237 | At this point, Tallareyish was playing white, pressing the attack, but Elbryan meant to reverse that. | ||
| 39 | reasonable | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3238 | The fellow had his huge axe out in front of him, and if Elbryan couldn't offer a reasonable answer, there was little doubt what he meant to do with it. | ||
| 40 | diva | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3239 | Something daring, even desperate, like the shadow dive Tallareyish had used to defeat him. | ||
| 41 | timing | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3240 | "You executed the plant of your staff on hip perfectly, and your step timing was without error. | ||
| 42 | permanent | Adjective | B2 | 3241 | Elbryan had come to think of his life with the elves as a permanent arrangement, had figured that he would live in Andur'Blough Inninness for the rest of his mortal days. | ||
| 43 | greeting | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3242 | Again, he was more than polite, the perfect gentleman, not pressuring Cat to even so much as offer a greeting to him. | ||
| 44 | slyly | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 3243 | Cat-the-Stray tried to ignore the whispers and the sidelong glances, but even Pettibwa, cheery cheeked and grinning slyly, caught Cat's gaze and nodded her head in the man's direction more than once. | ||
| 45 | contemptuously | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 3244 | "Cat-the-Stray is her name," Grady said, eyeing the young woman somewhat contemptuously. | ||
| 46 | heartily | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 3245 | The mighty centaur laughed heartily. | ||
| 47 | virtue | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3246 | "By my heart, my remark referred not at all to your virtue, which I would not question," Connor went on sincerely. | ||
| 48 | coolly | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 3247 | "I had not noticed," Cat replied coolly, not returning the hug and trying hard to keep her expression blank as Pettibwa jumped back to arm's length. | ||
| 49 | meself | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3248 | "You embarrassed me." "Meself?" Pettibwa said innocently. | ||
| 50 | innocently | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 3249 | "You embarrassed me." "Meself?" Pettibwa said innocently. | ||
| 51 | bawdy | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3250 | Why, ye act like no man's a good man!" The woman gave a bawdy wink. | ||
| 52 | jiggle | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3251 | "It's all so natural." She hooked one finger in the cleavage of Cat's dress, pulled the dress lower, and shook her hand about, so that the young woman's breasts jiggled. | ||
| 53 | highly | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 3252 | Lodestone was highly magnetic; its enchantment would send it fast to a metal surface. | ||
| 54 | riotously | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 3253 | The dwarf was telling some rowdy story, the two goblins laughing riotously at every grotesque detail. | ||
| 55 | nobility | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3254 | Perhaps her ascension into local nobility would even raise their own station in life, and Jill would treasure that above all else. | ||
| 56 | sensual | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3255 | They represented another side of the girl, a womanly side, sensual, sexual - a part that Cat's free and girlish spirit was not yet ready to admit. | ||
| 57 | sexual | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3256 | Thagraine's perception of his sexual past was indeed accurate. | ||
| 58 | avenue | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3257 | Tuntun's only avenue of escape was straight down to the ground, and so she took it unceremoniously. | ||
| 59 | lash | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3258 | She wanted to lash out at Avelyn at that moment, but she could not deny his last words. | ||
| 60 | crestfallen | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3259 | "No," she replied, and his expression became crestfallen. | ||
| 61 | fathom | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3260 | But the old sea dog couldn't fathom the level of physical training these four men had endured. | ||
| 62 | scratch | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3261 | Both swordsmen came in fast; the goblin swished the spear back and forth, the weapon's sharp tip scratching Cries arm and holding him at bay. | ||
| 63 | regal | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3262 | The twitchy little man looked across the open deck, past the staring eyes of the crewmen, to the tall, regal figure of Captain Adjonas. | ||
| 64 | dispute | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3263 | 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. | ||
| 65 | unintelligible | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3264 | The fat man sputtered something unintelligible and turned away, waving his hand dismissively. | ||
| 66 | potentially | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 3265 | The bond was immediate and secure, the four monks putting aside their personal squabbles in light of potentially more dangerous enemies. | ||
| 67 | raider | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3266 | "But the southern kingdom has little control over its raiders," Adjonas explained. | ||
| 68 | belowdecks | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3267 | Quintall returned to them much later that evening, belowdecks in the closet-sized. | ||
| 69 | weird | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3268 | There was something weird about his smile, Avelyn noted, something misplaced.. | ||
| 70 | misplace | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3269 | There was something weird about his smile, Avelyn noted, something misplaced.. | ||
