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    Translation

    The sawyer sawed the planks in exactly the same rhythm as the sawmill sawed the planks.

    Vocabulary

    • tracz — sawyer, lumberman
    • trzeć / trzeć tarcicę — to saw planks (past masc.: tarł)
    • tarcica — sawn planks, lumber (accusative: tarcicę)
    • takt w takt — beat for beat, in perfect rhythm
    • tartak — sawmill

    Grammar note

    'Tarcicę' is accusative — direct object of 'trzeć'. 'Tak takt w takt jak takt w takt' — a comparative construction: 'in exactly the same rhythm as'. The sentence mirrors itself: tracz tarł tarcicę / tarcicę tartak tarł.

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