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  What it means

  Literally “to put a stick in the spokes.” It means to sabotage someone’s plans or to deliberately cause trouble for someone. “To throw a wrench in the works.”

  Vocabulary

  • kij — stick
  • szprychy — spokes

  Grammar note

  Accusative plural 'szprychy' after 'w'.

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