所以我从未预测到要缺席如此之久。

So I never could anticipate this long absence.

youdao

大家晓得咱们请了一位法律专家缺席今天的会议，可是他现在还没到场，所以我想能够从第二个问题开始讨论--如何在当地销售。

Grace: As you know, we've asked a legal expert to come today. He isn't here yet, so I think we should get the show started with the second issue, how to sell in that market.

youdao

所以我认为，这也同样适用于长期缺席之后的复出，复出直接就投入到重要比赛之中，从来不会轻松，但是我没有担忧过，因为我知道我需要时间。

So the same applies here, I think - it's never easy to come back and be thrown straight into big games, but I wasn't worried because I knew I needed time.

youdao