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grave
Adjective
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If a problem or situation is grave, it is bad and serious.
She's in danger, Frank. Grave danger. Aren't you willing to do anything to help her?
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If a person looks or acts grave, they look serious and worried.
He looked very grave indeed, and sat staring quiety at his table-full of papers.
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A grave accent is the mark over the e shown here: è.
damage
Noun
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If something has some damage, there is something broken or hurt.
Their car hit a truck, but luckily there was very little damage to the car.
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Money that someone has to pay someone else because something was damaged or someone was hurt.
The reason his car hit another car was that he did something wrong, so he had to pay damages to the owner of the other car.
damage
Verb
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If you damage something, you break or hurt it.
All those cigarettes have damaged her health.
The factory has caused significant damage to the local environment.