| Formy złożone: |
| by common consent | adv | (by the agreement of everyone) | za wspólną zgodą przyim. + przym. + ż |
| 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 shared by many people) | wspólna wiara przym. + ż |
| It is a common belief that education will improve your employment prospects. |
| common belief | n | (mutual, shared opinion) | 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 | | | zwykłe przeziębienie przym.+n |
| common denominator | n | literal (mathematics: shared quantity in fractions) | 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 | | | dobro ogółu n+m |
| 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 around the sun. |
| common law, common-law | n | (informal but recognized status) | prawo zwyczajowe n+przym. |
| | | przyjęte zasady przym.+ż, l.mn. |
| Note: hyphen used when term is an adj before a noun |
| Though they never married, they lived together long enough to be considered common-law partners. |
| common man | | | przeciętny człowiek przym.+m |
| common ownership | n | (joint ownership, trusteeship) | wspólne posiadanie przym. + n |
| The condominium owners have common ownership of the public areas. |
| common people | n | (ordinary people) | zwykli ludzie przym. + l.mn. |
| They don't stand out for any particular reason, they're just common people. |
| common people | n | (working-class people) | zwykli ludzie przym. + l. mn. |
| God must have loved the common people, he made so many of them. A. 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 | | | zdrowy rozsądek przym.+m |
| common source | n | (frequent place of origin) | częste źródło przym. + n |
| Poorly built homes are a common source of law suits. |
| The Internet is now a common source of information. |
| common source | n | (shared origin ) | wspólne źródło przym. + n |
| All Indo-European languages are thought to come from a common source. |
| common stock | n | (animal: not of pure breeding) | mieszany przym. |
| Breeding the common stock with purebreds improves the quality of the herd. |
| common stock | n | pejorative (person: working-class background) | zwykły człowiek przym. + m |
| They're not in our class, dear. They come from common stock. |
| common stock | n | (finance: a type of capital stock) | 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. |
| Note: 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 a partnership not formalized by marriage) | konkubina ż |
| John had more than one common-law wife, though he was never married. |
| have little in common | | | mieć niewiele wspólnego dk. + przys. + przym. |
| have nothing in common | | | nie mieć nic wspólnego part. + dk. + n +przym. |
| have things in common | | | mieć coś wspólnego z dk. + n + przym. + spój. |
| 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 | n | (mathematics: lowest common multiple) | najmniejszy wspólny mianownik przym. + przym. + m |
| 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 przym. + przym. + ż |
| lowest common denominator | n | (mathematics: least common multiple) | najmniejszy wspólny mianownik przym. + przym. + m |
| lowest common denominator | n | figurative (people with least education, understanding) | najniższy wspólny mianownik przym. + przym. + m |
| The movie was crude and superficial, appealing to the lowest common denominator. |
| make common cause with | | | tłumaczenie niedostępne |
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