1、common

常見的;普遍的

His name was Hansen, a common name in Norway.

他的名字叫漢森，在挪威是一個常見的名字。

Oil pollution is the commonest cause of death for seabirds.

石油污染是造成海鳥死亡最常見的原因。

共有的;共同的

Moldavians and Romanians share a common language.

摩爾達維亞人和羅馬尼亞人使用同一種語言。

Such behaviour is common to all young people.

這種行為在年輕人中司空見慣。

尋常的;普通的

Democracy might elevate the common man to a position of political superiority.

民主也許能提升普通人的政治地位，讓他們產生優越感。

Common salt is made up of 40% sodium and 60% chloride.

食鹽由40%的鈉和60%的氯化物構成。

2、pull up

（車或駕車者）減速停下

The cab pulled up and the driver jumped out.

出租車減速停下，司機跳了出來。

把（椅子）拉到近處坐下

He pulled up a chair behind her and put his chin on her shoulder.

他拉過一把椅子坐在她后面，將下巴抵在她的肩膀上。

（使）突然停下；（使）猛地停住

Suddenly, he pulled up sharply in his stride, and fell to the floor.

突然，原本大步流星的他猛地停住了腳步，倒在了地上。

She recognized at the same instant Rachel's presence. It pulled her up short.

雷切爾一出現她就認出她來了，隨即停下了手中的活兒。

提高；改進

We had a very good mathematics mistress who pulled me up.

我們有個很出色的女數學老師，她幫我提高了水平。

He was made redundant and now he's trying to pull himself up again.

他之前作為冗員被裁，現在他正試圖再一次奮發圖強。