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  What it means

  “Bread earned by work is tasty and filling.” Work makes food feel more satisfying in a real and moral sense. Hard work brings its own reward.

  English equivalent

  The bread earned by one's own labour tastes sweetest.

  Vocabulary

  • chleb — bread
  • praca — work, labour
  • nabyty — acquired, earned (past passive participle)
  • smaczny — tasty, delicious
  • syty — filling, satisfying

  Grammar note

  'Pracą nabyty' , instrumental case 'pracą' (by means of work) with a past passive participle. 'Bywa' means 'tends to be / is often'.

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