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  What it means

  Literally “a barrel of gunpowder.” Used to describe a situation, place, or person that is extremely volatile and could explode at any moment — a powder keg.

  Vocabulary

  • beczka — barrel / keg
  • proch — gunpowder / dust

  Grammar note

  'Prochu' is the genitive of 'proch' — genitive is used here to express the contents of the barrel.

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