Sheldon: There is the other possibility, that... this date kicks off a rather unpleasant 6 months of the two of you passing awkwardly in the hall, until one of you breaks down and moves to another zip code.

Leonard: You could've stopped at "it could go well."

Sheldon: If I could've, I would've.

kick off
【释】begin or cause something to begin
【例】New Hampshire is the state whose presidential primary kicks off the political year.
进行总统初选新罕布什尔州开始了政治年。

break down
【释】崩溃
【例】He may break down under all the pressure.
在这些压力下他可能会崩溃。

zip code
【释】邮政编码
【例】Do you know what the zip code of Wuhan is?
你知道武汉的邮政编码是多少吗？
【讲】Sheldon这里所说的until one of you breaks down and moves to another zip code.是指某一人崩溃后搬到另一个地区，用邮政编码来指代一个地区。

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