"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
(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
1. tough taskmaster = nieustępliwy wymagający przełożony tough taskmaster
2. tough oversight = nieustępliwe niedopatrzenie tough oversight
  • Senator Wyden also stressed accountability, saying the vote showed "the Senate isn't going to let the program just grow without tough oversight."
  • Critics have called for tougher oversight of the industry.
  • Municipal landmarks preservation laws generally provide the toughest regulatory oversight regarding what property owners may do.
  • Regulators and examiners were criticized last year for unduly tough oversight which, some economists said, created a credit shortage that weakened the economy.
  • Simple block-granting without tough federal oversight and high standards, of Medicaid or anything else, does not serve the common good.
  • The new law has tougher federal oversight.
  • "Until competition is sufficient to protect consumers, tough regulatory oversight will be needed."
  • We will also subject this supplemental to the tough and serious oversight that Congress has ignored for four years.
  • Groups opposing the large farms have sprung up across the region, demanding tougher regulatory oversight.
  • His legal background is evident in another thread that runs through his career: tough, vigilant oversight of powerful institutions in government and the private sector.
(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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