Leaving only a handful that survived. Flight Eleven and One Seventy-Five with the illegal medications that overdosed our population, led us to receive a leave of absence for an unnecessary vacation and we became addicts.

VOA: special.2009.04.17

So returning to Genesis 1, We have an absence of theology and mythology in the sense of a biography of God in this opening chapter And that means the absence of a meta-divine realm.

好，现在回到《创世纪》的第一章，这里并没有宗教信仰也没有神话传说,在开篇中也没有上帝的传记,这也就意味着没有一个无量的国度。

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But there is an absence of what Kaufman would call this meta-divine realm, this primordial realm from which the gods emerge.

这里也没有Kaufman所说的,无量的国度，这是众神诞生的国度。

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Clinton said in the absence of an Iranian reply, it is premature to talk about what may happen if Tehran ultimately rejects the offer.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

After all, not having the meal is just an absence of a certain experience.

毕竟，不吃饭是对某种经历的缺乏。

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