s'absenter

Il semblerait que Walter se soit absenté, alors...
It appears that Walter has stepped out, so it's...
Bien que le secrétaire d'État se soit absenté, je suis convaincu que les représentants du Conseil lui rapporteront mes dires.
Although the State Secretary has gone, I am sure that the representatives of the Council will pass this on to him.
Il est inacceptable que le Bureau du Parlement se soit absenté sans permission et ait pris une décision seul : sous la pression exercée par l'administration du Parlement, le Bureau a décidé d'ignorer ce que ce Parlement a adopté.
It is unacceptable that Parliament's Bureau seems to have gone totally AWOL and decided for itself: under pressure from Parliament's administration, Parliament's Bureau has chosen to ignore what this Parliament has voted for.
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