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  What it means

  Literally “to lie at the foundations.” Means to lie at the root of something, to be the fundamental basis or underlying cause of something.

  Vocabulary

  • leżeć — to lie / to be situated (imperfective)
  • podstawa — foundation / basis

  Grammar note

  'U podstaw' uses the genitive plural of 'podstawa' after 'u' — at the foundations of something.

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