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Natch


Definition:

  • (n.) The rump of beef; esp., the lower and back part of the rump.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Sacs of the upper half of the everted intestine taken from bile fistula rats were incubated in a buffered solution containing mono-olein, (14)C-labelled oleic acid and bile salt (sodium taurocholate (NaTch) in concentrations exceeding the critical micellar concentration).2.
  • (2) ALICE TAYLOR Developer Major cities will look like Tokyo: whole families will live in tiny, boxlike apartments, with gadgets in every corner (including a multi-material 3D printer, natch) and grandparents living in - without functioning pensions, they will have to.
  • (3) Updated at 11.21pm BST 11.19pm BST QPR have signed Niko Kranjcar and Benoit Assou-Ekotto and Tom Carroll, Aitch confirms through his car window, natch.
  • (4) And while this being Beyoncé , the trainers are Isabel Marant (natch) and the flats by Charlotte Olympia, her look is still recognisably the staple wardrobe of the exhausted new mother.
  • (5) There were other eye-rolling moments during the weekend, like the conversation – over quinoa porridge, natch – about the merits of buckwheat pillows (consensus – they’re good); or the chorus of “Is it vegan?
  • (6) Fisheries minster Beynon another to announce he's leaving Govt (voluntarily natch).
  • (7) At 37 degrees C incubation temperature increasing the NaTch concentration enhanced both uptake and esterification.
  • (8) He's aided by slimy counsellor Petyr Baelish (Aidan Gillen – natch) and eunuch adviser Varys (Conleth Hill) who, happily, has achieved closure over the trauma around his missing crown jewels.
  • (9) Adding whole rat bile caused uptake to decrease at all NaTch concentrations but had only a slight and variable effect on esterification.3.
  • (10) I went on to do a PhD (Theories of Pleasure, natch) but I never finished it as the money ran out.
  • (11) Rachel Mayeri , who makes films for a chimp audience (using human actors dressed as chimps, natch), goes further: wildlife documentaries are yet more pernicious.
  • (12) Ben Wright (@wrightben) @ lengeldavid Unbelievable hitting by Sandoval but the groundwork being done by Pagan and Scutaro (both ex-Mets, natch), going deep into ABs.
  • (13) Meanwhile, those still wearing bras became "lingerie-dependent", sagging to the point of (natch) needing bras.
  • (14) lusoriae crossed the dorsal face of esophagus between the 4th and 2nd cervical vertebrae where they provoked at neat natch.
  • (15) The women who decline to call themselves feminist but are nevertheless labelled feminist by other people, usually, natch, feminists.

Watch


Definition:

  • (v. i.) The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or preventive vigilance; formerly, a watching or guarding by night.
  • (v. i.) One who watches, or those who watch; a watchman, or a body of watchmen; a sentry; a guard.
  • (v. i.) The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.
  • (v. i.) The period of the night during which a person does duty as a sentinel, or guard; the time from the placing of a sentinel till his relief; hence, a division of the night.
  • (v. i.) A small timepiece, or chronometer, to be carried about the person, the machinery of which is moved by a spring.
  • (n.) An allotted portion of time, usually four hour for standing watch, or being on deck ready for duty. Cf. Dogwatch.
  • (n.) That part, usually one half, of the officers and crew, who together attend to the working of a vessel for an allotted time, usually four hours. The watches are designated as the port watch, and the starboard watch.
  • (v. i.) To be awake; to be or continue without sleep; to wake; to keep vigil.
  • (v. i.) To be attentive or vigilant; to give heed; to be on the lookout; to keep guard; to act as sentinel.
  • (v. i.) To be expectant; to look with expectation; to wait; to seek opportunity.
  • (v. i.) To remain awake with any one as nurse or attendant; to attend on the sick during the night; as, to watch with a man in a fever.
  • (v. i.) To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place; -- said of a buoy.
  • (v. t.) To give heed to; to observe the actions or motions of, for any purpose; to keep in view; not to lose from sight and observation; as, to watch the progress of a bill in the legislature.
  • (v. t.) To tend; to guard; to have in keeping.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) They had watched him celebrate mass with three million pilgrims on the packed-out shores of Copacabana beach .
  • (2) It was like watching somebody pouring a blue liquid into a glass, it just began filling up.
  • (3) Facial expression, EEG, and self-report of subjective emotional experience were recorded while subjects individually watched both pleasant and unpleasant films.
  • (4) The government has been counting on the fact that their attacks on the NHS are too complicated to be widely understood: after all, their Health and Social Care Act was much longer than the legislation that created the NHS under Aneurin Bevan’s watch in the first place.
  • (5) "We purposely watched it that way - to magnify the experience," Kidman says.
  • (6) Milan’s 4-0 win over Steaua in the European Cup final in 1989 was a great display so I’ve made my players watch the video.
  • (7) I liked watching Morecambe & Wise, I liked the Queen's speech because it was on and everyone listened to it.
  • (8) Yet Malema's influence continues to grow and his travails are watched with interest.
  • (9) Four million viewers tune in to the show every week and two million more watch online the next day.
  • (10) Lessons have been learned from previous Games, not least London 2012, in how to best frame the sporting action for maximum impact – not only for those watching on television but those attending in person.
  • (11) I could walk around more freely than in North Korea, but it was very apparent I was being watched.” The country consistently sits at the bottom of global freedom rankings, in the company of North Korea and Eritrea.
  • (12) The UK is a country we are watching closely on these issues.
  • (13) Russia's most widely watched television station, state-controlled Channel One, followed a bulletin about his death with a summary of the crimes he is accused of committing, including the siphoning of millions of dollars from national airline Aeroflot.
  • (14) But despite gendarmes keeping watch at entrances to the village, one local police officer said there were five times more journalists than security forces.
  • (15) I watch three hours of Smiley, then I have lunch, then I write for a couple of minutes. '
  • (16) I watched as she made the briefest eye contact with me on their way back, the flicker of hurt and sadness in her eyes reflecting mine, before the shutters came down.
  • (17) He said: “Henri is someone the club has been watching for a while and he has developed into an excellent player at Bordeaux.
  • (18) KNOWLEDGE ARCHIVE "Having watched 42-year-old Kevin Poole turn out for Derby recently, I wondered 'have any grandfathers ever played league football?'
  • (19) When you score a hat trick in the first 16 minutes of a World Cup Final with tens of millions of people watching across the world, essentially ending the match and clinching the tournament before most players worked up a sweat or Japan had a chance to throw in the towel, your status as a sports legend is forever secure – and any favorable comparisons thrown your way are deserved.
  • (20) They watch the Premier League everywhere in Africa."

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