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Question 1 of 6What is the essay mainly about? Question 2 of 6How often do the neighbor's children call? Question 3 of 6What does the mailman "who no longer carries letters" suggest? Question 4 of 6What does "neither in a nursing home nor in anyone's care" reveal? Question 5 of 6What point does the author make by comparing loneliness with smoking? Question 6 of 6What does the neighbor's silence with her children imply? Vocabularyتُؤَنِّبُscolds
سَاعِي الْبَرِيدmailman
دُور الْمُسِنِّينnursing homes
صَدْر الْبَيْتheart of the house
هَامِشmargin
الْأُسْرَة الْمُمْتَدَّةextended family
تَفَرَّقَscattered
رِعَايَةcare
تَحْفِرُ الصَّخْرَwears away the rock
عُلْبَةbox, pack
الضَّغْطblood pressure
مُطْمَئِنِّينreassured