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14 KiB
| 1 | lemma | pos | cefr_level | coverage_rank | global_frequency | context_sentence | context_sentence_zh | definition_zh |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | folly | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1201 | 10 | But still she feared that his decision was folly, based on his underestimating the pain within her. | ||
| 3 | hatch | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1202 | 10 | He shuffled for the hatch and got there just after it opened. | ||
| 4 | forfeit | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1203 | 10 | On the open seas, he was the captain; at Pimaninicuit, he would do as told, or all payment, and the sum was considerable, would be forfeit. | ||
| 5 | amethyst | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1204 | 10 | The object of Thagraine's death, a huge purple amethyst, held Avelyn's attention. | ||
| 6 | quartz | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1205 | 10 | Scattered around it were the small quartz crystals, blackened, some stuck in the remains of the golden setting. | ||
| 7 | destruction | Singular | B2 | 1206 | 10 | For a moment, I admit, I even held fast a fantasy that my memory of the destruction, of the carnage, was in error. | ||
| 8 | naked | Adjective | B2 | 1207 | 10 | Elbryan got up once to add wood to the fire, and Pony laughed at him as he hopped about, naked, his bare feet stumbling on the cold ground. | ||
| 9 | invasion | Noun | B2 | 1208 | 10 | If one invasion came every five hundred years the Coastpoint Guards, the elite of the elite, must be prepared for it! | ||
| 10 | broach | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1209 | 10 | The central stone of the broach was a hematite, as he had suspected, an oval of liquid gray, deep and smooth. | ||
| 11 | endless | Adjective | C1 | 1210 | 10 | To face the Nightbird, to know endless sleep? | ||
| 12 | youngster | Noun | C1 | 1211 | 10 | The patrols began that day, with a score and five youngsters walking the rim of the bowl-shaped vale that held Dundalis. | ||
| 13 | sake | Noun | C1 | 1212 | 10 | She wanted to yell out for someone to help doomed Olwan, wanted to scream simply for the sake of screaming. | ||
| 14 | lament | Verb | C1 | 1213 | 10 | The master paused and lamented his own weakness. | ||
| 15 | intensify | Verb | C1 | 1214 | 10 | The dance intensified, the pace, the spins. | ||
| 16 | tighten | Verb | C1 | 1215 | 10 | More arrows whistled past, each trailing a strand, each tightening the web about Elbryan, holding him from his meal. | ||
| 17 | patron | Noun | C1 | 1216 | 10 | She got pinched at every stop, hugged by every patron who left at night, but she never seemed to care. | ||
| 18 | realization | Singular | C1 | 1217 | 10 | Cat suffered his insults, but couldn't dismiss the realization that Pettibwa would have handled it differently, better. | ||
| 19 | quest | Noun | C1 | 1218 | 10 | Avelyn cried out, thinking himself doomed, thinking that he had failed and that all the quest was ended. | ||
| 20 | creep | Verb | C1 | 1219 | 10 | If he didn't have their respect, he couldn't expect their loyalty, and given the level of jealousy that had been creeping about the four since they had become the chosen Preparers ... | ||
| 21 | crush | Verb | C1 | 1220 | 10 | The fire on that particular dwarf was indeed extinguished as a huge booted foot crushed the diminutive creature flat. | ||
| 22 | normal | Adjective | A2 | 1221 | 9 | The monk had shed his telltale brown robe in favor of the more normal dress of a villager. | ||
| 23 | politely | Adverb | A2 | 1222 | 9 | Most listened politely but turned up their eyes and shook their heads whenever Brody looked away. | ||
| 24 | lend | Verb | A2 | 1223 | 9 | Avelyn's lack of initial response to the news that his mother had died had lent credence to Siherton's complaints. | ||
| 25 | hood | Noun | A2 | 1224 | 9 | Avelyn dared to peek out from under his hood at the handful of spectators lining the road before the monastery's. | ||
| 26 | following | Adjective | A2 | 1225 | 9 | If Avelyn left St.-Mere-Abelle for any reason, he would have to wait until the following year to enter. | ||
| 27 | fighter | Noun | A2 | 1226 | 9 | Then the ranger began his scan again, seeking the newcomer, this skilled fighter, this assassin. | ||
| 28 | stomach | Noun | A2 | 1227 | 9 | Avelyn's stomach churned; he knew the woman, hardly more than a girl. | ||
| 29 | continuing | Adjective | A2 | 1228 | 9 | The older woman collected her tray and rushed away, blending into the continuing party just a step from the bar. | ||
| 30 | moon | Noun | A2 | 1229 | 9 | Under the light of a half moon, he saw the outline of the Windrunner gliding out into the bay. | ||
| 31 | towering | Noun | A2 | 1230 | 9 | 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. | ||
| 32 | tremble | Verb | A2 | 1231 | 9 | Quintall glowered at Smealy, the old sea dog trembling with frustration. | ||
