Bill substituted for Larry, who was off sick.

【substitute】拉里因病没有上班，比尔替了他。

I was off sick for four days with the flu.

【sick】我因得流感休了四天病假。

So if someone were to say to me, " I was off sick yesterday because I had a stomach bug, " I might reply, saying, " I see. " Was there vomit?

因此，如果有人对我说，“我昨天生病了， 因为我有胃病， ” 我可能会回答说， “我明白了。 ” 有呕吐物吗？

But then, like last week, I was off sick and just picked up a book by this obscure publisher and based in the UK called Slightly Foxed, which somebody had given me for Christmas.

但是后来，就像上周一样， 我请病假，刚买了这本默默无闻的英国出版商的书， 书名是《Slightly Foxed》，是有人送给我的圣诞礼物。