She became so afraid of going to school that she started to be absent from her classes.

她变得如此害怕去上学，以至于开始逃课。

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I was happy to be absent from school.

上学缺课我可真高兴。

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We can't afford to be absent from class again.

我们再缺课的话就有麻烦了。

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But the fear of layoffs and the ever-faster pace of work mean many Americans are reluctant to be absent from the office -- anxious that they might look like they're not committed to their job.

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So no minister who is elected to the body can be absent from the fray, at least for now, and Gillard herself has to attend to the new parliament.

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The technocratic scion of one of Quebec's leading political families, he has never been a man to cut much of a figure, and lately he has been so absent from public debate as to be invisible.

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