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  What it means

  “To read between the lines.” To understand the hidden or implied meaning behind what is said or written — to pick up on what isn’t stated directly.

  Vocabulary

  • czytać — to read
  • między — between
  • wiersze — lines (of text); also: poems

  Grammar note

  'Między wierszami' uses the instrumental plural of 'wiersz' after 'między'.

  Cultural context

  Particularly resonant in Polish culture given the long tradition of censorship, where writers and readers had to communicate through subtext.

  Intermediate

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