How to cure writer's block

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creative juices
a flow of ideas
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soki twórcze
coined
coined invented
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ukuć, wymyślić (np. powiedzenie)
impediment
impediment obstacle
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przeszkoda
impediment
There are two people, who are an impediment to our plan
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przeszkoda
obstacle
a thing that blocks one's way or prevents or hinders progress
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przeszkoda
speech impediment
He has such a terrible speech impediment I can barely understand him.
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wada wymowy
obstacle
We've overcome all obstacles.
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przeszkoda
encounter
We encountered another obstacle.
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spotkanie
Napotkaliśmy kolejną przeszkodę.
invoked
invoked = called upon
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przywoływać
called upon
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wezwać kogoś
invoke
n court, you might invoke the Fifth Amendment (the right not to say something that will make you look bad) if you don't want to talk.
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odwoływać, przywoływać
a sheaf of papers, a sheaf of hay, corn
I've got a sheaf of poems from my youth.
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plik papierów, snop siana, kukurydzy
bundle
A sheaf of something means a bundle of things, particularly paper
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pakiet
dry up
my creative juices have dried up
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wyschnąć/ wyczerpać się
and so forth
and so forth = and so on= et cetera= etc.
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itd/ i tak dalej
rut
I'm in a rut, and I need a change.
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rutyna
and so forth
Before writers were blocked the other metaphors that were used were things like 'drying up' ... or 'being frozen' or 'stuck in a rut' and so forth
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itd
externalize
in the case of blockage the problem is externalised and objectified
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uzewnętrznić
objectify
in the case of blockage the problem is externalised and objectified
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zobiektywizować
obstacle
So writer's block is a metaphor for an obstacle – something external rather than internal inside of you
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przeszkoda
impediment
'It's not my fault – this impediment thing is getting in the way'.
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przeszkoda
invoke
you invoked – or called upon – that particular Muse to inspire you
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odwoływać, przywoływać
fluidity
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płynność
evoke
Evoke is usually an indirect action and not something that is necessarily done actively. His story evoked sympathy from the jury.
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przywołać
invoke
Great Britain invoked military aid from the United States.
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odwoływać, przywoływać

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