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  What it means

  Literally “to drive a wooden peg (into someone).” Means to give someone a difficult problem to solve or to make them confused/puzzled. “To stump someone.”

  Vocabulary

  • zabić — to kill / to drive (a nail)
  • ćwiek — stud / peg / tack

  Grammar note

  Dative of the person + Accusative 'ćwieka'.

  Intermediate

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