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Here is a part of the vocabulary we learned or mentioned in class. Neither did I sort them nor did I add an explanation to all of them. Please excuse.

So, here we go:

1. to keep your fingers crossed = to hope for good luck
2. I was sure we had it
3. What's the damage?
4. collapse - falling over
5. until the cows come home
6. to ponder (on sth.) - think about a solution
7. to dwell (on sth.)
8. dwelling house - for example: slum dwellers
9. a hundred of people
10. fulfill responbilities
11. turn a blind eye - they know it's there but they don't react
12. your odds are best - 10/1
13. loophole - ~gray area
14. a couple of close calls - you escaped twice
15. vocational skills - job skills
16. shift changes
17. mutilate - damage sth.
18. b-movie flop
19. disfigure
20. a disgrace - shame
21. derision - people critise so.; diss so.
22. cock of the walk - center of attention
23. glittering
24. prosperous
25. that was then, this is now
26. everlasting - eternal
27. on the tip of my tongue
28. sth. for sth.'s sake - for example: violence for violence's sake
29. don't do it for my sake - don't do it for me
30. sheer - for example: sheer mass of info
31. come to terms with sth. - to accept / adopt sth. (often difficulty)
32. chart a course - to make a plan
33. losing battle
34. attention span
35. "One always thought that Malcolm was trying to cheat them"
36. I have bone to pick with you
37. attenuate - to soften sth.
38. obituary - Article about a person who recently died
39. to debunk (a myth) - basically shoot down a theory
40. to make a proposal - suggestions to a company (mostly in a written form)
41. the shit hit the fan
42. all the hell broke loose
43. pandemonium
44. a cubefarm - like silicon valley
45. take so. for granted - you think the person will do whatever you want him to do
46. take sth. for granted
47. classified ads - classified into several sections: services wanted, etc.
48. craigslist.org - that's why newspaper die
49. every now and (again) then - sometimes, once in a while
50. In hindsight... - talk about what you do differently in the future; to explain an alternative in a new situation
51. hindsight is 20/20 - I see the past perfectly but not what's in the future
52. stop busting my chops - stop kidding me
53. what it all comes down to (is) - the most important thing here is
54. misleading - intentionally try to deceive you
55. deceitful ~ little lying
56. legend has it
57. have your say - express your opinion; "you can have your say"
58. to flinch - to react fast
59. unflinching - want to show you are brave
60. to steal the show
61. overarching
62. starring role != supporting role
63. outsider - underdog; he can steal the show; not the person you expect to
64. in retrospect - in hindsight
65. (to be) off the mark != to hit the mark / target / bullseye
66. budget is very tight
67. alleviate - taking aspirin will alleviate your pain
68. crammed - for example: the table is crammed with books
69. bashed-up sofa - damaged sofa
70. cramped space - no space to move
71. stifling (ventilation) - you cannot breath
72. spot on - right on the target; his idea is spot on
73. that is spartan - very basic, nothing elaborate
74. threadbare - poor condition; thread of your clothes have become bare
75. appropriate (to sth.) - to be adequate (to sth.)
76. "or anything like that"
77. view of/over the city
78. pragmatics - the ability to infer / guess. for example: "is the pope catholic?"
79. the weather is lousy - very very bad
80. I'm soaking wet! - I'm completely wet
81. to soak your whole body in the bath
82. easteregg hunt
83. congrats - congratulation
84. What you've been up to?
85. nieces and nephews (always mention both)
86. action packed weekend
87. to take pleasure in someone's mischief / misfortune - gloating, schadenfreude
88. op-ed - opposite the editorial page; opinion-editorial
89. abbreviated - shortened
90. to abbreviate / shorten sth.
91. unaffiliated - freelance, independent
92. price is going through the roof
93. I will let it be - I won't change it
94. contrarierty - antagonism
95. nose dive
96. to nose-dive - to crash
97. indication - clue, hint
98. scope - area, field or spectrum of activity
99. tyre / tire - hoop
100. submit - hand in
101. affluent - middle/upper-middle class (?)
102. take sth. with a grain of salt - don't take it too seriously
103. pick up the phone / answer the phone
104. hang up the phone
105. be on the phone
106. bemused
107. amused
108. amid
109. swarming
110. clattering
111. shrug
112. tilt of chin
113. resembling - to resemble sth.
114. wide berth
115. diverting one's path
116. overlook a text - to skip through it
117. supposedly
118. mischief - shenanigans
119. pick up on sth. - to discover sth. (for example a ruse)
120. ruse - trick
121. examine so.
122. play a prank on sb.
123. April Fool's day
124. simple != elaborate
125. cows / sheep -> herd
126. birds -> flock
127. bees -> swarm
128. fish -> school of fish; "Why are fish smart? Because they swim in schools!"
129. every now and then
130. Nobel laureate
131. struck so. as off the mark
132. by deepening our understanding
133. misleading guide
134. to one extent or another
135. overarching lesson
136. remain as convinced
137. long-term project
138. to top the list of
139. cutting-edge research
140. most daunting challenge and sought-after prize
141. interweave the fabric
142. unflinching eye
143. have your say
144. to be on display for
145. quieted the critics
146. to take account of
147. to be chiseled in stone
148. hammered a final nail in the Newtonian coffin
149. to topple a conception
150. by the time the fires subsided and the smoke cleared
151. core feature
152. a particular moment
153. to be etched into
154. counterpart
155. resolve a host of puzzles
156. settle on a specific outcome
157. reality that remains ambiguous until perceived
158. at least as astounding is
159. ensuing twists of
160. the implications of these features are
161. subject of ongoing research
162. spatial separation
163. at the very least
164. clever and truly wondrous experiments
165. mind-stretching experience
166. "the reality we experience is but a glimmer of the reality that is"
167. comes to the every day
168. taps into on of the deepest unresolved mysteries
169. take for granted that
170. govern our lives
171. distinction between
172. prevailing element
173. to witness between left and right
174. it turns out that
175. "and that's the origin of a huge puzzle"
176. "that is totally at odds with everything we experience"
177. has it's roots in the work of
178. shift the puzzle to
179. to try one's hand at sth.
180. mark the birth of
181. invisible to the naked eye
182. theory secured it's place as the leading...
183. "its successes notwithstanding, the theory suffered significant shot-comings"
184. inspire a major breakthrough

To be continued!