Sentence examples of "s'être absent" in French

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J'étais absent du travail hier. I was absent from work yesterday.
Je jouissais de beaucoup de bon sens lorsque j'étais jeune mais cela semble s'être essoufflé. I had a lot of gumption when I was young but now it seems to have all petered out.
Vous avez été absent de l'école hier. You were absent from school yesterday.
Il prétendit s'être projeté de manière astrale vers une planète éloignée, constituée de jungle, dans la galaxie d'Andromède. He claimed to have astrally projected himself to a remote jungle planet in the Andromeda galaxy.
Je me demande pourquoi il était absent. I wonder why he was absent.
Il n'y a guère de gens qui ne soient honteux de s'être aimés quand ils ne s'aiment plus. There are few who are not embarrassed to have been in love once they don't love each other anymore.
Dis-moi la raison pour laquelle tu étais absent de l'école hier. Tell me the reason you were absent from school yesterday.
Le navire abaissa sa passerelle après s'être mis à quai. The ship lowered its gangway after docking.
Comme je me collais un rhume, j'ai été absent de l'école. Since I had a cold, I was absent from school.
Je ne peux lui pardonner de s'être comporté comme cela. I can't forgive him for behaving like that.
J'étais absent de l'école hier. I was absent from school yesterday.
Sa santé a l'air de s'être considérablement améliorée dernièrement. Her health seems to have improved considerably of late.
Dis-moi pourquoi il était absent. Tell me why he was absent.
"-Savez-vous quel genre d'arbre vous venez de rompre ?" "-Non, je l'ignore", répondis-je au détective. Tout en regardant par la fenêtre, il lança : "-Hé, sais-tu quel genre d'arbre il vient de rompre ?" "-Hum, on dirait un Cephalotaxus", dit la voix d'une jeune femme. Après s'être redressé sur son siège, le détective me demanda à nouveau : "-Savez-vous quel genre d'arbre vous venez de rompre ?" "Do you know what kind of tree you just broke?" "No, I don't," I answered the detective. While looking through the open door, the detective shouted, "Hey, do you know what kind of tree he just broke?" "Um, looks like it's a yew plum pine," said the voice of a young woman. After straightening himself in his seat, the detective asked me one more time: "Do you know what kind of tree you just broke?"
Il est absent de l'école aujourd'hui. He is absent from school today.
Les gens qui ont vécu ce que l'on nomme des "rêves lucides" les décrivent souvent comme "plus réels que la réalité". De même, après s'être réveillé d'un "rêve lucide", ils décrivent la réalité comme un "rêve fantasque". People that have experienced so-called 'lucid dreams' often describe them as being 'more real than reality'. They also describe reality after waking up from a 'lucid dream' to be like a 'whimsical dream'.
Mon père est absent à cause de son travail. My father is absent on business.
Dites-moi pourquoi vous étiez absent de l'école hier. Tell me why you were absent from school yesterday.
Il était absent à l'école parce qu'il était malade. He was absent from school because he was sick.
Personne n'était absent à part elle. No one was absent except her.
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