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| 1 | lemma | pos | cefr_level | coverage_rank | context_sentence | context_sentence_zh | definition_zh |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | knocking | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3401 | Elbryan swept his staff out to the left, knocking aside a club strike, then back to the right, parrying a sword. | ||
| 3 | begrudge | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3402 | Elbryan didn't really begrudge the man his excitement, though. | ||
| 4 | swath | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3403 | The beast had run off from the farmhouse, creating a swath of devastation through the brush, even knocking over small trees, venting a rage that the ranger had never before witnessed in an animal. | ||
| 5 | roaring | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3404 | Out came the bear in full charge, roaring. | ||
| 6 | muzzle | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3405 | He waited a while to make sure that it would not stir, then moved to its muzzle, lifting its upper lip. | ||
| 7 | impression | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3406 | Their hut, a mere shack of logs and old boards - Elbryan got the distinct impression that many of these had come from the ruins of Dundalis - was at the top of a hill. | ||
| 8 | beer | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3407 | Three men lay about on piled skins, black bear mostly, drinking foamy beer from old mugs. | ||
| 9 | swordsman | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3408 | Avelyn, grasping at the opening, was quick to retrieve Tempest, but he was no swordsman. | ||
| 10 | brew | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3409 | What fool brewed such a magic as that? | ||
| 11 | pulling | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3410 | As soon as he started around, then, Elbryan turned his right foot out and went around counterclockwise, pulling in his hip to avoid a swipe of that axe. | ||
| 12 | overbalanced | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3411 | Now he launched his attack, dropping down to one knee, slapping his staff across to catch the inside of the overbalanced man's leg. | ||
| 13 | cauldron | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3412 | The ranger went around to the back and dumped out the cauldron of poison. | ||
| 14 | intent | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3413 | The first thing Jill noticed was a huge, fat man standing atop a table, waving an empty mug, sometimes in a threatening manner to keep at bay the closer patrons, all obviously intent on knocking him from his perch. | ||
| 15 | serving | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3414 | Jill ordered her troop to filter about, then went to see the man behind the serving bar. | ||
| 16 | shortage | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3415 | Has no shortage of money, I can assure you! | ||
| 17 | chain | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3416 | Elbryan tugged again and the chained balls slipped off the staff's end, freeing both weapons. | ||
| 18 | bowling | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3417 | The man ran every which way, bowling over all who would stand before him, laughing maniacally all the while, even when one of those dodging his charge landed a solid punch about his face or neck. | ||
| 19 | loin | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3418 | He wore only a loincloth and stood defensively, shoulders hunched, arms crossed to cover his belly and loins. | ||
| 20 | accustom | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3419 | And Maiyer Dek, among the largest of his giant kind, was not accustomed to being dwarfed. | ||
| 21 | emblem | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3420 | "Every soldier in my army shall wear such an emblem," the dactyl decreed. | ||
| 22 | mill | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3421 | Across the wide meadow, past the flowers and the grass, he saw perfection of form, a huge stallion, milling about the shadows of the distant trees. | ||
| 23 | stolen | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3422 | The only concern any in St.-Mere-Abelle's hierarchy held about the stolen stones was for the giant amethyst crystal, and that only because it was a stone whose magic they had not yet deciphered. | ||
| 24 | coldness | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3423 | Jojonah watched him go, shuddering at the sheer coldness of the man's aura. | ||
| 25 | difficulty | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3424 | 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. | ||
| 26 | regain | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3425 | Over the next giant she went, trying to regain her footing. | ||
| 27 | ramble | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3426 | Elbryan merely smiled and let the centaur ramble on and on, considering the creature's words carefully so that he could discover many hints about Bradwarden. | ||
| 28 | brisk | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3427 | By all reports, the weather was better on the northern side of the Gulf of Corona, more alive, with brisk winds and a greater change of the season. | ||
| 29 | drinking | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3428 | He was downstairs soon enough, drinking and talking amid a huge crowd, for many of the area trappers had come in to lay in provisions in preparation of the coming winter. | ||
| 30 | boil | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3429 | Frustration boiled in the young woman, mingling with desperation. | ||
| 31 | grapnel | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3430 | Jill first tried to dislodge the grapnel, but found that it was too tightly secured, with too much weight on the heavy line. | ||
| 32 | chip | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3431 | It was merely a diamond chip, useful for saving the candles and oil on long journeys. | ||
| 33 | swinging | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3432 | Elbryan grabbed up Tempest in both hands and surged ahead, swinging an. | ||
| 34 | protrude | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3433 | A long arrow protruded from its back, an arrow with fletchings familiar to the woman. | ||
