"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

Grup znaczeniowych: 2

(1) look, talk, play, act, sound, ...

Kolokacji: 6

1. look tough = wyglądaj nieustępliwy look tough

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

3. play tough = grać nieustępliwy play tough

4. act tough = zgrywać twardziela, kozaczyć act tough

I guess we just have to act tough and cross our fingers.
"I've been the way he's being now, acting tough about things that really hurt me, and I can see right through to the truth."
Leave the door open while I begin to act tough.
Petra was just that way - she had to act tough.
Boys are acting tough and dressing like big kids without being ready for the responsibility.
In class he would always act tough; even the rich football boys stayed away from him.
I walked away, telling myself that he was just acting tough.
They just act tough because it's part of their job.
John seems to think that he has to act tough in order to prove his masculinity.
He tried to compensate in the early years of his marriage by acting tough.

5. sound tough = dźwięk nieustępliwy sound tough

6. face tough = twarz nieustępliwy face tough

(2) hang, prove, get, become, grow, ...

Kolokacji: 6

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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