Balk
Balk noun - Something that makes movement or progress difficult.
Usage example: the extravagant centerpiece proved to be a balk to the flow of conversation
Help
Help verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.
Usage example: offered to help her widowed father when he moved into an apartment
Common collocations
| way | balk way | help way |
Both words in one sentence
- That the controversy caused every last distributor to balk at the very thought of distributing the film obviously didn't help matters.
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