big, tall, great, grown-ups, adults
Mais enfin, pas la peine de monter sur tes grands chevaux.
Come on, there’s no need to get all high and mighty.
— Chute libre (1993)
They are very tall.
The children are grown up.
You are very tall.
Vous êtes aussi grands que votre père.
You are as tall as your father.
Il est plus grand que les grands, il est petit devant Dieu.
He is greater than the great, he is small before God.
Les grands aidaient les petits.
The big ones helped the little ones.
Je joue dans la cour des grands.
I play in the big leagues.
Napoléon, Louis XIV, tous les grands en avaient plein.
Napoleon, Louis XIV—all the great figures had plenty of them.
— Les Diaboliques (1955)