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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
oh, nicely done ! "as a cat watches for a mouse," that is much closer than "to watch", definitely. to be honest i'm not sure about the overlay of pleasure, it's fairly neutral / context sensitive. "with anticipation", definitely. all senses on alert, possibly. "lie in wait for", yes.
and yes, "je guette, tu guettes, il guette;
nous guettons, vous guettez, ils guettent." it's a regular -er verb.
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We have "to stalk" as a verb, but stalking is the entire movement, the silent pacing, the crouch and wait, all of it. It seems
guetter is just the lying in wait part.