| 71 | patient | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3270 | Pellimar, though, was not so patient. | ||
| 72 | vainly | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 3271 | She focused all her strength, trying vainly to invite the man in, trying vainly to facilitate the joining. | ||
| 73 | damp | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3272 | She tried to straighten her still-damp clothes, but realized that she would be conspicuous indeed to any, walking as she was without boots, and without the dirtied, calloused feet of a peasant woman. | ||
| 74 | accurate | Adjective | B2 | 3273 | Thagraine's perception of his sexual past was indeed accurate. | ||
| 75 | sanction | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3274 | Avelyn remembered the speech Master Jojonah had given him when first they had talked about the island, the stern warning that to utter even its name to any without sanction of Father Abbot Markwart was punishable by death, and he agreed with Quintall's logic. | ||
| 76 | briskly | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 3275 | She jumped when he briskly entered, pulling the covers from her bed up before her. | ||
| 77 | viewpoint | Plural | UNKNOWN | 3276 | Avelyn considered the sight from two widely disparate viewpoints. | ||
| 78 | dumb | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3277 | His words, the sincerity of his tone, struck her dumb. | ||
| 79 | inhabitant | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3278 | Even the vivid, bright colors of the clothing of Entel's inhabitants struck the four as unusual. | ||
| 80 | oar | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3279 | Finally came the welcome sound of oars and the boat, all three safely aboard. | ||
| 81 | unfamiliar | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3280 | Even as he explored this unfamiliar use of hematite, he gave to Jill his understanding of the stories - and it was so easy! | ||
| 82 | companionship | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3281 | It wasn't that he craved human companionship; he continued to fear that thought greatly. | ||
| 83 | keenly | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 3282 | His sense of order was simply too strong, his sense of right and wrong too keenly developed. | ||
| 84 | union | Plural | UNKNOWN | 3283 | A physical union she could not abide - not with this man, not with Connor! | ||
| 85 | marker | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3284 | This moment, so many years in the waiting, was the marker of the end of that relationship with the girl, the beginning of the new and deeper relationship with the woman. | ||
| 86 | upstart | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3285 | He had not battled Tuntun in many weeks; he was determined now to give the upstart elf a bit of a surprise. | ||
| 87 | overhand | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3286 | He started with an overhand, underhand parry sweep again, but instead of catching the staff with his left hand as it came swishing back to horizontal, he turned his right hand over once more. | ||
| 88 | partly | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 3287 | His success was partly gained by surprise. | ||
| 89 | rapidly | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 3288 | Chipmunk nodded so rapidly that he bit his tongue. | ||
| 90 | tiring | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3289 | With a growl, Avelyn pushed on, finally reaching the tiring Quintall. | ||
| 91 | plop | PastTense | UNKNOWN | 3290 | Her breath came out in a rush as she plopped down hard, the staff's butt end secure against the ground, its tip stabbing hard into her chest between her lowest ribs. | ||
| 92 | apple | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3291 | The row of trees, short and wide apples, ran almost perfectly straight, then jumped back a dozen feet, up a ridge twice an elf's height, and continued on straight again from there. | ||
| 93 | explore | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3292 | What he came to understand from that viewpoint was a sense of self he had never before felt free to explore. | ||
| 94 | flourish | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3293 | He finished with a leaping flourish and landed pointing to the stripe. | ||
| 95 | etch | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3294 | For Juraviel's anxiety was clearly etched on his fine features - how could it have been otherwise when he had been speaking to his protégé Elbryan about this very subject not a week's time past? | ||
| 96 | occurrence | Singular | UNKNOWN | 3295 | Gradually, as he came to see the light in Jill's eyes every time he entered the Way - a more and more common occurrence - the proud young man began to understand and accept that her problem was within the mysteries of her past and not with him. | ||
| 97 | predict | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3296 | The reaction of Pettibwa and Graevis to the news of the marriage was not hard to predict. | ||
| 98 | virgin | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3297 | "She is fearful - virgins always are - but of course, my rights on that night are absolute. | ||
| 99 | wench | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3298 | "You teasing little wench. | ||
| 100 | carriage | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3299 | It was a ceremony that had all of Palmaris talking; the women swooning, the men standing tall, feigning importance, wishing they were in the carriage in Connor Bildeborough's place as it made its winding way, through the streets. | ||
| 101 | peasant | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3300 | 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. |