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  What it means

  “Give me a break / let me live.” An exasperated plea to be left alone, to stop being pressured or nagged. Similar to “get off my back.”

  Vocabulary

  • daj — give (imperative, singular)
  • żyć — to live

  Grammar note

  'Daj' + infinitive — 'let me/us do X'. A very colloquial construction expressing exasperation.

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