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  What it means

  Literally “wide open.” Means completely open, thrown wide — “wide open,” “flung open.” E.g. “drzwi na oścież” — doors wide open.

  Vocabulary

  • oścież — wide open (archaic noun, from ość — door frame)

  Grammar note

  'Na oścież' uses the accusative after 'na'. 'Oścież' is an archaic word surviving only in this fixed phrase.

  Intermediate

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