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Question 1 of 6What is the essay's central reflection on learning a language? Question 2 of 6According to the essay, where is the deeper layer of a language learned? Question 3 of 6What does the baker's "patient smile of someone talking to a child" convey? Question 4 of 6Why will an adult learner "never again mock anyone's accent"? Question 5 of 6What does the shift from "something you carry" to "a place you live in" suggest? Question 6 of 6What does "a version of yourself you didn't know" imply? Vocabularyأَحْمَقfool
رَغِيفloaf
يَتَلَعْثَمُstammers
صَبُورَةpatient
مُتَرَدِّدًاhesitant
التَّوَاضُعhumility
لُكْنَةaccent
شَتِيمَةcurse, insult
الطَّلَاقَةfluency
الْمُجَامَلَةcompliment, courtesy
رَفْضًا مُهَذَّبًاa polite refusal
مُبْتَدِئًاa beginner