I'm afraid I'm gonna have to pull a sickie today,Helen,but I really do have a bit of the flu.
海倫,我今天可能要請一天病假了,我好像感冒了。
No problem.You take care of yourself.
沒問題,你要照顧好自己。
May I pull a sickie today?I don't feel well.
我今天可以請病假嗎?身體不太舒服。
Sure.Go ahead.
好啊,可以。
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May I ask for leave today?
I have to pull a sickie today.
我們平時在請假或者需要早退的時候往往會用到ask for leave這個習語,老外通常還會用到pull a sickie來表示“請病假”。Sickie是“病假”的俚語,經常指休息一天,用于純粹的病假。但這個表達含有逃避工作的成分,所以用這個俚語時候要小心些哦。