Great job making French bread? (4,4)

I believe the answer is:

nice work

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'french bread?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'great job' is the wordplay.
'great' becomes 'nice' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'job' becomes 'work' (synonyms).
'nice'+'work'='NICE WORK'

'making' acts as a link.

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