If you’re sick, you need to take a day off from work. Find out how to tell your boss in English in this episode. 

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I was fed up with work and wanted the day off. I decided to call in sick. I wasn’t prepared, though, to be peppered with questions. 

Peter: Hello, this is Peter. Is this Magda? 

Magda: Yes. This is Magda. 

Peter: Hi, Magda. I won’t [bad word] in today. I’m not feeling well. I think [bad word] down with something. 

Magda: Hmm, what seems to be the problem? 

Peter: The problem? Oh…I’ve been up all night throwing up and I feel terrible. 

Magda: Didn’t you have something like this two weeks ago when you called in sick? 

Peter: Two weeks ago? No, I had food poisoning two weeks ago. 

Magda: And what about a month ago when you called in sick? 

Peter: That was a 24-hour bug. 

Magda: Didn’t you just take a day off from work because of a death in the family? 

Peter: Yes, I had to go to the funeral. 

Magda: I see. That’s one day off from work a week, four weeks in a row. [long silence] 

Peter: Uh, I’ll be in within the hour. 

Magda: I’m glad you’ve had a miraculous recovery.