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  What it means

  Work that has been undertaken deserves its pay. A statement that labour should be fairly rewarded — if someone has done a job, they are owed compensation.

  English equivalent

  A labourer is worthy of his hire.

  Vocabulary

  • płaca — pay, wages
  • podjęta — undertaken, taken up (past passive participle of 'podjąć')
  • praca — work, labour

  Grammar note

  'Za którą podjęta praca' is a relative clause; 'za którą' uses the accusative of 'która' after the preposition 'za'.

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