串门: to call on sb, to drop in, to visit sb's home...
谋生: to seek one's livelihood, to work to support oneself, to earn a living...
将近: almost, nearly, close to...
河流: river...
尖: point (of needle), sharp, shrewd, pointed...
坚强: staunch, strong...
池塘: pool, pond...
混凝土: concrete...
参与: to participate (in sth)...
兄弟: brothers, younger brother, I, me (humble term used by men in public speech), brotherly, fraternal...