"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 • ...
adverbio + tough
Kolokacji: 25
pretty tough • particularly tough • extremely tough • far tougher • mentally tough • ...
1. pretty tough = całkiem nieustępliwy pretty tough
  • Some of them were pretty tough to pick as I remember.
  • They guy would have looked pretty tough standing up, but not now.
  • Nothing happened, of course, since window glass is pretty tough stuff these days.
  • That must be a pretty tough thing to live with.
  • Germany in the late 1940s was a pretty tough place to call home.
  • In the north east, the economic situation is pretty tough but people are trying to be positive.
  • It gets pretty tough to figure out what you would eat.
  • The president of the company is a pretty tough man.
  • It was pretty tough to come into the team with the side 2-1 down and in those conditions.
  • I know that I'm a pretty tough person to beat.
2. somewhat tougher = nieco bardziej nieustępliwy somewhat tougher
3. fairly tough = dość nieustępliwy fairly tough
4. slightly tough = trochę nieustępliwy slightly tough
5. extraordinarily tough = niezwykle nieustępliwy extraordinarily tough
(3) extremely, exceedingly
Kolokacji: 2
(5) increasingly, progressively
Kolokacji: 2
(6) incredibly, unbelievably
Kolokacji: 2
(7) surprisingly, unexpectedly
Kolokacji: 2
tough + preposición
Kolokacji: 11
tough on • tough for • tough with • tough in • tough to • ...

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