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  What it means

  “It is darkest under the lantern.” The answer to a problem is often right in front of us, yet we overlook it. Those closest to a source of knowledge or light are sometimes the last to benefit from it.

  English equivalent

  The darkest place is under the candlestick.

  Vocabulary

  • najciemniej — darkest (adverb superlative)
  • latarnia — lantern, streetlamp
  • pod — under, beneath

  Grammar note

  'Pod latarnią' uses the instrumental case of 'latarnia' after the preposition 'pod' indicating location.

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