"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
  • 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. 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
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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