"tough" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

tough adjetivo

tough + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 292
tough time • tough guy • tough decision • tough question • tough job • tough choice • tough competition • tough challenge • tough fight • ...
verbo + tough
Kolokacji: 12
look tough • talk tough • hang tough • play tough • act tough • ...
1. look tough = wyglądaj nieustępliwy look tough
  • She just wanted to look tough in front of her friends.
  • They guy would have looked pretty tough standing up, but not now.
  • It looked tough on paper, but we know how good he is.
  • He says the women love it, makes him look tough.
  • To begin with, there are a lot of places that look tough to people who don't know them.
  • She didn't have to look tough, it was simply a part of her.
  • Fat or not, he looked tough enough to walk through walls.
  • I have to say also that the future looks even tougher for us.
  • I shifted my weight forward and tried to look tough.
  • It's when you turn to military matters that things look tough.
2. talk tough = mówić w taki sposób\, że się wbudza strach u innych talk tough
3. hang tough = nie dawać się, trzymać się swojego hang tough
4. play tough = grać nieustępliwy play tough
5. act tough = zgrywać twardziela, kozaczyć act tough
6. prove tough = okaż się nieustępliwy prove tough
7. sound tough = dźwięk nieustępliwy sound tough
adverbio + tough
Kolokacji: 25
pretty tough • particularly tough • extremely tough • far tougher • mentally tough • ...
tough + preposición
Kolokacji: 11
tough on • tough for • tough with • tough in • tough to • ...

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