"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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 53
(2) guy, boy, hombre, son, dude
Kolokacji: 5
(7) challenge, luck, prison
Kolokacji: 3
2. tough language = surowy język tough language
3. tough way = nieustępliwa droga tough way
4. tough word = surowe słowo tough word
5. tough response = surowa odpowiedź tough response
6. tough style = nieustępliwy styl tough style
7. tough speech = surowe przemówienie tough speech
8. tough rhetoric = surowa retoryka tough rhetoric
  • I was beginning to detect in Minns a pattern: tough rhetoric combined with pragmatic action.
  • Their analysis disclosed the church's balancing act: tough rhetoric in the short term and gradual accommodation over the long run.
  • However, there was some optimism as the tough rhetoric appeared largely to be a war of words.
  • The Mayor's critics contend that his tough racial rhetoric has kept whites from moving back to the city, but he dismisses the notion.
  • Mr. Aziz's airport arrival statement contained some positive signals, but also a great deal of tough rhetoric.
  • Mr. Bush's gibe about "no controlling legal authority" gave a hint of the tough rhetoric to come.
  • If tough rhetoric and penalties worked, we would not have a drug problem.
  • The risk for Obama is that tougher rhetoric against big business could turn off some of the centrist voters he needs to win re-election.
  • "Rather, his tough rhetoric of a year ago is now standard copy for just about all of the candidates."
  • And I think it's a shame that President Clinton's weak action today did not match his tough rhetoric.
9. tough talking = nieustępliwe rozmawianie tough talking
10. tough talker = nieustępliwy mówca tough talker
(20) team, one, breed
Kolokacji: 3
(22) test, go, treatment, exam
Kolokacji: 4
(23) problem, hole
Kolokacji: 2
(29) nut, step, league, conference
Kolokacji: 4
(30) skin, hide
Kolokacji: 2
(32) customer, trick
Kolokacji: 2
(33) enforcement, enforcer
Kolokacji: 2
(34) cookie, grass, moment, soldier
Kolokacji: 4
(35) cop, detective
Kolokacji: 2
(36) crowd, people, audience, bunch
Kolokacji: 4
(38) town, city
Kolokacji: 2
(40) stretch, workout, grind
Kolokacji: 3
(41) climate, adjustment, alloy
Kolokacji: 3
(42) boss, leader, campaigner
Kolokacji: 3
(43) scrutiny, inspection
Kolokacji: 2
(44) hurdle, obstacle
Kolokacji: 2
(45) draw, catch, haul
Kolokacji: 3
(46) trip, Trek, journey
Kolokacji: 3
(47) transition, reform
Kolokacji: 2
(48) taskmaster, oversight
Kolokacji: 2
(49) businessman, businesswoman
Kolokacji: 2
(50) slog, tackler, hitter
Kolokacji: 3
(51) titty, sole
Kolokacji: 2
(52) criminal, thug
Kolokacji: 2
(53) upbringing, demeanor, training
Kolokacji: 3
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 • ...
tough + preposición
Kolokacji: 11
tough on • tough for • tough with • tough in • tough to • ...

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