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As a young man, I balked one November at voting for a Democratic mayoralty candidate who, it seemed to me, was both unintelligent and corrupt.Als junger Mann weigerte ich mich einmal, für einen Bürgermeisterkandidaten der Demokraten zu stimmen, der mir dumm und korrupt erschien.Postman, Neil / Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show BusinessPostman, Neil / Wir amüsieren uns zu Tode: Urteilsbildung im Zeitalter der UnterhaltungsindustrieWir amüsieren uns zu Tode: Urteilsbildung im Zeitalter der UnterhaltungsindustriePostman, Neil© by Neil Postman, 1985© S. Fischer Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt am Main 1985Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show BusinessPostman, Neil© Neil Postman, 1985
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Word forms
balk
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | balk | balks |
Possessive case | balk's | balks' |
balk
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | balked |
Imperative | balk |
Present Participle (Participle I) | balking |
Past Participle (Participle II) | balked |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I balk | we balk |
you balk | you balk |
he/she/it balks | they balk |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am balking | we are balking |
you are balking | you are balking |
he/she/it is balking | they are balking |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have balked | we have balked |
you have balked | you have balked |
he/she/it has balked | they have balked |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been balking | we have been balking |
you have been balking | you have been balking |
he/she/it has been balking | they have been balking |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I balked | we balked |
you balked | you balked |
he/she/it balked | they balked |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was balking | we were balking |
you were balking | you were balking |
he/she/it was balking | they were balking |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had balked | we had balked |
you had balked | you had balked |
he/she/it had balked | they had balked |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been balking | we had been balking |
you had been balking | you had been balking |
he/she/it had been balking | they had been balking |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will balk | we shall/will balk |
you will balk | you will balk |
he/she/it will balk | they will balk |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be balking | we shall/will be balking |
you will be balking | you will be balking |
he/she/it will be balking | they will be balking |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have balked | we shall/will have balked |
you will have balked | you will have balked |
he/she/it will have balked | they will have balked |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been balking | we shall/will have been balking |
you will have been balking | you will have been balking |
he/she/it will have been balking | they will have been balking |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would balk | we should/would balk |
you would balk | you would balk |
he/she/it would balk | they would balk |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be balking | we should/would be balking |
you would be balking | you would be balking |
he/she/it would be balking | they would be balking |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have balked | we should/would have balked |
you would have balked | you would have balked |
he/she/it would have balked | they would have balked |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been balking | we should/would have been balking |
you would have been balking | you would have been balking |
he/she/it would have been balking | they would have been balking |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am balked | we are balked |
you are balked | you are balked |
he/she/it is balked | they are balked |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being balked | we are being balked |
you are being balked | you are being balked |
he/she/it is being balked | they are being balked |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been balked | we have been balked |
you have been balked | you have been balked |
he/she/it has been balked | they have been balked |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was balked | we were balked |
you were balked | you were balked |
he/she/it was balked | they were balked |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being balked | we were being balked |
you were being balked | you were being balked |
he/she/it was being balked | they were being balked |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been balked | we had been balked |
you had been balked | you had been balked |
he/she/it had been balked | they had been balked |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be balked | we shall/will be balked |
you will be balked | you will be balked |
he/she/it will be balked | they will be balked |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been balked | we shall/will have been balked |
you will have been balked | you will have been balked |
he/she/it will have been balked | they will have been balked |