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| 1 | lemma | pos | cefr_level | coverage_rank | global_frequency | context_sentence | context_sentence_zh | definition_zh |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | monk | Noun | C1 | 1 | 485 | Again the young monk could only shrug helplessly, wanting to know but afraid to know. | ||
| 3 | stone | Noun | A2 | 2 | 444 | Its gray rock walls seemed to grow right from the solid stone, an extension of the earth's power. | ||
| 4 | goblin | Noun | A2 | 3 | 412 | The wicked goblins certainly, so full of anger and greed, so delighting in murder and war. | ||
| 5 | elf | Noun | A2 | 4 | 336 | Juraviel didn't have to look Tuntun's way to know her pose, for the obstinate elf struck it often. | ||
| 6 | giant | Noun | B1 | 5 | 265 | Pony shrugged, not willing to discount the possibility of giants, not after viewing a dead goblin. | ||
| 7 | side | Noun | A2 | 6 | 248 | Immediately a pair of mugs came up into the air from the side of the room. | ||
| 8 | against | Adjective | A2 | 7 | 226 | Pony squeezed in tight between two buildings and put her head against a wall. | ||
| 9 | sword | Noun | C1 | 8 | 212 | Even as the goblin began to turn, Elbryan's sword came down hard on its head. | ||
| 10 | such | Adverb | A2 | 9 | 211 | It didn't seem such a momentous thing, just a gradual stirring in a deep cave in a far, empty mountain. | ||
| 11 | reply | Verb | A2 | 10 | 207 | The look the stocky man gave him in reply did little to allay the monk's mounting suspicions. | ||
| 12 | centaur | Noun | UNKNOWN | 11 | 201 | Elbryan turned a wry gaze on the centaur. | ||
| 13 | realize | Verb | A2 | 12 | 200 | The object on the fourth shoulder pole, each man realized, would be enough to get the lesson across. | ||
| 14 | master | Noun | B2 | 13 | 199 | Without a word, the tall master stalked from the room. | ||
| 15 | ground | Noun | A2 | 14 | 184 | Elbryan prodded the ground with the tip of his sword. | ||
| 16 | perhaps | Adverb | A2 | 15 | 184 | It wouldn't matter, she quickly reminded herself, and perhaps this way, defenseless, the end would come more quickly. | ||
| 17 | indeed | Adverb | B1 | 16 | 184 | Faith heeded no proof - indeed the very value of faith was loyalty to beliefs without proof! | ||
| 18 | creature | Noun | B2 | 17 | 182 | For the demonic creature in the cave, such questions hardly mattered. | ||
| 19 | dactyl | Noun | UNKNOWN | 18 | 181 | By sheer will and brute strength, the dactyl flexed its wings. | ||
| 20 | human | Noun | A2 | 19 | 180 | Its head, too, was somewhat human, except more angular, with a narrow jaw and pointed chin. | ||
| 21 | fight | Verb | A2 | 20 | 163 | To where his parents were fighting, to where Pony had run. | ||
| 22 | fear | Noun | A2 | 21 | 160 | That notion brought fear and Elbryan tried to pull away - and did break the hold long enough to catch his breath. | ||
| 23 | nod | Verb | C1 | 22 | 159 | Elbryan shrugged and nodded down the road to the north, then led the girl off at a swift pace. | ||
| 24 | low | Adjective | A2 | 23 | 156 | A line of drool hung low from the dactyl's mouth as it considered its former and future allies, its army of woe. | ||
| 25 | magic | Noun | B1 | 24 | 148 | Of course he knew of the Ring Stones, the heavenly gifts to St.-Mere-Abelle, the source of all the magic in the world. | ||
| 26 | voice | Noun | A2 | 25 | 144 | Pony recognized the frustration in his voice, though he did well to hide it. | ||
| 27 | wide | Adjective | A2 | 26 | 141 | The snicker was soon gone, but the smile remained, all the wider for the sight. | ||
| 28 | suddenly | Adverb | A2 | 27 | 140 | Elbryan felt suddenly closer to the girl, as if they two had shared something very special and very private. | ||
| 29 | smile | Verb | A2 | 28 | 138 | Elbryan moved up to the comer of the next house, smiling for his cleverness, and peered around. | ||
| 30 | consider | Verb | A2 | 29 | 133 | A line of drool hung low from the dactyl's mouth as it considered its former and future allies, its army of woe. | ||
| 31 | shoulder | Noun | A2 | 30 | 132 | The object on the fourth shoulder pole, each man realized, would be enough to get the lesson across. | ||
| 32 | hit | Noun | A2 | 31 | 132 | Realizing she hadn't been hit by anything, she put her feet back under her and ran on. | ||
| 33 | along | Verb | A2 | 32 | 130 | From up here: St.-Mere-Abelle appeared as a thick and stretched snake, winding its way along the top of the sea cliff. | ||
