"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
(49) businessman, businesswoman
Kolokacji: 2
1. tough businessman = nieustępliwy biznesmen tough businessman
  • From all appearances, he was a tough businessman with great success who basked in the sun of his achievements.
  • Sol was a tough, self-made businessman who took great pride in rising above his impoverished childhood.
  • A tough businessman will suddenly say to an employee: "Tell me what's in your heart."
  • He is making the point that he has always been a tough businessman, the kind who won't let anything get in the way of a good deal.
  • These are tough, hard-driving businessmen who have achieved what they have by not taking 'no' for an answer.
  • They are tough businessmen unhesitant to lock out anyone unwilling to toe the organization line.
  • In his memoirs, Nixon described Malek as a "tough young businessman whose specialty was organization and management."
  • He had that sharp-edged bite that one would expect from a tough businessman, not from someone connected with a church.
  • He was a tough businessman, but a lot of things touched him," said Paul Fink.
  • Lowman was a tough businessman and financial advisor, but had a reputation for honesty.
2. tough businesswoman = nieustępliwa businesswoman tough businesswoman
(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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