(find) common (meeting) ground
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
had better ...; had better not ...
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
reduction by half; halving
prince of royal blood; Imperial prince
originally; by nature; from the start
cooperation; collaboration
very likely; very probable
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
evident; plain; distinct; clear
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
something like ...; something called ...
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
disregarding strategy and using brute force
connection; link; relationship
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
pointing out; identification
influence (on someone); inspiration
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that