"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
1. tough standard = surowy standard tough standard
2. tough rule = nieustępliwa zasada tough rule
3. tough regulation = surowe rozporządzenie tough regulation
4. tough restriction = nieustępliwe ograniczenie tough restriction
5. tough control = nieustępliwa kontrola tough control
6. tough crackdown = nieustępliwa rozprawa tough crackdown
7. tough regulator = nieustępliwy regulator tough regulator
  • The market is the toughest regulator actually.
  • Begun in the 1930's, the agency has developed a reputation as a tough regulator and efficient disposer of insolvent banks.
  • She comes to the firm with a reputation as a tough but fair regulator.
  • She earned a reputation as a tough regulator of the mutual fund industry and as a stern taskmaster inside the agency.
  • Blaming tougher regulators and examiners, lenders are also demanding that developers finance as much as 25 percent of their projects.
  • The deposit agency is known as a tough regulator and would be more able to reign in such lending, these legislators assert.
  • Mr. Clarke has earned a reputation as a tough regulator among bankers.
  • Those questions, he said, would figure in his committee's efforts to force the agency to be a tougher regulator.
  • Surely, that is evidence that we are a tough regulator.
  • They asked whether that made it difficult for the exchange to be a tough regulator.
(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
(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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