"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
2. especially tough = szczególnie nieustępliwy especially tough
3. unusually tough = wyjątkowo nieustępliwy unusually tough
  • Must be unusually tough ice in those parts.
  • This stance may seem unusually tough for a newspaper that has enjoyed growing profits since 1983 and earned a record $73 million last year.
  • But they could be forgiven for feeling that they were given an unusually tough time of it during this presidential race.
  • Advocates for the poor complain that the state is unusually tough about granting extensions to those who apply.
  • Napolitano was unusually tough and savvy, even for a Mafia capo.
  • In addition, the small-business sector is still having an unusually tough time earning money.
  • In this war, American TV news has an unusually tough job.
  • His supporters countered that the persistent danger of a military coup called for unusually tough measures.
  • At the same time, he was preparing for what was expected to be an unusually tough Senate race.
  • The door to the main corridor (82a) is unusually tough, having T 7 and D 16.
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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