| 33 | harmlessly | Adverb | A2 | 1232 | 9 | The staff swished harmlessly through the air. | ||
| 34 | lessen | Verb | A2 | 1233 | 9 | Still, without complaint, the good monk used his hematite once more, this time to lessen the wounds of the injured. | ||
| 35 | crime | Noun | A2 | 1234 | 9 | There was still the matter of Jill's crime, though. | ||
| 36 | muddy | Adjective | A2 | 1235 | 9 | Elbryan looked her over carefully, satisfied that she, was not injured, only muddy and weary from so long a ride. | ||
| 37 | bubble | Verb | B1 | 1236 | 9 | Most of the fiery stuff of that time long past had bubbled and flowed away from the cavern, but enough had remained to harden about the dactyl's corporeal form. | ||
| 38 | consume | Verb | B1 | 1237 | 9 | Dinoniel and much of his army had been consumed and destroyed, but the dactyl... | ||
| 39 | tend | Gerund | B1 | 1238 | 9 | That meant gathering wood and tending the fires, repairing the cabins-which always seemed to need repair! | ||
| 40 | mood | Noun | B1 | 1239 | 9 | Elbryan glared at Juraviel, in no mood for cryptic talk. | ||
| 41 | sharply | Adverb | B1 | 1240 | 9 | The tunnel continued straight for a dozen paces, then turned sharply to the right, where Elbryan had run. | ||
| 42 | intercept | Noun | B1 | 1241 | 9 | Elbryan wondered, as he, too, worked through the tangled crowd, angling to intercept the newcomer. | ||
| 43 | impressive | Adjective | B1 | 1242 | 9 | The visible parts of the monastery were impressive; the sea wall alone rose and melted back into the cliff face for more than a mile. | ||
| 44 | painful | Adjective | B1 | 1243 | 9 | In the morning came the second painful parting. | ||
| 45 | impact | Noun | B1 | 1244 | 9 | Elbryan was surprised by the force of the impact and that his sword had not cut into the goblin's skull. | ||
| 46 | conjure | Verb | B1 | 1245 | 9 | Elbryan recalled the humming sound; he conjured an image of buzzing bees. | ||
| 47 | signal | Noun | B1 | 1246 | 9 | Up in front, one of the women signaled that the caravan was nearly upon them. | ||
| 48 | forever | Adverb | B1 | 1247 | 9 | Pettibwa was forever laughing, dancing with her tray from one table to the next. | ||
| 49 | horrible | Adjective | B1 | 1248 | 9 | Jill felt as if she must be the most horrible person in the world. | ||
| 50 | limit | Verb | B1 | 1249 | 9 | Mere-Abelle to the very limits of his powers! | ||
| 51 | technique | Noun | B1 | 1250 | 9 | For the first year, they would study barehanded techniques, punching and grappling. | ||
| 52 | explosion | Noun | B1 | 1251 | 9 | Avelyn slumped low, his vision blurred, sharp explosions going off in the back of his head. | ||
| 53 | dock | Noun | B1 | 1252 | 9 | The four crewmen of the Windrunner's boat, which was bouncing noisily against the wooden dock, sat through it all with smirking faces, thoroughly amused and certainly not impressed. | ||
| 54 | rarely | Adverb | B1 | 1253 | 9 | Of the six, only one was still accounted for, a huge broadsword named Icebreaker, wielded by a rarely seen ranger, Andacanavar, in the far northland of Alpinador. | ||
| 55 | consequence | Singular | B1 | 1254 | 9 | Might there be consequences for such an action? | ||
| 56 | issue | Verb | B1 | 1255 | 9 | Elbryan chuckled, not surprised that predictable Tuntun enjoyed issuing the beatings. | ||
| 57 | intention | Plural | B1 | 1256 | 9 | Of course, he had no intention of allowing any court. | ||
| 58 | dust | Noun | B1 | 1257 | 9 | Terranen Dinoniel was dust in the earth; the dactyl meant to win this time. | ||
| 59 | assassin | Noun | B1 | 1258 | 9 | That, combined with the presence of this magic-wielding assassin, surely concerned the monk. | ||
| 60 | unnoticed | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1259 | 9 | To Pony and Elbryan, alert as they were, the creature was invisible and unnoticed. | ||
| 61 | inner | Adjective | B2 | 1260 | 9 | It was as if the being shone of its own accord, an inner light making the flowing hair glow and shimmer. | ||
| 62 | unexpected | Adjective | B2 | 1261 | 9 | A cloud of bats shuddered to life at the unexpected noise and flew off down one of the tunnels formed when the lava had flowed from this spot. | ||
| 63 | grand | Adjective | B2 | 1262 | 9 | The dactyl cackled, thinking itself grand to be able to send such creatures - any creatures! | ||
| 64 | nightmare | Noun | B2 | 1263 | 9 | Chasing the nightmares away. | ||
| 65 | anxious | Adjective | B2 | 1264 | 9 | Elbryan felt the anxious gazes of his companions upon him, waiting for him to start it all. | ||
| 66 | hunting | Noun | B2 | 1265 | 9 | Elbryan and his friends had offered to walk patrols since the first day of the hunting party's return. | ||
| 67 | hardy | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1266 | 9 | The folk of Dundalis were, a hardy bunch, not shying from the occasional fight. | ||
| 68 | taunt | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1267 | 9 | The elves were taunting him, the boy knew. | ||
