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  What it means

  Literally “flywheel.” Both the mechanical flywheel that stores rotational energy and a figurative driving force — the engine behind something, the momentum that keeps things going.

  Vocabulary

  • koło — wheel
  • zamachowy — flywheel (adjective, from zamach — swing, momentum)

  Grammar note

  Nominative neuter noun phrase. Used figuratively: 'koło zamachowe gospodarki' — the engine/flywheel of the economy.

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