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Time to stock up on some essential medical supplies as the medicine cabinet is looking a bit bare.
Hakim checks his stock of medicines - Il faut de l'aspirine, du désinfectant, et des pansements
- I need aspirin, disinfectant and plasters.
Pierre-Louis looks ill and points at his throat - J'ai très mal à la gorge.
   Tu peux acheter des pastilles, s'il te plaît ?

- I've got a really sore throat.
   Can you buy some lozenges, please?
- D'accord.
- OK.
Hakim's at the chemist's - Bonjour. Vous avez de l'aspirine, s'il vous plaît ?
- Hello. Have you got any aspirin, please?
- Oui, bien sûr. Pour enfant ou pour
   adulte ?

- Yes, of course. For a child or for an
   adult?
- C'est pour moi.
- It's for me.
Disinfectant and plasters - Je voudrais aussi des pansements et du désinfectant,
  s'il vous plaît.

- I'd also like some plasters and some disinfectant, please.
- Voilà, Monsieur.
- There you are.
- Merci.
- Thank you.
Hakim speaks to the chemist - Mon ami a mal à la gorge.
   Vous avez quelque chose pour ça ?

- My friend has a sore throat. Have you
  got anything for that?

- Of course. Here are some lozenges.
  Take five or six a day.
- Merci beaucoup.
- Thanks very much.

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