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    What it means

    Literally “to combine the pleasant with the useful.” Means to do something enjoyable that is also productive — “to mix business with pleasure,” “to kill two birds with one stone.”

    Vocabulary

    • łączyć — to combine, to join
    • przyjemny — pleasant, enjoyable
    • pożyteczny — useful, beneficial

    Grammar note

    'Przyjemne z pożytecznym' — nominalised adjectives in accusative + instrumental: 'the pleasant with the useful'.

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