Dad used to say that David's plaintive wailing over his rebellious son Absalom - "o my son Absa-lom!"

父亲常常说，大卫对他叛逆的儿子押沙龙悲伤地呼叫：“我儿押沙龙啊！”

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However, Barclays' purchase in 2005 of ABSA, another South African bank, has not transformed its position in the rest of Africa.

不过，2005年巴克利银行收购另一家南非银行absa，并没能改变自己在非洲其余地区的地位。

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“I want Hollywood to talk about the beautiful things in Africa, and to use our way of telling the story, ” says Moussa Sene Absa, a Senegalese director.

另一位塞内加尔导演穆萨-塞恩-阿布萨（Moussa Sene Absa）也深有同感：“我希望好莱坞能够告诉观众非洲之美，以我们的方式讲故事。”

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Through a joint venture with Absa Bank, Woolworths offers financial services such as loans, debit cards and home insurance solutions to its customers.

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That represents excellent progress under new coach Robbie Deans, but his Springboks counterpart Peter de Villiers is now under increasing pressure after another lacklustre display at the ABSA Stadium.

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