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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 • ...
colocaciones frecuentes
Kolokacji: 81
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 53
(1) time, year, day, life, sentence, ...
Kolokacji: 13
(2) guy, boy, hombre, son, dude
Kolokacji: 5
(3) decision, choice, action, assignment, act, ...
Kolokacji: 10
(4) question, measure, law, legislation, message, ...
Kolokacji: 14
(5) job, situation, line, game, place, task, ...
Kolokacji: 16
(6) competition, fight, battle, opponent, competitor, ...
Kolokacji: 13
(7) challenge, luck, prison
Kolokacji: 3
(8) stance, position, stand, attitude, posture, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(9) standard, rule, regulation, restriction, control, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(10) talk, language, way, word, response, ...
Kolokacji: 10
(11) love, issue, meat, target, subject, ...
Kolokacji: 8
(12) call, part, shot, break, play, ...
Kolokacji: 15
(13) thing, material, fabric, plastic, pill, ...
Kolokacji: 10
(14) man, course, series, image, group, ...
Kolokacji: 8
(15) race, match, campaign, contest, run
Kolokacji: 5
(16) penalty, sanction, requirement, punishment, demand, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(17) condition, proposition, tone, look, circumstance, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(18) sell, negotiation, negotiator, bargaining, deal, ...
Kolokacji: 8
(19) loss, defense, fighter, defender, protection
Kolokacji: 5
(20) team, one, breed
Kolokacji: 3
(21) policy, schedule, tactic, program, budget
Kolokacji: 5
(22) test, go, treatment, exam
Kolokacji: 4
(23) problem, hole
Kolokacji: 2
(24) spot, terrain, gig, stain, patch
Kolokacji: 5
1. tough spot = nieustępliwe miejsce tough spot
2. tough terrain = niebezpieczny teren tough terrain
3. tough gig = nieustępliwy występ tough gig
4. tough stain = nieustępliwa plama tough stain
5. tough patch = nieustępliwa łata tough patch
  • A Treasury spokesman acknowledged that "this is a tough patch".
  • True, a football game cannot erase what has been a very tough patch for this image-conscious city.
  • Welcome to arguably the toughest "fat patch" of all.
  • That means a few tough patches here and there.
  • The business is going through a very tough patch, and lots of people are losing their jobs.
  • By any measure, it is a tough patch.
  • Ms. Tarnofsky said she would not go to bat for every tenant who is facing a tough patch and loves his Lab.
  • They have drawn, in Anbar, responsibility for what is clearly the toughest patch assigned to American troops in Iraq.
  • The new challenge comes as Mr. Uribe is facing the toughest patch of his 15 months in office.
  • But there have been some tough patches for Republicans this year, with discouraging developments in Iraq, low approval ratings for the president and contradictory economic news.
(25) neighborhood, environment, area, background, street, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(26) kid, woman, girl, lady, bird, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(27) approach, road, exterior, pitch, route
Kolokacji: 5
(28) case, player, character, world, plant, ...
Kolokacji: 11
(29) nut, step, league, conference
Kolokacji: 4
(30) skin, hide
Kolokacji: 2
(31) stuff, shell, emission, leather
Kolokacji: 4
(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
(37) critic, bastard, shit, criticism, bitch, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(38) town, city
Kolokacji: 2
(39) leaf, stalk, pitcher, stem, vine, ...
Kolokacji: 8
(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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