extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
to be amused; to find something interesting
how; in what way; I wonder
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
flustered; flurried; (shocked) speechless
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
to dart around (of one's eyes); to be shifty
to become settled; to be fixed
suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously
cheater; unfaithful person; adulterer
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
to state; to express; to say; to tell; to mention
everybody's friend; people pleaser; person who is affable to everybody; flawlessly beautiful woman; flawless beauty
fascination; bewitchment; entrancement; dazzlement
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
to firmly tighten (e.g. around neck, throat); to constrict; to strongly press (someone); to crack down on; to settle accounts
at least; at most; (even) just
area; zone; district; quarter; section; limits
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
hostility; animosity; enmity
to stare back (at); to glare back
(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)
to collapse; to fall down (in a heap)
independent action; acting alone
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
tree trunk; bole; backbone; base; foundation
unexpected meeting; coincidence
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
scene; sight; scenario; setting
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
making out; necking; canoodling; fondling; flirting
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)