"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. particularly tough = szczególnie nieustępliwy particularly tough
  • Last night a particularly tough piece sold, though for less than might have been expected.
  • He has been particularly tough on the Reds, going 8-2 in 11 starts against them over his career.
  • "It didn't feel like a particularly tough time to leave," he said.
  • But he acknowledged that the police had a particularly tough job in the area.
  • The change is particularly tough on academic medical centers, where costs are higher.
  • This operation was particularly tough, although none of them had been all that easy.
  • IT didn't seem like a particularly tough act to follow.
  • After a particularly tough press, he hit me on the rear and said, "Good girl."
  • I usually am at the end of the week, and this one has been particularly tough.
  • "It's particularly tough when you leave here and go back to the hotel," he said.
2. especially tough = szczególnie nieustępliwy especially tough
3. unusually tough = wyjątkowo nieustępliwy unusually tough
4. exceptionally tough = wyjątkowo nieustępliwy exceptionally tough
5. generally tougher = ogólnie bardziej nieustępliwy generally tougher
(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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