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  What it means

  Literally “as God commanded.” Means done properly, correctly, the right way — “by the book,” “as it should be done.”

  Vocabulary

  • przykazać — to command, to ordain

  Grammar note

  'Przykazał' is the masculine past perfective of 'przykazać'.

  Cultural context

  Implies a moral or traditional standard — doing something 'jak Bóg przykazał' means doing it with full integrity.

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