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Describing symptoms to a doctor

Role Play · B1 · 3 min

Your prompt

You are at a clinic. The doctor says: “What seems to be the problem?” Describe a headache you've had for three days and answer their questions.

Speak your part out loud, as if the other person were really there. Stay in the scene.

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