| 69 | golden | Adjective | B2 | 1268 | 9 | The rest of his dress, though weathered, was rich, particularly a golden brocade and jewel-studded baldric. | ||
| 70 | startle | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1269 | 9 | Then she turned and skipped off, and was startled a moment later when Elbryan jumped out in front of her. | ||
| 71 | universe | Noun | B2 | 1270 | 9 | Elbryan felt totally alone, yet one with the universe, a small part of majesty, a small but endless flicker in eternity. | ||
| 72 | urge | Noun | B2 | 1271 | 9 | Elbryan resisted the sudden and inexplicable urge to run over and kiss Pony. | ||
| 73 | blush | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1272 | 9 | The young woman blushed and looked away. | ||
| 74 | unexpectedly | Adverb | B2 | 1273 | 9 | He nodded to Adjonas, then unexpectedly handed the stone to Avelyn. | ||
| 75 | amaze | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1274 | 9 | The starkness of the scene from this vantage point, in this mounting light, amazed the companions. | ||
| 76 | steep | Adjective | B2 | 1275 | 9 | Finally, after hours of backtracking, the pair came to a short descent down a steep, sandy bank. | ||
| 77 | expanse | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1276 | 9 | Exhausted, the two men dove under for the last expanse, swimming so the craft would pass right over them. | ||
| 78 | amazement | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1277 | 9 | Expressions ran from excitement to awkward fear to blank amazement as the villagers took stock of the kills, especially the last carcass on the shoulder poles, a smallish humanoid form. | ||
| 79 | nasty | Adjective | B2 | 1278 | 9 | These weren't particularly nasty traps, designed more to embarrass than to injure. | ||
| 80 | nestle | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1279 | 9 | Juraviel, too, was near to sleep, the elf comfortably nestled in the V of a high branch. | ||
| 81 | fume | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1280 | 9 | Twice he fumed corners to see the monster waiting for him. | ||
| 82 | lower | Verb | B2 | 1281 | 9 | Elbryan crouched lower, though he was obviously seen. | ||
| 83 | known | Adjective | UNKNOWN | 1282 | 9 | It came out in a burst of emotion Avelyn had not known since that night he had cried for his dead mother. | ||
| 84 | inform | Verb | B2 | 1283 | 9 | Elbryan took it all in stride, with the exception of any insults to Pony, which he promptly informed the teasers would bring them serious and painful retaliation. | ||
| 85 | greatly | Adverb | B2 | 1284 | 9 | It pleased her greatly to help out Elbryan, to guard his emotions. | ||
| 86 | comforting | Adjective | B2 | 1285 | 9 | I hold no comforting illusions; that group is in danger as great as my own. | ||
| 87 | overcome | Verb | B2 | 1286 | 9 | That thought sparked anger in the young man, enough to overcome his fear. | ||
| 88 | sympathetic | Adjective | B2 | 1287 | 9 | Master Jojonah was glad to hear the sympathetic question. | ||
| 89 | whimper | Verb | B2 | 1288 | 9 | Carley dan Aubrey's whimper brought him back to his senses. | ||
| 90 | shaft | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1289 | 9 | It raised the shaft like a club, bearing down on him. | ||
| 91 | skitter | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1290 | 9 | Avelyn ran from the chapel, skittering down the empty halls, his footsteps echoing noisily. | ||
| 92 | squirm | Gerund | UNKNOWN | 1291 | 9 | The other was also on the ground, squirming and groaning. | ||
| 93 | shadowy | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1292 | 9 | Still his eyes searched the corners of the shadowy room for his mother's spirit. | ||
| 94 | widely | Adverb | B2 | 1293 | 9 | So went the widely accepted argument that allowed for relaxing some aspects of the holy pledge. | ||
| 95 | neatly | Adverb | B2 | 1294 | 9 | Pettibwa had neatly burst apart at Abbot Dobrinion's decree, at the notion that | ||
| 96 | frantic | Adjective | B2 | 1295 | 9 | For Elbryan, life went along at its usual frantic pace, learning and growing. | ||
| 97 | cot | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1296 | 9 | Avelyn rolled off the cot and fumbled with his flint and steel, finally getting the candle lit. | ||
| 98 | recite | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1297 | 9 | Now Avelyn began to recite his evening prayers so that he might hear no more. | ||
| 99 | heed | Verb | UNKNOWN | 1298 | 9 | Would the people of that village have heeded his warnings? | ||
| 100 | drew | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1299 | 9 | Up on the branch, the ranger fitted two arrows to his bow, one above the other and drew back the string. | ||
| 101 | lone | Noun | UNKNOWN | 1300 | 9 | Just the goblins and a lone giant, slumped together, soaked in blood from the many small wounds on each corpse. |