Vocabulary

war of words; quarrel; dispute

to head home; to leave for home

I couldn't care less; not caring less

on a routine basis; regularly; habitually

to take revenge

innocent; not guilty; harmless

indecent; shameful; unsightly; pathetic

serves you right!

real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)

funny; amusing

being concentrated on one thing; devoting oneself completely to something

Pauli exclusion principle

lunar mare; lunar sea

Mare Tranquillitatis (lunar mare); Sea of Tranquility; Sea of Tranquillity

complete lie; outright lie

taking pride in one's humility is a form of bragging; he that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted; too much humility is pride

sunny (room, etc.); well sunlit

to fess up; to come clean; to confess one's crimes; to spill the beans

to sleep like a log; to sleep like a baby

to do something stupid; to do something pointless; to hit a muddy rice field with a stick

approximate total (of)

hopeless; beyond saving; (feeling) beyond help; finding no comfort

leaping over multiple steps in stairs (e.g. when in a hurry)

to reveal one's true colors

to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at

to have meaning; to be meaningful

one's younger days; when one was young

no matter what; whatever you say; in the end

to remove obstacles in the way of one's objective; to take an indirect approach; to fill in the outer moat

to a great extent; impressive; staggering; horrible; complete; whole

excuse me (when passing in front of someone)

refusing to budge; adamant; intransigent; unyielding

to burn into one's memory; to sear an image

matter for the future; something that is a long way off; something that is not going to happen anytime soon

to have a reason; to have an excuse

very close (to); within a stone's throw (of); a stone's throw away (from)

to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down

those confident in themselves

to be worth telling; to be worth confiding in

to all appearances; no matter how you look at it