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  What it means

  “From the little table the game slips away.” Said when someone plays cards or games at a small, informal table and loses ; the implication is that luck or skill escapes those who play casually or without proper preparation.

  Vocabulary

  • stolik — small table
  • gra — game, play
  • pomykać — to slip away, to dart off

  Grammar note

  'Ze stolika' is the genitive of 'stolik' after 'ze' (from). 'Pomyka' is third-person singular present of 'pomykać'.

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