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Significados de balk em inglês

português
dificuldade
catalão
impediment
espanhol
freno

Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress.

dificuldade
catalão
refusar
espanhol
negarse

Refuse to comply.

refusar
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Examples for "resist"
Examples for "resist"
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Patients need new options because HIV can mutate to resist existing treatments.
Reuters
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This year has deepened my understanding of our collective responsibility to resist.
Ebony
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But America cannot resist this transition; we must lead it, he said.
Reuters
4
Local brand names are also known to resist foreign control, analysts said.
Reuters
5
However, others seem keen to resist such a change in church teaching.
The Guardian
1
The devil astride the jib boom, his tail lashing in the wind.
A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago
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The flying-jib is to be set to assist in steadying the motion.
The Illustrated London Reading Book
3
At length, however, they heard the order to take in the jib.
The Rival Crusoes
4
We contrived to ship the mast, and set the jib and foresail.
Percival Keene
5
Sure you kin see that easy from the cut of her jib.
Navy Boys Behind the Big Guns; Or, Sinking the German U-Boats
português
finta ilegal
espanhol
balk

Illegal pitching action in baseball.

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finta ilegal
Uso de balk em inglês
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Women balk, thrusting their children behind them; some try again to escape.
Those who save us
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Biden wanted to make sure the most visible general would not balk.
Obama's wars
3
Would he really balk at using the protomolecule to further his agenda?
Caliban's War
4
Or perhaps forever, if he didn't balk at mass executions and torture.
Metro 2034
5
If asked the courses, I balk after the recital of the soup.
There's Pippins and Cheese to Come
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Governments are likely to balk at such notions, as they always have.
The Guardian
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He might balk if he thought we had any hand in it.
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
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The Fed has assured markets it won't balk at further policy easing.
Reuters
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The newspaper said prosecutors appeared to balk at the overtures for leniency.
Reuters
10
Surely it does not become us to balk at a new revelation.
Love's Final Victory / Ultimate Universal Salvation on the Basis...
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They do not balk at autos and know no fear of shells.
The Human Side of Animals
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I was worried the captains might balk at bombarding a planetary surface.
The Reality Dysfunction
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So if you wish to measure blades I shall not balk you.
Beatrix of Clare
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We could not choose but balk those evil men of their will.
The Secret Chamber at Chad
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This was her first intimation that Republicans might balk at enfranchising women.
Susan B. Anthony / Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian
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She wouldn't balk at it, if he could keep her wanting him.
Lonesome dove
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Translations for balk
Balk ao longo do tempo
Balk nas variantes da língua
Estados Unidos da América
Comum
Reino Unido
Comum