"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

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. 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

(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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