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This document discusses absolute phrases and how they can be translated into different types of adverb clauses, including clauses of reason, time, condition, and concession/contrast. It provides examples of each type of clause and notes that the subject of the absolute phrase can be omitted if it is the same as the subject of the main clause. Absolute phrases add contextual information about when, why, if, or although something occurred.
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