PE 9/4 In the Office

I know you're very dedicated to this company, but what we really can't afford is for you to get burned out. 

* get burned out: to do something so long and so intensely that one gets sick and tired of doing it. 

= run out of steam, get worn out, feel drained, feel knocked out.

ex> I got burned out as a competitive dancer. I can't stand to practice dance anymore.

I've been burying myself in my work because my wife and I aren't getting along well.

* bury oneself in: to be very preoccupied with sth

ex> burying yourself in work for too long will ruin your social life.

It sounds like you two have hit a rough patch. It happens in every marriage.

* a rough patch: a lot of problems in a period of one's life.

ex> His business hit [went through] a rough patch during the recession that began in 2008.

 

What do you suggest I do? I really dread going home sometimes.

* dread: to anticipate with fear or great apprehension

ex> I dread speaking in public. It makes me sick to my stomach.

My being distant isn't helping things, huh?

* be distant: to not be so close to someone as you once were

ex> He doesn't understand why his girlfriend is being so distant all of a sudden.

I think what you two need is a break from the day-to-day drudgery.

* drudgery [^|drʌdƷəri] : 고됨, 단조로움

ex> People want to get away from drudgery of their everyday lives.