"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
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
5. sound tough = dźwięk nieustępliwy sound tough
6. face tough = twarz nieustępliwy face tough
  • Mr. McConnell is still expected to face tough questioning at his hearing.
  • A committee of business leaders assembled to raise money to build innovative model schools is reportedly facing tough going in the recession.
  • Because of the industry's strength, the bill is expected to face tough going on Capitol Hill.
  • Quick and massive delivery of humanitarian aid may also face tough going.
  • Mr. Luxemburgo faces tough questioning about more recent lineup decisions, too.
  • But the proposal faces tough going with Republicans in Congress amid continuing efforts to cut the budget deficit.
  • Despite this positive development, Selig is expected to face tough questioning because baseball was slow to initiate a testing program.
  • Unless it radically shifts course, China will face tough going on issues like trade preferences, military sales and further borrowing from development banks.
  • That proposal, which is supported by the Reagan Administration, faces tough going in Congress.
  • The plan would take the merger issue out of the judicial and legislative arenas, where it has faced tough going.
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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