みんながかたずを飲んでそれを見守った。

all; everyone; everybody; everything

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

saliva held in one's mouth during times of tension

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

to drink; to gulp; to swallow; to take (medicine); to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress; to accept (e.g. demand, condition); to make light of; to conceal

that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it; that time; then; there (indicating a place near the listener); you

to watch over; to watch attentively