Claire: Good morning sir.
Pharmacist: Good morning, madam.
Claire: I have a headache, so I would like aspirin, or something else with the same effect.
Pharmacist: Otherwise, I have something better, ibuprofen.
Claire: Isn't it too strong?
Pharmacist: No.
Claire: I just want something for headache.
Pharmacist: Otherwise, I have aspirin, but stronger than that.
Claire: And is efferalgan ( name of medicine that contains paracetamol) not enough?
Pharmacist: Efferalgan? It contains paracetamol, so that's the same thing. It depends on which works for you
Claire: Doesn't efferalgan help everything?
Pharmacist: All three.
Claire: Both of them help everything?
Pharmacist: For everything, headache…
Claire: Well, I am used to efferalgan, so let's take that.
Pharmacist: So efferalgan…
Claire: They are effervescent tablets…
Pharmacist: Effervescent, indeed.
Claire: Do you have other types of tablets?
Pharmacist: There are tablets to eat, sorry, I mean, to swallow.
Claire: To swallow?
Pharmacist: Yes, to swallow, you put it under your tongue and let it dissolve
Claire: So I am going to have the effervescent tablets, and they are different…
Pharmacist: This one is 500, I have 1000 one also.
Claire: 1000, that's a lot, isn't it?
Pharmacist: Yes, it is.
Claire: Don't bother, and about this one, I mean, as far as number of tablets, there are 16 here. Do you have any smaller or bigger?
Pharmacist: No, I don't
Claire: So I'll take this one… I also have a prescription.
Pharmacist: Yes.
Claire: I'll give it to you.
Pharmacist: Thanks….Here it is. Now, I just have to make you pay.
Claire: Yes, that's it.
Pharmacist: So, it is thirteen francs fifty.
Claire: May I pay by card?
Pharmacist: Yes…. I plug it in.
Claire: I keep this, it is the receipt, I take the prescription, and I have my medicine.
Pharmacist: That's it.
Claire: Perfect, thanks a lot. Bye.
Pharmacist: Bye.
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