A2 · Upper Beginner
Health & Symptoms
Put words to how you feel when you're unwell, from a runny nose and chills to a sprain, a migraine, or a nasty infection.
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- Words & phrases
- 34
- Lessons
- 2
- Conversations
- 1
- Readings
- 2
A preview of what you’ll master
Words you’ll make your own.
Explore every meaning in this unit. Learn how to say it in Danish when you start.
- a runny nose (head cold)
- to throw up, to vomit
- an itch
- constipation
- hives, nettle rash
- to itch
- chills, the shivers
- to shiver, to shake
- to faint
- a bruise
- a swelling
- swollen
- sore, tender
- back pain
- shortness of breath
- a nosebleed
- a bladder infection
- a sprain
- a fainting spell, a spell of feeling ill
- under the weather, unwell
- exhaustion
- muscle soreness
- an earache
- to hurt
- insomnia
- joint pain
- a stabbing pain, a stitch
- a throat infection
- hiccups
- blind
- deaf
- stuffed up
- runny-nosed
- lightheaded
Danish words, pronunciation, and practice are waiting inside your learning account.
Understand the why
Your lessons, step by step.
- Lesson 1
Symptoms and Discomfort
- Lesson 2
Describing Symptoms to a Doctor
Where this unit fits
Courses with this unit.
Upper Beginner · Part 3
Work through the vocabulary, lessons, conversations and reading activities in this part. Practice grammar along the way.
23 Units · about 18.5 h
Family Health Care
Describe symptoms and family care needs, ask for appointments and check that you understand the information you receive.
6 Units · about 4 h
See a Doctor
Explain your symptoms, answer the doctor's questions and get the right medicine at the pharmacy.
4 Units · about 3 h
Your Family Doctor
Contact your own doctor the right way and explain what is wrong.
4 Units · about 2.5 h
At the Pharmacy
Explain what you need at a pharmacy and ask the pharmacist to clarify medicine instructions in Danish.
2 Units · about 1.5 h
Calling In Sick
Call in sick in Danish and tell your workplace when you expect to be back.
4 Units · about 3 h
At the Optician
Explain what is wrong with your eyesight or glasses and get the help you need at the optician.
2 Units · about 1.5 h
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