s'absenter

Mais cette fois-là, il s'était absenté plus longtemps.
But that time, he was away longer than usual.
La voisine a dit qu'il s'était absenté plusieurs jours.
Neighbor said he hadn't been home for days.
Son oncle, que Bill n'avait même pas remarqué dans la chambre, s'était absenté longtemps du travail pour venir tout droit de Tulsa.
His uncle, whom Bill had not even noticed in the room, had taken a lot of time off work to fly in all the way from Tulsa.
Il s'était absenté pour enquêter sur des paquets dont on soupçonnait qu'ils contenaient de la drogue et qui avaient été largués par des avions.
He was there to investigate packages suspected of holding drugs that had been dropped from airplanes.
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