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

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Elle commit une grave erreur. She made a serious mistake.
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.
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.
Il a fait une erreur grave. He made a grave mistake.
En raison d'une grave maladie, il ne peut pas mouvoir son corps comme la plupart des gens le peuvent. Because of a serious disease, he can't move his body as most people can.
Ça constituerait une erreur. This would be a mistake.
Avez-vous déjà eu une maladie grave ? Have you ever had any serious illness?
On suppose que la victime a absorbé par erreur une grande quantité de poison. The victim is thought to have taken a large quantity of poison by mistake.
Il devint grave lorsqu'on l'informa des mauvaises nouvelles. He looked grave when told the bad news.
Imaginez si chaque fois que quelqu'un faisait une faute de grammaire, nous ne pouvions que lui répondre "Erreur de syntaxe." en le laissant se débrouiller avec ça. Just imagine that every time somebody made a grammar mistake, people only could answer "Syntax error." and leave the somebody with that.
Il souffre d'une maladie grave. He is suffering from a serious illness.
Il a pris du poison par erreur. He took poison by mistake.
Ce n'est pas grave, tu ne dois pas pleurer. It's not bad, you don't have to cry.
Penses-tu qu'il a commis cette erreur intentionnellement ? Do you think he made that mistake on purpose?
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.
Avec le recul, c'était une erreur. In hindsight, this was a mistake.
Ce n'est pas grave, je ne lui en veux pas. It's not serious, I don't bear him a grudge.
J'avais commis la même erreur toute ma vie. I had been making the same mistake all my life.
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.
Pourquoi n'admettez-vous pas votre erreur ? Why don't you admit your mistake?
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