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  What it means

  Literally “to carry on one’s shoulders.” Describes bearing a heavy burden of responsibility — carrying the weight of something (a family, a project, a problem) largely on your own.

  Vocabulary

  • dźwigać — to carry, to bear (imperfective)
  • barki — shoulders (plural of 'bark')

  Grammar note

  'Na barkach' uses the locative plural after 'na', indicating the location of the burden.

  Intermediate

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