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"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 • ...
colocaciones frecuentes
Kolokacji: 6
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 7
(1) pretty, fairly, somewhat, slightly, extraordinarily
Kolokacji: 5
(2) particularly, especially, unusually, exceptionally, generally
Kolokacji: 5
(3) extremely, exceedingly
Kolokacji: 2
(4) far, mentally, notoriously, equally, awfully, ...
Kolokacji: 7
1. far tougher = daleko bardziej nieustępliwy far tougher
2. mentally tough = psychicznie nieustępliwy mentally tough
mentally tougher
3. notoriously tough = notorycznie nieustępliwy notoriously tough
4. equally tough = tak samo nieustępliwy equally tough
5. awfully tough = strasznie nieustępliwy awfully tough
  • At the beginning of the week he sounded awfully tough on Hollywood.
  • "You're making it awfully tough on me, honey," he told her.
  • That would be awfully tough for Young to swallow.
  • So it was awfully tough to play the Open when you're not driving the ball well.
  • "These are awfully tough conditions to race under," he said.
  • "It was awfully tough for anyone to live up to that, including himself."
  • "Once you allow the play to be set in motion, he's awfully tough to pin down."
  • "They were getting us on the boards, and we only shot 34 percent, which was awfully tough."
  • "There's an awfully tough pressure on these days to cut expenses in everything because of the debt," said one industry insider last week.
  • "The way the guys on top of the leader board are playing, it's going to be awfully tough to catch them."
6. physically tough = fizycznie nieustępliwy physically tough
7. considerably tougher = znacznie bardziej nieustępliwy considerably tougher
(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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