qui vive

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a state of heightened vigilance, especially prior to battle

Were a tall black man to do the same, there is not one of us who would not immediately be on the qui vive. My sadness about the American estrangement just mentioned doesn't make me act any differently at such a moment,.

Who's there (called by a guard), on guard, watchful, alert
The challenge of a French sentinel, or patrol; used like the English challenge: "Who comes there?
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Quien anda por ahí (llamado del guardia), despabilado y que está atento a la guardia
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