to look at it, to watch it
I can't watch it.
Il tempo passava e io non facevo altro che guardarlo passare.
Time passed and I did nothing but watch it pass.
— Vivere (1952)
Non ho il coraggio di guardarlo negli occhi e di dirgli quanto è successo.
I don't have the courage to look him in the eye and tell him what happened.
Il che significava che potevo starmene seduta a guardarlo.
Which meant I could just sit there and watch him.
Is it worth watching?
He couldn't look at him.