Explain the following in your own words, bringing out any implied meanings

1. It felt like worms and toads and slimy things crawling out of my chest, but it also felt good, as if this awful side of me had surfaced, at last.

Answer: As I blurted these words out, I felt that something nasty had got out of my chest, and so I felt disgusted. But at the same time I felt good and relieved, because those nasty thoughts had been suppressed in my heart for a long time and now they had got out at last

2. And I could sense the her anger rising to its breaking point. I wanted to see it spill over.

Answer: I could feel that her anger had reached the point where she was at the very verge of losing her self-control. I wanted to see what my mother would do when she lost complete control of herself.

3. The lid to the piano was closed, shutting out the dust, my misery, and her dreams.

Answer: When the lid to the piano was closed, it shut out the dust and also put an end to my misery and her dreams.