an absentee owner 在外業主

My mobile phone's gone AWOL again. 我的手機又丢了。

All those years, vanished beyond recall, seemed utterly wasted. 這些年的光陰已逝，無法挽回，恰似虛度。

They knew their lands would be forfeit if they lost the war. 他們知道如果輸掉這場戰爭國土就會淪喪。

Steve has disappeared off the face of the earth. 史蒂夫消失得無影無蹤。

I'll be gone for about half an hour. 我將離開大約半個小時。

I'm afraid I can't come, but I'll be there in spirit.

There is a risk that the costs may be irrecoverable. 有收不回成本的風險。

the lean years of the Depression 經濟大蕭條時期不景氣的年頭

The long-awaited decision on funding is due today. 對資金方面期待已久的決定今天該有着落了。

Dad's pretty mad – you'd better make yourself scarce. 爸爸很生氣，你最好走開。

The mother is MIA and the grandma came instead.

The sentence contained a misplaced comma. 句子裏有一個放錯地方的逗號。

Wildlife is virtually non-existent in this area. 野生動物在這個地區幾乎不存在。

I'm sorry, sir, the roast lamb is off. 很抱歉，先生，烤羔羊肉沒有了。

He said he had enough explosive to wipe the island off the map.

He's out of hospital, but he can't go back to work. 他出院了，但不能回去工作。

Are these chairs spoken for? 這些椅子有人坐嗎？

a stray cat/dog 走失的貓/狗

A lot of their money is tied up in property. 他們的很多錢都被套在了房地産上。

Forty people are still unaccounted for after the avalanche. 在雪崩後依然有40人下落不明。

Some witnesses were unavailable at the time of the trial. 審判時有些證人未能到庭。

Sophisticated medical equipment is unavailable in many poorer countries. 許多更貧窮的國家得不到高級的醫療設備。