Usage examples of "graves" in French with translation to English

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Nos problèmes financiers sont graves. Our financial problems are serious.
Certains Américains ont de graves doutes. Some Americans have grave debts.
Tom a de graves ennuis. Tom is in deep trouble.
Cette doctrine engendrera sans nul doute de graves conséquences. That doctrine will no doubt lead to serious consequences.
À cette époque, notre pays était confronté à de graves problèmes économiques. At the time, our country was confronted with serious economic difficulties.
L'accroissement de la population a donné lieu à de graves problèmes sociaux. Population growth has given rise to serious social problems.
Environ un tiers de ces maladies est curable, mais les autres peuvent être graves, voire mortelles. About a third of these diseases can be cured, but the others may be serious, or even fatal.
Le rythme actuel est d'environ un crash aérien toutes les deux semaines, en tenant compte de tous les accidents graves sur tous les types d'avions de transport. The current rate is about one airplane crash every two weeks, measuring all serious accidents to all types of transport jets.
Elle commit une grave erreur. She made a serious mistake.
Il a fait une erreur grave. He made a grave mistake.
Une épée bâtarde dans un fourreau gravé de motifs complexes. A longsword sheathed in an intricately engraved scabbard.
C'est un grave problème. It is a serious problem.
Il devint grave lorsqu'on l'informa des mauvaises nouvelles. He looked grave when told the bad news.
Il souffre d'une maladie grave. He is suffering from a serious illness.
Heureux qui, dans ses vers, sait d'une voix légère passer du grave au doux, du plaisant au sévère. Happy him who with ease can steer, from grave to gay, from lively to severe.
C'est une affaire extrêmement grave. This is an extremely serious matter.
C’était un grand garçon un peu lourd de 25 ans, à l’air grave et compassé et aux manières cérémonieuses. He was a tall, heavy-looking young man of five-and-twenty. His air was grave and stately, and his manners were very formal.
Elle souffre d'une maladie grave. She's suffering from a serious disease.
À Ankara, j'ai dit clairement que l'Amérique n'est pas - et ne sera jamais - en guerre avec l'Islam. Nous affronterons, cependant, sans cesse les extrémistes violents qui posent une grave menace à notre sécurité. In Ankara, I made clear that America is not – and never will be – at war with Islam. We will, however, relentlessly confront violent extremists who pose a grave threat to our security.
Avez-vous déjà eu une maladie grave ? Have you ever had any serious illness?
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