Onun konuşma şeklinde tonlama bulunmamaktadır.
 - Intonation is absent in his way of speaking.
Bazı kedilerde kuyruklar yok.
 - Tails are absent in some cats.
Hastalık nedeniyle okulda yoktum.
 - I was absent from school because of illness.
Bugün derste bulunmayan birçok öğrenci vardı.
 - There was a lot of students absent from class today.
Tom çok dalgındır ve bazen çocukları okuldan almayı unutur.
 - Tom is quite absent-minded and sometimes forgets to pick the kids up from school.
Yüzünde dalgın bir bakış vardı.
 - He had an absent look on his face.
Tom asla okula devamsızlık yapmadı.
 - Tom has never been absent from school.
Tom sık sık okula devamsızlık yapar.
 - Tom is often absent from school.
What is commonly called an absent man is commonly either a very weak or a very affected man.
Expecting absent friends.