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| by common consent adv | (with everyone's agreement) | za wspólną zgodą wyr. |
| CE n | written, initialism (Common Era) (skrót literowy: naszej ery) | n.e. wyr. |
| | Alfred the Great reigned from 871 to 899 CE. |
| common accord n | (shared agreement) | wspólne porozumienie przym. + n |
| common ancestry n | (shared family history) | wspólne pochodzenie przym. + n |
| | My friend and I always thought it was strange how we looked so alike until we discovered we shared a common ancestry. |
| common ancestry v | (species: shared descent from a distant ancestor) | wspólne pochodzenie przym. + n |
| | Apes and humans share a common ancestry. |
| common belief n | (idea: popular) | wspólna wiara przym. + ż |
| | It is a common belief that education will improve your employment prospects. |
| common belief n | (opinion: shared) | wspólne zdanie przym. + n |
| | | podzielone zdanie przym. + n |
| | It means a lot to both of us that, over the years, we continue to share many common beliefs. |
| common bond n | ([sth] shared, unifying) | wspólna więź przym. + ż |
| | My common bond with him is that we grew up in the same neighborhood. |
| common carrier n | (company providing freight service) | przewoźnik m |
| | That company is a common carrier both in California and Nevada. |
| common cold n | (cold virus) | zwykłe przeziębienie przym. + n |
| | There's no cure for the common cold. |
| common denominator n | (fractions: shared quantity) | wspólny mianownik przym. + m |
| common denominator n | figurative (common or shared factor) (przenośny) | wspólny mianownik przym. + m |
| | Though the sisters were different in almost every way, one common denominator was their love of horses. |
| common good n | (benefit of everyone) | dobro ogółu n + m |
| | Being honest with each other is for the common good. |
| common ground n | (shared interests) | wspólny interes przym. + m |
| | We started dating because we had a lot of common ground in our likes and dislikes. |
| common knowledge n | ([sth] that most people know) | powszechna wiedza przym. + ż |
| | | oczywista wiedza przym. + ż |
| | It was common knowledge among the staff that Bill had a drinking problem. |
| | Though Galileo was persecuted for saying this in the 17th century, it is now common knowledge that the earth orbits the sun. |
| common law n | (legal system: custom) | prawo zwyczajowe n + przym. |
| the common man n | (ordinary citizen, lay person) | przeciętny człowiek przym. + m |
| | The political parties are all trying to appeal to the common man. |
| common man n | (male commoner, without title) | przeciętny człowiek przym. + m |
| | If a common man married the daughter of a nobleman, she would lose her title. |
| common ownership n | (owning [sth] jointly) | wspólne posiadanie przym. + n |
| | The condominium owners have common ownership of the public areas. |
| common people npl | (ordinary folk) | zwykli ludzie przym. + ż, l.mn. |
| | They don't stand out for any particular reason; they're just common people. |
| the common people npl | (working classes) | zwykli ludzie przym. + ż, l.mn. |
| | "God must have loved the common people, he made so many of them." - Abraham Lincoln |
| common phrase n | (much-used expression) | potoczne wyrażenie przym. + n |
| | It takes awhile to learn the common phrases in a foreign language. |
| common practice n | ([sth] customary, [sth] often done) | częsta praktyka przym. + ż |
| | It is common practice to speak softly in a library. |
| | It's common practice to shake hands in business affairs. |
| common saying n | (much-used expression or proverb) | potoczne powiedzenie, znane powiedzenie przym. + n |
| | When I use a common saying it's folk wisdom, and when you use it, it's called a cliché. |
| common sense n | (practical thinking) | zdrowy rozsądek przym. + m |
| | He's an educated man, but he doesn't have much common sense. |
| common source n | (frequent place of origin) | częste źródło przym. + n |
| | Poorly built homes are a common source of law suits. |
| common source n | (origin: shared) | wspólne źródło przym. + n |
| | All Indo-European languages are thought to come from a common source. |
| common stock n | (animal: not purebred) | mieszany przym. |
| | Breeding the common stock with purebreds improves the quality of the herd. |
| common stock n | pejorative (person: working class) | zwykły człowiek przym. + m |
| | They're not in our class, dear. They come from common stock. |
| common stock n | (finance: share) | akcja zwykła ż + przym. |
| | The company issues two classes of equity: common stock and preferred stock. |
common-law,
common law adj | (unofficial, not formalized) | zwyczajowy przym. |
| Uwaga: hyphen used when term is a noun or an adj before a noun |
| common-law marriage n | (partnership not formalized by marriage ceremony) | konkubinat m |
| | When a common law marriage exists, the spouses receive the same legal treatment given to legally married couples |
| common-law wife n | (woman in informal marriage) | konkubina ż |
| | John had more than one common-law wife, though he was never married. |
| have little in common v expr | (have few similarities or shared interests) | mieć niewiele wspólnego zwrot ndk. |
| | The rich have little in common with the poor. |
| have nothing in common v expr | (have no similarities or shared interests) | nie mieć nic wspólnego zwrot ndk. |
| | At first glance she seems to have nothing in common with her boyfriend. |
| have things in common v expr | (have similarities or shared interests) | mieć coś wspólnego z zwrot ndk. |
| | Luckily, they get on well as they have so many things in common. |
| in common adv | (shared, mutually) | wspólnie przys. |
| | My best friend and I get on well because we have so many things in common. |
least common denominator,
lowest common denominator n | (lowest shared multiple) | najmniejszy wspólny mianownik wyr. |
| | The least common denominator of the two fractions 1/6 and 1/4 is 12. |
| least common multiple n | (mathematics: lowest common denominator) | najmniejsza wspólna wielokrotność wyr. |
| lowest common denominator n | (least shared multiple) | najmniejszy wspólny mianownik wyr. |
| lowest common denominator n | figurative (people: least enlightened) | najniższy wspólny mianownik wyr. |
| | The movie was crude and superficial, appealing to the lowest common denominator. |
| make common cause with [sb] v expr | (join forces) | mieć wspólny cel zwrot posił. |
| | The union made common cause with the government in an effort to keep the factory from leaving town. |
marshmallow,
marsh mallow,
common marshmallow n | (plant: species of mallow) | prawoślaz lekarski m + przym. |