"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
(50) slog, tackler, hitter
Kolokacji: 3
(51) titty, sole
Kolokacji: 2
(52) criminal, thug
Kolokacji: 2
1. tough criminal = zatwardziały przestępca tough criminal
2. tough thug = nieustępliwy zbir tough thug
  • Even the toughest thugs turned squealers, under The Shadow's persuasion.
  • He rides into town on his motorcycle as a gun battle has erupted between the police, led by tough Sergeant Ram, against some gun thugs.
  • He had brought two tough thugs with him; a trio of killers, they were ready for business.
  • He is a tough thug, but not a killer like Barry Muldanno.
  • Here one could find the toughest thugs in all Manhattan.
  • Nevertheless they quickly realized that they were up against tough, professional thugs.
  • Zach learned how to avoid beatings by hiring the toughest thugs in school to be his bodyguards.
  • Those tough thugs in the hold, so gung ho to kill kzin, were wasted.
  • It was a dive where the toughest thugs congregated.
  • He was a tough thug who could threaten with the best of them, but, unlike his friend, he was not a killer.
(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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