balk

1. To be unwilling to do something; to refuse to proceed or do or allow something, either in general or only temporarily.

   balked at paying a day's wages for a pencil; he said he would buy her one, but when he saw the price, he balked

2. (especially)To stop short and refuse to go on or do something (such as jump).

   The horse balked.

   verweigern, stoppen, scheuen

   refuse to comply

3. To move fitfully, stopping frequently.

4. To leave or make a balk or balks (ridges) in; to leave a ridge in by leaving partly unploughed.

5. To stop, check, block (by or as if by an obstacle); to hinder, impede, thwart.

   verhindern, stoppen, blockieren

6. To disappoint, frustrate, or check.

   to balk expectation

7. (intransitive)To make a balk, a deceptive motion to deceive another player.

8. (obsolete, possibly)To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.

9. (obsolete, possibly)To pass over or by (either by chance or intentionally); to avoid in passing.

10. To pass over or by (either by chance or intentionally); to avoid in passing.

    (obsolete, possibly)To omit, miss, or overlook by chance, error, or inadvertance.

    übergehen

11. (obsolete, possibly)To miss intentionally; to avoid, ignore, or shun.

    vermeiden

12. To refuse or fail to use (something), either through error or intentionally.

    (obsolete, possibly)To refuse (something).

1. The police balked the criminal's escape.

   ruПолиция упустила преступника.

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2. The horse balked at the jump.

   ruЛошадь заартачилась перед барьером.

   deDas Pferd scheute am Hindernis.

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3. The horse balked and threw the tall rider.

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4. He balked at the suggestion that he give ten percent of his income to charity.

   ruОн не согласился с предложением отдавать десять процентов от собственного дохода на благотворительность.

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5. Iran balks at release of American woman.

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