Hey hun. How was work?
It was alright.- The morning was pretty slow but after lunch it got busy all of a sudden.
- It was crazy.
- Really. A lot of customers?
- Yeah. Ted called in sick this morning.
- And Alan's still in Atlanta, so we were short-staffed to begin with.
- Ah, that's too bad.
- Did you at least eat?
- Mm hmm. Fortunately the rush didn't happen until after.
- Ah. Is Ted okay?
- He sounded pretty nasally on the phone.
- Could be the flu.
- I hope it's not too serious.
- Yeah. Me too.
hun
："hun"は"honey"の短い言い方。"dear"と同類の親愛を表す語。「あなた」
slow
："slow"は"not busy"の意味。「ゆったりした/忙しくない」
called in sick
："call in sick"は"call the workplace and report being sick"の意味。「病欠の電話をする」
short-staffed
："short-staffed"は"not having enough workers"の意味。「スタッフ不足の」
eat
："eat"はここでは"eat lunch"の意味。「(昼食を)食べる」
rush
："rush"は"busy time"の意味。「ラッシュ/忙しい時間」
sounded pretty nasally
："sound nasally"は"sound like one has a stuffy nose"の意味。「鼻がつまってるような声だ/鼻声で」