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

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Je pense qu'il commet une grave erreur en refusant ce poste. I think he's making a big mistake by turning down the job.
Il prit un air grave. He looks stern.
Ça n’est pas grave. It's no big deal.
Nous avons détecté une grave faille dans le système. We detected a great fault in the system.
Ce n'est pas grave, tu ne dois pas pleurer. It's not bad, you don't have to cry.
L'autoroute était fermée à cause d'un grave accident. The motorway was closed due to a major accident.
Le problème le plus grave actuellement est celui de la surpopulation. The most severe problem at present is that of over-population.
Nous pourrions avoir un tremblement de terre très grave n'importe quand. We may have a very severe earthquake any moment now.
Quand il fut informé de ces mauvaises nouvelles, Roy prit un air grave. Roy looked solemn as I told him the story.
Ce n'est pas un si grave problème. Tu t'en fais beaucoup trop. It's not such a big problem. You're worrying way too much.
Ce n'est pas un problème si grave. Vous vous en faites beaucoup trop. It's not such a big problem. You're worrying way too much.
Réitérer une erreur sans la reconnaître pour telle, est la plus grave erreur de toutes. Repeating a mistake without recognizing it as one, is the biggest mistake of all.
C'était suffisamment grave qu'il arrive habituellement au travail en retard, mais venir soûl est un comble, et je vais devoir m'en débarrasser. It was bad enough that he usually came to work late, but coming in drunk was the last straw, and I'm going to have to let him go.
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