Afternoon, Jerome.
Hi, how's it going Trish. What can I do for you?- Well, I've got a bit of a favour to ask if you don't mind?
- Sure. What do you need?
- Well, as you know, Patrick's out.
- He called in crook.
- Yeah, we heard he was a bit under-the-weather.
- We thought he might've been pulling a sickie because his favourite rugby team is playing today.
- That crossed my mind, too.
- Turns out though, he got food poisoning last night so it looks like he'll be out for the week.
- Poor bloke!
- Yeah, and the thing is, we need someone to stay late a couple of hours the rest of this week.
- Ah, I see.
- So, would you mind terribly covering for him?
- You'll be compensated, of course.
- Yeah, no worries, Trish.
- Could do with a bit of extra cash this month, anyway.
called in crook
："crook"は"feeling unwell"の意味。"call in crook"は"call in sick"「病欠の電話をする」の意味。
under-the-weather
："under-the-weather"は"feeling unwell"の意味。「具合が悪い」
pulling a sickie
："sickie"は"sick"。「病気」（豪英語共通）。"pull a sickie"は"pretend to be sick"の意味。「仮病を使って、仕事や学校を休む。」
bloke
："bloke"は"man"の意味。「男」
covering
："cover"は"replace; to do someone else's work"の意味。「代わりに働く」
no worries
："no worriess"は"do not worry about that"の意味。「まかせてください」