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  What it means

  Literally “to refuse obedience.” Used when a machine, tool, or part of the body stops working correctly. “To break down,” “to fail,” “to give out.”

  Vocabulary

  • odmawiać — to refuse/deny
  • posłuszeństwo — obedience

  Grammar note

  'Posłuszeństwa' is the genitive case (required by 'odmawiać' in this sense).

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