• protecting

• protestation

• day care center, day nursery, kindergarten, nursery school, petty school

• bail, bond, caution, margin

• alert, aware, cagey, cautious, chary, circumspect, conservative, discreet, guarded, heedful, stealthy, wary, watchful

• condom, contraceptive, contraceptive sheath, durex, rubber, skin

• to caution, to forewarn, to warn

• unguarded

• air-raid shelter, cove, refuge

• to beware, to look out

• circumspectly, gently, gingerly, guardedly, warily, watchfully

• easy!

• caution, circumspection, conservatism, heed, precaution, providence, prudence, reserve, wakefulness, wariness

• precautionary

• to challenge, to except against, to object, to object to sg, to remonstrate

• guard

• to play dead, to play possum, to play safe

• guarded

• to ease

• to beware of sg, to keep clear of sg, to stand clear of sg, to stay clear of sg, to steer clear of sg

• to feel one's way, to fly low