0 past simple and past participle of counterbalance --
1 to have an equal but opposite effect on something so that it does not have too much of a particular characteristic: --
The ugliness of the resort is counterbalanced by the excellence of the skiing.
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
Vi kan slutföra det steg för steg hur lång vägen än är och den kan inte slutföras hur kort vägen än är om du inte ens markerar ditt fotavtryck.