I think he really just needed a leave of absence from us.

我觉得他确实需要请假离开我们一段时间。

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But the absence of the US from the protocol is prompting other rich countries to move away from it.

但是，在美国抛弃议定书的背景下，其他富裕国家只会随其一步步的远离这个目标。

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The relative absence of mobile announcements from the major players in the US market (even Sony, which debuted the Xperia Z, opted not to make the device a centerpiece of its press conference) allowed manufacturers like ZTE and Huawei, largely unknown in the States, to hog the mobile spotlight.

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Le's just hope Universal and Apple make nice sooner rather than later, because the absence of a major label from iTunes certainly isn't gonna do anything to turn us into a nation of taggers.

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