"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 • ...
(3) extremely, exceedingly
Kolokacji: 2
1. extremely tough = niezwykle nieustępliwy extremely tough
2. exceedingly tough = niezmiernie nieustępliwy exceedingly tough
  • Black's knives were known to be exceedingly tough, yet flexible, and his technique has not been duplicated.
  • Nor did a man make the ascent from common spearman to sub-strahteegos without being an exceedingly tough and thick-skinned soldier.
  • With exceedingly tough restrictions, San Francisco remains a strong office market, and real-estate values remain high.
  • Yet the effectiveness of these laws has proved exceedingly tough to gauge.
  • The boy is small, but exceedingly tough.
  • She was, of course, an exceedingly tough creature.
  • This year, the game has changed drastically and, for many players, times are exceedingly tough.
  • It is exceedingly tough, and it is chiefly used for making the spokes of wheels.
  • There are also diners, soda shops and numerous restaurants that lasted only a season or two in an exceedingly tough industry.
  • Cyborgs could be exceedingly tough and clever.
(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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