"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. hang tough = nie dawać się, trzymać się swojego hang tough
2. prove tough = okaż się nieustępliwy prove tough
3. get tougher = stój się bardziej nieustępliwy get tougher
4. become tougher = stój się bardziej nieustępliwy become tougher
5. grow tougher = stój się bardziej nieustępliwy grow tougher
  • After the first report, the Firestone response to the station grew tougher.
  • Since the mid-1980's, when Canada emerged as a force on the world lentil market, times have grown tougher.
  • But the vote on Monday suggested that the climb might have grown tougher.
  • Life was growing tougher for the speedy colt on another front as the big field continued to take shape.
  • He felt himself growing tougher, harder, leaner all the time.
  • Being left alone by her parents to fend for herself, she has grown tougher and more independent.
  • A relatively small number of plant species survived, which grew smaller and tougher with passing time.
  • The negotiations started tough, and then as Garry got his first taste of blood, they grew tougher.
  • But the task of economic policy makers is likely to grow tougher because living standards are expected to decline before they get better.
  • If anything, the stance of the insurance interests that have blocked a bill has grown tougher in recent weeks.
6. make tougher = uczyń bardziej nieustępliwy make tougher
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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