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  What it means

  Literally “rescue wheel / life ring.” Both the literal lifebuoy thrown to drowning people and a figurative lifeline — something that saves you from a desperate situation.

  Vocabulary

  • koło — wheel, ring, circle
  • ratunkowy — rescue, life-saving (adjective)

  Grammar note

  Nominative neuter noun phrase. Used figuratively: 'to był mój koło ratunkowe' — that was my lifeline.

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