Reading comprehension: A very strict officer was talking to some new soldiers whom he had to train. He had never seen them before, so he began, “My name is Stone, and I’m even harder than stone, so do what I tell you or there’ll be trouble. Don’t play any tricks on me, and then we’ll get on well together.” Then he went to each soldier one after another and asked him his name. “Speak loudly so that everyone can hear you clearly,” he said, “And don’t forget to call me “sir”.” Each soldier told him his name, until he came to the last one. This man remained silent, and so captain Stone shouted at him, “when I ask you a question, answer it!” “My name’s Stone Breaker, sir”, he said nervously. [Reading comprehension] The underlined word “train” in the first sentence is closest in meaning to … .