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  What it means

  “Without a pot, the cook cannot make soup.” You cannot do a job without the right tools. Even the most skilled person is helpless if they lack the basic means to work.

  English equivalent

  A bad workman blames his tools. / You can't make something from nothing.

  Vocabulary

  • garnek — pot (cooking pot)
  • zrobić — to make, to do
  • zupa — soup
  • kucharka — cook (female)

  Grammar note

  'Bez garnka' — genitive of 'garnek' after 'bez'. 'Zupy' — genitive of 'zupa' as the direct object of a negated verb ('nie zrobi zupy').

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