nocturnal	Animals that are nocturnal are active at night and sleep during the day.
breed	Breeding refers to controls animals features through mixed mating. An intensive breeding program tries to increase an animals population through increased births.
vulnerable	When something is vulnerable, it is easily at risk to harm or danger.
decimate	When you decimate something you destroy it or harm it to a severe degree.
exception	An exception allows someone to be excluded from a rule.
predator	A predator is an animal that kills other animals for food.
give free range	When you are given free range to do something, you can do as you please without restrictions.
I could be wrong	We use the phrase, I could be wrong, to express uncertainty.
the sticking point	A sticking point is an obstacle towards reaching an agreement.
go carzy	Here, 'to go crazy' means to do more than normal.
well-thought out	If something si well-thougt-out then it is deliberately considerate or well-planned.
mean the world (to someone)	f something 'means the world' to someone, it is very appreciated.
under pressure	Here, 'the pressure people are under' is another way to say 'people are under pressure'. If people are under pressure, they feel a lot of stress to accomplish something.
change your mind	When you change your mind, you change your opinion or plans about something.
Now that you put it that way	The phrase, 'now that you put it that way' means that something was said that made the listener think of it differently.
ratchet up	When sometimes ratchets up, it steadily increases.
free-for-all	In a free-for-all, there is no control in a situation. People can act as they please and disregard rules of conduct.
hypocritical	People are hypocritical when they promote one thing, and then act another way.
build-up	A build-up is a steady increase of anticipation for something.
hysteria	Hysteria refers to excitement or uncontrollable emotion.

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