| 35 | outdistance | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3434 | She outdistanced all three with a few long strides, moving to the far corner of the front wall. | ||
| 36 | struggling | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3435 | Jill started to climb into the boat, but had to stop and turn to strike again at the struggling powrie. | ||
| 37 | landmark | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3436 | She didn't recognize any landmarks but figured she must be somewhere west of Pireth Tulme on the north coast of the Mantis Arm. | ||
| 38 | straggler | Plural | UNKNOWN | 3437 | Jill found herself circumventing the town and approaching it from the west, not from the east the way any stragglers fleeing Pireth Tulme would. | ||
| 39 | avenge | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3438 | She nodded to herself; she should go out and join the force, should go to Pireth Tulme to avenge - The thought hit Jill like a cold slap. | ||
| 40 | dire | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3439 | Before she entered, a familiar voice, raised in dire warning, assaulted her. | ||
| 41 | sift | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3440 | Elbryan absorbed all their words, sifted through their suggestions. | ||
| 42 | assistance | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3441 | But it was too late; he had pushed past the fear and into the realm of anger, and when the barkeep called for assistance, the man found no shortage of volunteers. | ||
| 43 | sourly | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 3442 | "Ho, ho, what!" Jill regarded him sourly, then rose and offered an arm. | ||
| 44 | rent | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3443 | Would Avelyn, who held the stones as most sacred, rent out their powers? | ||
| 45 | using | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3444 | Pony was quick to one, wrapping him in a heavy blanket, and Avelyn got to the other, using the serpentine effectively. | ||
| 46 | mirth | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3445 | Elbryan joined in, but the mirth was ended when a streaking line of fire cut across the sky, a ball of flaming pitch, soaring for Weedy Meadow. | ||
| 47 | joined | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3446 | They were joined and the monk fed as a vampire would feed. | ||
| 48 | mixed | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3447 | It was with mixed feelings that Jill followed Brother Avelyn into Palmaris. | ||
| 49 | ensure | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3448 | The big man, supposedly in search of firewood, looked back over his broad shoulders often, Elbryan noted, obviously trying to ensure that he was not' being followed. | ||
| 50 | snore | Gerund | UNKNOWN | 3449 | As if on cue, the snoozing monk rolled over and snored loudly. | ||
| 51 | detect | Infinitive | UNKNOWN | 3450 | The one obvious lead fruitless, Brother Justice had to turn to his magic, to the carbuncle, a stone also called Dragon Sight for its ability to detect things magical. | ||
| 52 | thereafter | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3451 | Their hopes were bolstered shortly thereafter when they heard a voice - Avelyn's voice - cursing the demon, then crying out in pain. | ||
| 53 | effectively | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 3452 | A blizzard could effectively shut the folk in their homes for a week straight. | ||
| 54 | breadth | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3453 | "I have traveled the breadth of Honce-the-Bear in my most vital quest. | ||
| 55 | instantly | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 3454 | The glow went away instantly, but the arm remained, extended. | ||
| 56 | din | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3455 | "But not until we have dined," Dosey said, falling back in his chair. | ||
| 57 | captive | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3456 | He's been through the fighting." Elbryan looked down to his diminutive captive. | ||
| 58 | plausible | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3457 | But Brother Justice needed the merchant, as well, or at least it seemed plausible that the man might aid the monk in his all-important quest. | ||
| 59 | wry | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3458 | Elbryan gave a wry smile, but it couldn't last. | ||
| 60 | appreciated | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3459 | It wasn't until the very moment before the attack, eight hours after the dawn, the pale sun already touching the western horizon, that Elkenbrook truly appreciated its enemy and understood its doom. | ||
| 61 | converse | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3460 | Yes, Elbryan would like to converse with Pony, to see her again, to remember that innocent time when patrolling was play and nightmares were not real. | ||
| 62 | herd | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3461 | Who might this leader of the herd be to inspire such uncharacteristic respect from cocky Bradwarden? | ||
| 63 | unerringly | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 3462 | The monk fell back, nearly toppling, as the stone suddenly zipped away, flying unerringly for the armored chest of the giant closest behind Bradwarden. | ||
| 64 | tutor | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3463 | CHAPTER 31 Home Again, Home Again Over the next couple of weeks, as they marched along the trails, Avelyn showed Jill just how much he had come to trust her, for he began formally tutoring her in the ways of the stones. | ||
| 65 | evergreens | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3464 | They crossed the outer line of thick evergreens into the heart of the grove and found bare paths weaving through the dense undergrowth. | ||
| 66 | whinny | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3465 | The stallion pawed the ground, then reared and whinnied. | ||
| 67 | muscled | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3466 | Symphony had gone perfectly still, his head raised high, his magnificent, muscled chest presented openly to the two men. | ||
