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    What it means

    Literally “a tale from a thousand and one nights.” Used to describe something that seems impossibly wonderful, fantastical, or too good to be true — like a fairy tale.

    Vocabulary

    • bajka — fairy tale / story
    • tysiąc — thousand
    • noc — night

    Grammar note

    'Z tysiąca i jednej nocy' uses the genitive — 'tysiąca' (gen. of 'tysiąc') and 'jednej nocy' (gen. of 'jedna noc').

    Cultural context

    A reference to One Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights), well known in Polish culture.

    Intermediate

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