No. 8,179 in Polish

olej

Oil.

In a sentence

Kup olej w sklepie.
Buy oil at the store.
In this sentence, 'olej' refers to cooking oil or another type of oil that one might purchase at a store.
Nie olewaj swoich obowiązków!
Don't neglect your duties!
Here, 'olej', in its verb form 'olewaj', is used colloquially to mean 'to disregard or neglect' someone or something.
Silnik wymaga oleju.
The engine requires oil.
In this context, 'oleju' (the genitive form of 'olej') refers to engine oil, essential for machinery operation.

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