Character Description
1. Beautiful eyelashes, thick and curved.
2. The husband flat on his back, mouth open, snoring gently.
3. hair in neat bangs (AmE= fringe) on his forehead
Action Description
1. leaned back in the chair
2. kneaded the flesh above his eyebrows
3. leaped awake
Setting Description
1. In the silence of the office, he still heard Carl Seaton’s voice, all cunning gone, penitent (= remorseful / repentant / conscience-stricken), full of regret. (+ Emotion description)
2. under the harsh light of a 100-watt ceiling bulb
3. in the small cluttered office
4. his sneakers noiseless in the carpeted hallway
5. The bullet exploded through the thin blanket, small shreds of green cloth filling the air like rain, the noise of the shot not as loud as he’d imagined it would be.
6. the smell of gunpowder heavy in the air
Emotion Description
1. eyes became fixed and frozen in shock
2. Carl Seaton had confessed his acts of murder almost eagerly, glad to provide the details that would lead to his own doom, his voice buoyant (= carefree / lighthearted) with relief.
3. simulated sympathy and compassion
4. failed to provide the usual surge (= a sudden increase in the strength of a feeling) of triumph
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