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  What it means

  Literally “to give into the bone.” Means to take a real toll, to be gruelling — used when something (hard work, cold weather, illness) is really wearing you down.

  Vocabulary

  • dawać — to give (imperfective)
  • kość — bone

  Grammar note

  'W kość' uses the accusative after 'w'. The image is of something hitting you right to the bone.

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