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  What it means

  Literally “as if someone took it away by hand.” Means something (usually pain or a problem) disappeared instantly and completely — “gone just like that,” “vanished in an instant.”

  Vocabulary

  • ręka — hand, arm
  • odjąć — to take away, to remove

  Grammar note

  'Ręką' is the instrumental of 'ręka' — instrumental of means (removed by hand). 'Odjął' is masculine past perfective of 'odjąć'.

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