He's had a bad cold and isn't fit enough for work yet.

他得了重感冒，还不能上班。

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He had a bad cold.

他得了重感冒。

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I'm afraid you've had a bad cold.

你恐怕得了重感冒。

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He had a bad cold that seemed to last longer than usual.

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So let's imagine we're playing the game again, once again you're going to the movies, once again the first one didn't happen so you didn't for some reason it was cancelled that night because someone had a bad cold or something.

我们再来进行一次这个博弈,假设你们又要一起去看电影,由于种种原因,第一天晚上你们都没有看成,假装因为有一个人感冒了

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The court heard that Mr Adal still had "really bad nightmares, waking in a cold sweat" and was now too scared to stay in his kebab shop alone.

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He thanked people for their "fantastic" support, revealed he had only resumed practising a week ago, and that he has a bad cold.

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