She reached for the phone to call in sick.

她伸手拿起话机打电话请病假。

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I want to call in sick.

我想打电话到公司去请一天病假。

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I don't feel well; I guess I need to call in sick.

我感觉身体不太舒服，我想我得打电话请病假。

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Using their hands and wrists all day causes techs to get carpal tunnel syndrome, which leads them to call in sick fairly frequently.

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Jorge Videla, to call in sick, so that he himself could preside over the Mass and intercede on behalf of the kidnapped priests.

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And when two Jesuit priests were kidnapped, he said he convinced a Junta leader's priest to call in sick so he might celebrate Mass at the general's home and plead for mercy.

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