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  What it means

  Work put off is worth little. Procrastination diminishes the value of any task; delayed effort rarely produces good results.

  English equivalent

  Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

  Vocabulary

  • odkładać — to put off, to postpone
  • odkładana — postponed (present passive participle of 'odkładać')
  • warta — worth (short-form adjective)

  Grammar note

  'Odkładana' is a present passive participle modifying 'praca'. 'Niewiele warta' is a predicative phrase meaning 'worth little'.

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