evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character
good; goodness; right; virtue
two persons; two people; pair; couple
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
middle stage; middle phase; middle game; midfield (in soccer)
naturally; of course; understandably
collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
rival; competitor; competition
each place; every place; various places; all parts (of the country, world, etc.)
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
war; fighting; fierce competition
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
summary; recapitulation; aggregation
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
process; course; mechanism
bulletin board; display board; notice board; electronic bulletin board; BBS
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to connect; to join; to join or tie or knot together
the real criminal; true culprit
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
offender; criminal; culprit
point in common; common term; common trait; common denominator
duty; obligation; responsibility
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
living thing; organism; creature; biology
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear