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  What it means

  “With Saint Margaret’s day the heat increases and the dog days begin.” A weather proverb tied to the feast of Saint Margaret (20 July), marking the start of the hottest part of summer.

  Vocabulary

  • święta Małgorzata — Saint Margaret (feast day 20 July)
  • upał — heat, hot weather
  • przybierać — to increase, to grow
  • kanikuła — dog days (hottest days of summer)
  • otwierać — to open, to begin

  Grammar note

  'Ze świętą Małgorzatą' uses the instrumental case after 'ze', indicating accompaniment or coincidence in time.

  Cultural context

  Saint Margaret of Antioch is celebrated on 20 July in the traditional Polish calendar. 'Kanikuła' refers to the dog days of summer.

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