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  What it means

  Literally “dead wave.” In sailing, refers to a long ocean swell with no wind — deceptively calm on the surface but with powerful underlying movement. Used figuratively for hidden, slow-moving forces.

  Vocabulary

  • martwy — dead / still
  • fala — wave

  Grammar note

  'Martwa' is a feminine adjective agreeing with 'fala'.

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