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now he is the owner of a vast business , with many branches . ? A. Begin with B. At the beginning ? C. At the very beginning D. In the beginning D ? absent adj 不在場(chǎng)的,缺席的 ? (1) 做某事缺席 absent from ? He was absent from school . ? (2)absent in 離開(kāi)說(shuō)話人所在地到另一地 ? He is absent in Europe . ? (3) vi 缺席,不到 ? He absented himself from the meeting ? absence 缺席 ? absentminded 心不在焉的 ? drop out of 提出,輟學(xué) ? He dropped out of college after only two weeks . ? Three of the runners dropped out . ? expand vi 擴(kuò)大 增加 伸展 ? vt 使變大 使增強(qiáng) ? Our foreign trade has expanded during recent years. ? expansion n 擴(kuò)大,膨脹,擴(kuò)大物,膨脹物 ? The new factory is large , to allow room for expansion . ? dis