something very easy to do
quelque chose de très facile à faire (kelkə ʃoz də trè fasil a fɛʁ)
"The exam was a piece of cake for her."
"L'examen était un jeu d'enfant pour elle." (Lexamen était un **jeu d'enfant** pour elle.)
to achieve a small success but fail in the larger goal
an obvious problem that no one wants to discuss
to be extremely frustrated and have no patience left
to say bad things about someone when they are not present
to form new friendships
a state of political hostility without open warfare