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The French word

grand
means
big, tall (m)
Examples:
Il est très grand.
He is very tall.
Je suis très grand.
I am very tall.
Qu'est-ce que tu es grand !
How tall you are! | How big you are!
Regarde ce grand bâtiment !
Look at that tall building!
Je suis aussi grand que lui.
I am as tall as he. | I'm as tall as he is.
Singapour a un grand problème.
Singapore has one big problem.
Bill est aussi grand que Jack.
Bill is as tall as Jack.
Un grand bâtiment se dresse ici.
A tall building stands there.
Mon frère est aussi grand que moi.
My brother is as tall as me.
Bill n'est pas aussi grand que Bob.
Bill is not as tall as Bob.
Il est presque aussi grand que moi.
He's almost as tall as me.
Je ne suis pas aussi grand que lui.
I am not as tall as he.
Je suis presque aussi grand qu'elle.
I am nearly as tall as she.
L'oncle Ken a un grand élevage avicole.
Ken's uncle has a big chicken farm.
Quand on est petit, tout nous paraît si grand...
When we are small, everything seems so big.
Un grand pont a été construit au-dessus de la rivière.
A big bridge was built over the river.
Il n'y a pas de garçon aussi grand que Guillaume dans la classe.
No boy in the class is as tall as Bill.
D'après le journal, il y a eu un grand tremblement de terre au Chili hier.
According to today's paper, there was a big earthquake in Chile yesterday.
Je ne suis pas aussi grand que mon frère, mais je suis plus grand que mon père.
I am not so tall as my brother, but taller than my father.
Examples sourced from tatoeba.org