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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.
offence
Noun
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An offence is an action that breaks the law.
Murder is a serious criminal offence.
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When you give offence to someone, you do something that they don't like.
I didn't mean to give offence, but I didn't know that you don't do that in China.
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The offence is the person or team who is attacking.
For the first time in the game, Arsenal goes on the offence.