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  What it means

  The third time is the charm. If something has failed twice, try once more — success comes on the third attempt.

  English equivalent

  Third time's a charm.

  Vocabulary

  • sztuka — art, skill; trick; feat
  • trzy — three

  Grammar note

  'Do trzech razy' — genitive after 'do' with a numeral: 'up to three times'. 'Sztuka' here means a feat or the real skill.

  Cultural context

  One of the most commonly used Polish proverbs in everyday speech, equivalent to the English 'third time's a charm'.

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