"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
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
  • O'Brien was a physically tough defender who usually played at centre half back.
  • They were mostly small in stature and physically tough.
  • I've never seen someone as physically tough as he is since we've owned the team.
  • Paul had a reputation as a physically tough player and inspirational captain.
  • Robert was tough physically and mentally, a better fighter than she was.
  • Today's training was physically tough and I accepted the challenge with great excitement.
  • "Three sets a night of that music is tough physically," he says.
  • He has said, "I like a lot of sports, but with pool, you don't have to be physically tough."
  • "It's terribly grueling - too much travel and tough physically," she said.
  • She had been born to a race that was large and physically tough, both the men arid the women.
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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