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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.

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