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| American | English |
|---|---|
| acetaminophen | paracetamol |
| Tylenol | Panadol (i.e. the most popular brand of paracetamol) |
| Advil | Nurofen (i.e. most popular brand of ibuprofen) |
| analgesics (even in the supermarket they use the technical term) | pain killers |
| allergies | hayfever |
| mono(nucleosis) | glandular fever |
| sinus infection | sinusitus |
| pink eye | conjunctivitis? |
| strep throat | tonsillitis? |
I think I mentioned before that they have nothing here as good as butter menthols. Luckily I had some on the days I had to teach.
My cold's almost gone now. Just a bit of a cough so I'm taking expectorant tablets to try to clear that up before the end of the week.
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