classical music; classic; classical; classic (work); the classics
scientific crime detection; forensic investigation
postmortem lividity; livor mortis; death spot
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
several minutes; a few minutes
handsome man; sexy man; lady-killer; (male) lover
to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken
trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
snappingly; with a snap; no more or less than; merely ...; exactly ...
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
to pause; to have a short intermission
commonplace (of people or animals); ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; found around every corner
light novel; young-adult fiction novel, typically illustrated in a manga art style
bounce; spring; momentum; impetus; moment; instant
beginning; clue; starting point
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
to put together; to gather; to collect; to scrape together
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
party appointee in a safe constituency; (lit.) parachute candidate
preparations; preliminary arrangements; spade work; mise en place; groundwork
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
100,000,000; one hundred million; 10^8
throwing down; dropping; airdrop; investment
arranging in a line; standing in a row; parallel (electronics, computing, etc.)
poisonous; venomous; hateful; detestable; gaudy; garish
either way; in any case; one way or another
characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
attitude survey; opinion poll
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
condescending attitude; arrogant attitude; looking down on
boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening
description; expression (in words); qualification (e.g. of a noun with an adjective); form; figure; appearance
noxious gas; poisonous gas; toxic fumes
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)