Le cours montre à quel point l’étouffement est grave.

The course shows how serious choking is.

Breakdown of Le cours montre à quel point l’étouffement est grave.

• être: to be
• montrer: to show
• à quel point: how (to what extent)
• grave: serious

Questions & Answers about Le cours montre à quel point l’étouffement est grave.

What does le cours mean here? Is it course, class, or lesson?

Le cours can mean several related things in French: course, class, or lesson, depending on context.

In this sentence, it most naturally means something like the course, the class, or the lesson material—whatever is doing the explaining or demonstrating.

So Le cours montre... means:

• The course shows...
• The lesson shows...
• The class demonstrates...

French often uses cours where English might choose different words depending on the setting.

What does à quel point mean?