"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. far tougher = daleko bardziej nieustępliwy far tougher
  • South Africa, a young and improving side, were a far tougher proposition.
  • The result has been far tougher standards than were common in the past.
  • It was far tougher than the statement we had in front of us.
  • The second test is far tougher than the first.
  • In the Likud, the message on security was far tougher.
  • We will need that support for the far tougher mission of ensuring a future democratic government after the war.
  • Four props also make the mat work far tougher than when just body weight is used.
  • The German crust was far tougher than anyone had anticipated.
  • In fact the new agreement suggests that far tougher times are ahead.
  • I think the court should take a far tougher attitude towards those people who break the rule.
2. mentally tough = psychicznie nieustępliwy mentally tough
3. notoriously tough = notorycznie nieustępliwy notoriously tough
4. equally tough = tak samo nieustępliwy equally tough
5. awfully tough = strasznie nieustępliwy awfully tough
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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