"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
(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
1. tough boss = nieustępliwy szef tough boss
  • He later became the chief of the office's criminal division, where he was considered a tough boss.
  • Best used to get past tough bosses, the weapon could be built several times in a single game (probably three or four times).
  • Welch is considered one of the toughest bosses in America.
  • Before then, Andre had spoken well of the engineer, calling him a tough but fair boss.
  • To the surprise of its staff, he turned out to be a shrewd, tough boss who knew what he wanted.
  • Each once worked for the same tough boss.
  • To be sure, having the wrong person as chairman, a tough boss used to running his own show, for example, could make for trouble.
  • In some ways, their employer resembles a tough boss from America's industrial past.
  • Maybe I didn't always go about it the right way, but I'm a tough boss.
  • He also added to his reputation as a tough boss and hard-driver of executives.
2. tough leader = nieustępliwy przywódca tough leader
3. tough campaigner = nieustępliwy działacz tough campaigner
(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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