"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 • ...

Kolokacji: 7

1. look tough = wyglądaj nieustępliwy look tough

2. talk tough = mówić w taki sposób\, że się wbudza strach u innych talk tough

The men still talk rough and tough to get across the point that crime doesn't pay.
Then go to a good dealer and prepare to talk tough.
And though his sister talked tough, she was just a kid really.
It did no good to talk tough with a lawyer, he knew that.
At the same time, Communist party officials continue to talk tough.
I don't like people who talk tough and act mushy.
"There is some concern that Justice may be talking tough but not making a decision to follow through," one official said.
I was ten years old when they started carrying knives and talking tough.
That means the group needs to talk tough for a while longer.
She must have had a lot of experience talking tough to older people.

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

Grup znaczeniowych: 2

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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