| 34 | step | Verb | A2 | 33 | 126 | Jilseponie moved first, a single, tiny step, her arm reaching out helplessly. | ||
| 35 | deep | Adjective | A2 | 34 | 125 | It didn't seem such a momentous thing, just a gradual stirring in a deep cave in a far, empty mountain. | ||
| 36 | bear | Verb | A2 | 35 | 125 | As if in a grotesque mockery of that hope, a goblin marched around that corner, bearing down on the girl. | ||
| 37 | powrie | Noun | UNKNOWN | 36 | 122 | It was a powrie mannikin, Avelyn realized. | ||
| 38 | powries | Noun | UNKNOWN | 37 | 117 | It wasn't lost on Juraviel, though, for the elf had battled the fierce, evil powries many times over the centuries. | ||
| 39 | alone | Adjective | A2 | 38 | 113 | Elbryan felt totally alone, yet one with the universe, a small part of majesty, a small but endless flicker in eternity. | ||
| 40 | cry | Verb | A2 | 39 | 111 | Pony let out a cry, hurled one of her stones at the creature, and ran off. | ||
| 41 | bow | Verb | C1 | 40 | 111 | The weight of his first kill descended upon him, bowing his shoulders, nearly driving him to his knees. | ||
| 42 | dead | Adjective | A2 | 41 | 110 | Finally he stopped, realizing it was dead, that it could no longer hurt him. | ||
| 43 | sight | Noun | B1 | 42 | 110 | In the hollow of the twin pines, he had lost sight of his enemy - the first, and often fatal, mistake. | ||
| 44 | hardly | Adverb | B1 | 43 | 109 | For the demonic creature in the cave, such questions hardly mattered. | ||
| 45 | edge | Noun | B1 | 44 | 109 | Silently mouthing that litany, Elbryan inched his face toward the edge of the pine. | ||
| 46 | force | Verb | B1 | 45 | 109 | Now she remembered her training, forced herself to think clearly and concisely. | ||
| 47 | remark | Verb | B2 | 46 | 109 | Elbryan's surprise at her qualification of the remark reflected clearly on his face. | ||
| 48 | arrow | Noun | B2 | 47 | 108 | Scores and scores of small arrows, filling the air all about him! | ||
| 49 | forest | Noun | A2 | 48 | 107 | Not so far down, they moved beneath the misty canopy, and the forested valley came clear to Elbryan. | ||
| 50 | surprise | Verb | A2 | 49 | 107 | Elbryan's surprise at her qualification of the remark reflected clearly on his face. | ||
| 51 | monster | Noun | B2 | 50 | 107 | Elbryan tried to stab the monster again, but the giant squeezed even tighter, and all the young man could do was groan. | ||
| 52 | weapon | Noun | B1 | 51 | 106 | Every part of the demon was a weapon, devastating and deadly. | ||
| 53 | nearly | Adverb | A2 | 52 | 104 | The weight of his first kill descended upon him, bowing his shoulders, nearly driving him to his knees. | ||
| 54 | spirit | Noun | B1 | 53 | 103 | The demon spirit fell deep within itself, summoned its powers, both physical and magical. | ||
| 55 | rush | Verb | B2 | 54 | 103 | Jojonah launched into a rushed explanation, more the regurgitation of a prepared speech than anything spontaneous. | ||
| 56 | sense | Verb | A2 | 55 | 102 | Shocked back to his senses, Avelyn turned his attention to the high roof directly below him. | ||
| 57 | spot | Noun | B1 | 56 | 102 | There were the bodies; she saw Olwan, crumpled and broken in the same spot where she had seen him fall. | ||
| 58 | power | Noun | A2 | 57 | 100 | The demon spirit fell deep within itself, summoned its powers, both physical and magical. | ||
| 59 | roll | Verb | B1 | 58 | 100 | The day was late, and gray clouds were rolling in to hide the afternoon sun. | ||
| 60 | breath | Noun | B1 | 59 | 99 | Elbryan held his breath, thinking that Pony's mother, often stern, would scold the girl severely. | ||
| 61 | thick | Adjective | A2 | 60 | 97 | The texture of its skin was rough and thick, an armored hide, reddish in hue and shiny, as if lit by its own inner glow. | ||
| 62 | shake | Verb | A2 | 61 | 97 | Pony sighed, too, and shook her head as if to show her ultimate frustration with adults. | ||
| 63 | least | Adverb | A2 | 62 | 97 | It appeared to him as if the mist were somehow blocking, or at least escaping, the winds, but how could that be? | ||
| 64 | ahead | Adjective | B1 | 63 | 97 | The girl was not looking ahead, though, but at the ridge to the south behind them. | ||
| 65 | straight | Adjective | A2 | 64 | 96 | Elbryan cocked his head and ran a hand through his thick layers of straight, light brown hair. | ||
| 66 | strength | Noun | B1 | 65 | 94 | By sheer will and brute strength, the dactyl flexed its wings. | ||
| 67 | enemy | Noun | B1 | 66 | 94 | Its thoughts turned from its enemies to those it would summon as minions. | ||
