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  What it means

  Literally “one’s whole life stood before one’s eyes.” Describes the experience of your entire life flashing before your eyes — typically in a moment of extreme danger or near death.

  Vocabulary

  • całe życie — whole life
  • stanąć — to stand / to stop (perfective)
  • oczy — eyes (plural)

  Grammar note

  'Przed oczami' uses the instrumental plural of 'oko' after 'przed' (before/in front of).

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