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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If necessary, you might call in sick.

必要时你可以打电话请病假。

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Let's call in sick.

我们打电话请个病假吧！

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"This is a job where you can't very often call in sick, " manager Joe Girardi said.

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Unfortunately, the hospital has another policy that causes nurses to be written up if they call in sick.

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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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