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  What it means

  Literally “the old woman told fortunes both ways.” Means it could go either way — the outcome is uncertain, it’s fifty-fifty. “It could go either way,” “your guess is as good as mine.”

  Vocabulary

  • dwoje — two (collective numeral)
  • babka — old woman, grandmother
  • wróżyć — to tell fortunes, to predict

  Grammar note

  'Na dwoje' uses the accusative of 'dwoje' after 'na' — 'in two ways'. 'Wróżyła' is feminine past of 'wróżyć'.

  Cultural context

  The village fortune-teller who hedges her bets by predicting both outcomes — a sly folk image of deliberate ambiguity.

  Intermediate

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