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clock-watching

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clock-watching
watch the clock - to keep looking to see what the time is because you are eager to stop what you are doing. A lot of clock-watching goes on during the general lectures, especially in the second hour.

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Give her an interesting and gifted actor to bounce ideas off of and Parsons, the former artistic director of the Actors Studio, is in no danger of clock-watching.
They prefer harmony and dislike conflict, clock-watching, and being compared to others.
Some critics have harped on how tedious the film is: the endless clock-watching, Margaret carving her desk over and over again, the slow-motion shots of people doing odd sorts of things throughout the day.
 
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