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  What it means

  Literally “to lie as a shadow.” Means to cast a shadow over something, to have a dark or negative influence on a situation — “to cast a shadow over,” “to hang over like a cloud.”

  Vocabulary

  • cień — shadow, shade

  Grammar note

  'Cieniem' is the instrumental of 'cień' — predicate instrumental after 'kłaść się' (to lie/fall as).

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