training (animals); breaking (animals)
discipline; training; teaching manners
(weep) quietly; silently; (cry) bitterly
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
success; achievement; fruition
immunity; immunization; immunisation; being hardened (to); being unaffected (by); being accustomed (to)
fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
pillbug; pill bug; woodlouse; sowbug; sow bug; slater
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
to be preeminent; to be outstanding
notice; attention; observation
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
club activities; extracurricular activities
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
reading too much into things
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
remains; leavings; remnant; surplus
individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
astounding; tremendous; crazy; exorbitant
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway
to do something without any particular intention or mind to do so
abstract or impracticable theory
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
pushy; pushing; self-assertive
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
to need; to call for; to require