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What does “a piece of cake” mean?
Meaning, example sentence and a quick practice question.
B2 · C1
Something very easy to do
“The exam was a piece of cake.”
Say it smoothly: “a-pee-so-vcake”
From the B2 lesson A Piece of Cake and the C1 lesson A Piece of Cake (easy and difficult).
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What does “a piece of cake” mean?
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