No. 14,008 in Polish

potopu

"Potopu" in English means "deluge" or "flood."

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W czasie potopu szwedzkiego Polska doświadczyła wielu trudności.
During the Swedish Deluge, Poland faced many challenges.
The term 'potopu' refers to the historic 'Deluge' or 'The Swedish invasion of Poland'.
Po burzy, wieś przypominała krajobraz po potopu.
After the storm, the village resembled a landscape after a deluge.
Here, 'potopu' metaphorically describes a large, destructive flood.
Czytamy w szkole książkę 'Potopu' Henryka Sienkiewicza.
We are reading the book 'The Deluge' by Henryk Sienkiewicz in school.
In this sentence, 'potopu' is used in the context of a specific title of a literary work and implies 'The Deluge'.

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