An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
BABYSIT
sit, baby-sit, babysit
(verb) work or act as a baby-sitter; “I cannot baby-sit tonight; I have too much homework to do”
babysit, baby-sit
(verb) take watchful responsibility for; “I baby-sit the neighbor’s plants when she is out of town”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
babysit (third-person singular simple present babysits, present participle babysitting, simple past and past participle babysat)
To watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money.
(transitive, informal) To watch or attend anything or anyone unnecessarily closely; to have to help or coax too much.
Source: Wiktionary
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HYDRAULIC
(adjective) moved or operated or effected by liquid (water or oil); “hydraulic erosion”; “hydraulic brakes”
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