| 68 | companion | Noun | C1 | 67 | 94 | It had tried to flee with its companions but fell short of the brush for lack of breath and died soon after. | ||
| 69 | attack | Noun | A2 | 68 | 91 | At this point, Tallareyish was playing white, pressing the attack, but Elbryan meant to reverse that. | ||
| 70 | folk | Noun | B1 | 69 | 91 | The village was not even walled, as earlier settlements near the Wilderlands had been, and the folk were not well armed. | ||
| 71 | dwarf | Noun | A2 | 70 | 90 | Powries were skinny dwarfs, barely four feet in height. | ||
| 72 | clear | Adjective | A2 | 71 | 90 | Again it was the smell of his burning village that cleared his head. | ||
| 73 | image | Noun | A2 | 72 | 88 | Elbryan liked the image; every day that passed, he found that he enjoyed looking at Pony more and more. | ||
| 74 | finally | Adverb | A2 | 73 | 88 | Stronger than its little body would indicate, the goblin finally pushed her aside and turned its spear. | ||
| 75 | battle | Noun | B1 | 74 | 88 | Elbryan savored every word, envisioning the battle clearly. | ||
| 76 | heart | Noun | A2 | 75 | 86 | The reward for such a life, for such a good heart, was a better existence in a better place. | ||
| 77 | lift | Verb | A2 | 76 | 85 | Carved into the roof were four arms, two sets, hands lifted high, palms open and holding stones. | ||
| 78 | mind | Noun | A2 | 77 | 84 | And the name, all the names, were gone from her mind - that was the worst thing' of all! | ||
| 79 | bit | Noun | A2 | 78 | 83 | Avelyn retracted his hand a few inches, wondering if he was being a bit foolish here. | ||
| 80 | drop | Verb | A2 | 79 | 83 | The goblin staggered weirdly, dropped its weapon, and fell to its knees. | ||
| 81 | valley | Noun | A2 | 80 | 82 | And of the other patrol, who had battled in the wide pine valley among the caribou moss? | ||
| 82 | grab | Verb | B2 | 81 | 82 | Adjonas grabbed Quintall by the shoulder. | ||
| 83 | huge | Adjective | A2 | 82 | 81 | Avelyn had never seen a place so huge, could not comprehend the effort that had been expended to put this hall together. | ||
| 84 | wonder | Verb | B1 | 83 | 81 | Pony couldn't sustain her smile as she watched him go, wondering if she had pushed him a little too hard. | ||
| 85 | whisper | Noun | B2 | 84 | 80 | All the world seemed still, not a bird calling, not a whisper of wind. | ||
| 86 | heavy | Adjective | A2 | 85 | 78 | In her hand she clutched her heavy wooden spoon. | ||
| 87 | beyond | Adjective | B2 | 86 | 76 | On the ridge and in the vale beyond, the primary enemy became boredom. | ||
| 88 | push | Verb | A2 | 87 | 75 | Pony couldn't sustain her smile as she watched him go, wondering if she had pushed him a little too hard. | ||
| 89 | doubt | Noun | B1 | 88 | 74 | Tuntun was wrong, Juraviel knew without any doubt at all; this one had character. | ||
| 90 | tear | Noun | B2 | 89 | 74 | The black-winged demon looked down at a darker red tear marring its otherwise smooth hide. | ||
| 91 | dozen | Noun | B2 | 90 | 74 | But the giant had seen the move dozens of times in its battles with little folk. | ||
| 92 | trail | Verb | C1 | 91 | 74 | More arrows whistled past, each trailing a strand, each tightening the web about Elbryan, holding him from his meal. | ||
| 93 | surely | Adverb | B1 | 92 | 73 | Avelyn calmed quickly; surely they did recognize the jewel, and apparently, it did not bother them. | ||
| 94 | staff | Noun | B1 | 93 | 73 | Elbryan clutched his staff and set his heels. | ||
| 95 | beside | Adjective | B2 | 94 | 73 | And when he slipped back beside the tenth and last basket, he saw steam still rising from his tea. | ||
| 96 | pain | Noun | A2 | 95 | 72 | It wasn't difficult to imagine the power of the creature's bite or the pain of getting free from those nasty teeth. | ||
| 97 | scream | Verb | B2 | 96 | 72 | Everything was confusion, screams and cries of pain. | ||
| 98 | strike | Verb | B2 | 97 | 71 | Juraviel didn't have to look Tuntun's way to know her pose, for the obstinate elf struck it often. | ||
| 99 | scramble | Gerund | A2 | 98 | 70 | Desperately, the young man scrambled to the side, trying to ready a defense. | ||
| 100 | wind | Noun | A2 | 99 | 70 | From up here: St.-Mere-Abelle appeared as a thick and stretched snake, winding its way along the top of the sea cliff. | ||
| 101 | almost | Adverb | A2 | 100 | 69 | The startled, almost feral, reaction of the hunters froze Elbryan in his tracks and sent Pony ducking for cover. |