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make it look easy

seem effortless

To make something look easy means to do something difficult in a way that makes it seem simple.

B2 common mostly spoken

expression

Hear it in real life

Was the presentation difficult?

Probably, but she made it look easy.

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The chef makes preparing a complicated meal look easy.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: She makes the difficult routine to look easy.

Say: She makes the difficult routine look easy.

After “make” plus an object, use the bare verb “look.”

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How it fits in a sentence.

make something look easy; make it look easy

Your turn: say it out loud

The chef makes preparing a complicated meal look easy.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

make it look easy

seem effortless

“The chef makes preparing a complicated meal look easy.”

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