| 68 | sorely | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 3467 | It was risky setting a light in the dark forest, but these folk sorely needed the warmth. | ||
| 69 | access | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3468 | 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. | ||
| 70 | secretive | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3469 | Not only was her gain exponential, but so was the monk's understanding of this secretive woman - and of her dark past. | ||
| 71 | urgent | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3470 | The kiss became more urgent, and gradually Pony's fears melted away, swept up in the sudden torrent of passion that overcame her. | ||
| 72 | feign | Infinitive | UNKNOWN | 3471 | She rushed right for it, feigning a dodge to the side as it lifted its huge sword. | ||
| 73 | reclusive | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3472 | It is likely that most of the giants, normally reclusive beasts, will turn back for their mountain homes, far from the villages of humans. | ||
| 74 | resonate | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3473 | Jill's deep breath resonated like a growl and she turned, pulling free of the monk, staring hard at the tavern, at its stone foundation. | ||
| 75 | barricade | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3474 | Normally the goblins would have come in as a mob, a rushing horde, barreling past the trees and scrub, throwing themselves wildly against the pickets and barricades. | ||
| 76 | maraud | Gerund | UNKNOWN | 3475 | Often marauding goblins would send in a messenger before the attack to ask for surrender, to barter for a bribe, warning that battle would otherwise be joined. | ||
| 77 | nook | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3476 | More images came rushing to her as soon as she sat in the nook of those pines. | ||
| 78 | glancing | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3477 | A deft twist by the woman turned the sword out of harm's way, allowing Brother Justice merely a glancing hit that forced Jill back a step. | ||
| 79 | bounty | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3478 | It was more than any bounty, the ranger knew. | ||
| 80 | rowdy | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3479 | The dwarf was telling some rowdy story, the two goblins laughing riotously at every grotesque detail. | ||
| 81 | contort | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3480 | He opened his eyes in horror to see the demon's contorted features, flaming eyes closed as Bestesbulzibar concentrated, using his magic to scour the elf's brain. | ||
| 82 | brawl | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3481 | The ranger elbowed through the brawl, blocking punches whenever necessary, felling with three shortened blows yet another villager who tried to pounce upon him. | ||
| 83 | hammer | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3482 | The ranger smiled once more as Tol Yuganick attacked again, only to be hammered away. | ||
| 84 | substance | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3483 | 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. | ||
| 85 | northwest | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3484 | Diagonally, across the field to the northwest, moving through the stark lines of thinner trees, came three forms, obviously goblin scouts. | ||
| 86 | thief | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3485 | "I had little faith that a thief and murderer would be so honorable as to come to the aid of a friend," the voice went on. | ||
| 87 | adversary | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3486 | "I give you one more chance to leave," the monk offered, drawing a smile from his adversary. | ||
| 88 | outcropping | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3487 | Elbryan scrambled to get to the spot, saw the monk land heavily atop one rocky outcropping and then tumble right over it, a fifteen-foot plummet to bard stone. | ||
| 89 | tempt | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3488 | Elbryan, too, was tempted, would have loved to see Andur'Blough Inninness again, especially now, to bolster his resolve before he completed this all-important, perilous journey. | ||
| 90 | moonlit | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3489 | They went off together into the night, finding Symphony in a moonlit field, grazing calmly. | ||
| 91 | graze | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3490 | They went off together into the night, finding Symphony in a moonlit field, grazing calmly. | ||
| 92 | meaningless | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3491 | Don't ye make me death a meaningless thing, me friends. | ||
| 93 | jerkin | Noun | UNKNOWN | 3492 | Paulson didn't think too much of it, figuring that the jerkin was stolen anyway. | ||
| 94 | readily | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 3493 | Pony looked at Avelyn, suddenly very appreciative of the training he had given her with the magical stones but somewhat surprised that she could call forth the magic of this cat's eye so readily. | ||
| 95 | confidently | Adverb | UNKNOWN | 3494 | Maiyer Dek smiled confidently. | ||
| 96 | scare | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3495 | He stayed quiet and closed his eyes once more, not wanting to scare the sprites away. | ||
| 97 | extended | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3496 | The glow went away instantly, but the arm remained, extended. | ||
| 98 | improvise | Verb | UNKNOWN | 3497 | Always ready to improvise, Elbryan eased his muscles and ran straight ahead into the dwarf, turning his staff to smash its tip into the dwarf's face once more. | ||
| 99 | unearthly | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3498 | Bestesbulzibar's unearthly roar, one of pain and outrage, stole her breath. | ||
| 100 | machine | Plural | UNKNOWN | 3499 | Elbryan knew that, could hear it in the shriek of every bird, in the movements of squirrels, agitated by the presence of such numbers, by the thunder of a giant's step or the rolling war machines, by the croaks of powrie generals, the eager whines of bloodthirsty goblins. | ||
| 101 | leafless | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 3500 | All the trees that had been on Aida's slopes were laid out flat, leafless, most of their branches blown away. |