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Question 1 of 6What is the essay mainly about? Question 2 of 6What does the author say he does in Arabic? Question 3 of 6What does "I leave half of myself at the door" suggest about speaking English? Question 4 of 6Why does the author find near-equivalent words harder than words with no equivalent? Question 5 of 6What does the example of his mother saying "ghurba" convey? Question 6 of 6What does the closing image of the bridge imply? VocabularyأَفْتَقِدُI miss
أُفَاوِضُI negotiate
وِعَاءvessel, container
بِعَيْنِهَاparticular, specific
تَهْذِيبًاpoliteness
جَفَافًاdryness
مُقَابِلequivalent
مُطَابِقًاidentical
الْغُرْبَةbeing away from home, estrangement
الْمَنْفَىexile
الِاغْتِرَابalienation
تَتَّسِعُis wide enough
الِانْقِسَامdivision