memories;  recollections;  reminiscence
 family;  members of a family
 burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee);  breach;  collapse;  washout;  rupture
 meaning;  significance;  sense
 to gulp down;  to swallow deeply;  to understand;  to take in;  to engulf;  to swallow up
 to cross (legs or arms);  to link (arms);  to put together;  to construct;  to braid;  to plait;  to grapple
 equality (esp. of status);  equal footing;  equal terms
 to grant;  to give;  to confer;  to teach;  to instruct;  to impart (knowledge)
 to put someone to trouble
 to be unable to;  to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do;  to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously;  to contain (or combine) two or more features;  to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.);  to do alongside
 to (call and) stop;  to call (someone) to stop;  to hail (e.g. a taxi)
 bubble;  foam;  froth;  head on beer
 only;  merely;  but;  no more than
 to boil;  to come to a boil;  to seethe (with rage, etc.);  to be furious
 to be boiled;  to be cooked
 munching;  devouring;  gobbling up; (arch.)  shaggy; (arch.)  disheveled; (arch.)  unkempt
 by myself;  in person;  by oneself
 to ascertain;  to check;  to make sure
 How do you do?;  I am glad to meet you
 first meeting;  first interview with
 I appreciate your efforts
 to start;  to begin;  to start up (a business, society, etc.);  to open (e.g. a store);  to start ...;  to begin to ...
 in that manner;  like that
 to refuse;  to reject;  to inform;  to give notice;  to ask leave;  to excuse oneself (from)
 smirkingly;  broadly (grinning)
 part;  part-timer;  part-time (work)
 soon;  shortly;  before long;  nearly;  almost
 senior high school student
 junior high school;  middle school;  lower secondary school
 question collection;  problem collection;  problem set;  workbook
 once;  one time;  one round;  one game;  one bout;  one heat
 to this extent;  to this degree;  this much
 5,000,000;  five million; (arch.)  many