TOUGH

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tough I. adjectiv

1. tare, solid, rezistent, tenace; dur.

2. (despre argilă, cauciuc etc.) rigid; dur.

3. vânjos, viguros, robust, rezistent.

4. încăpăţânat, inflexibil;

(fam.) tough customer tip dur şi bătăios (care dă de furcă).

5. dificil, greu;

tough job lucru greu, sarcină grea.

6. (fam., despre soartă etc.) trist; neplăcut;

tough luck ghinion.

7. (amer. sl.) banditesc, criminal.

tough II. substantiv

huligan; bandit.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

If you are an early-born Capricorn, that is, if your birthday falls in December, your toughest year was 2018.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

They could not make sure, perhaps, of doing so tough a young fellow an injury which would certainly prevent him from fighting.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But its fibers were tough.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)

A class of tough protein filaments (including keratin filaments, neurofilaments, desmin, and vimentin) that measure 8-10 nm in thickness and comprise part of the cytoskeleton of the cytoplasm of most eukaryotic cells; so named because they are intermediate in thickness between actin filaments and microtubules.

(Intermediate Filament, NCI Thesaurus)

My sail was likewise composed of the skins of the same animal; but I made use of the youngest I could get, the older being too tough and thick; and I likewise provided myself with four paddles.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, de Jonathan Swift)

Speaking to BBC Sport, Warholm said, "This was a very tough race. I actually felt my heart was going to stop (...) I thought 'I'm going to die but it's going to be worth it'."

(Norway's Warholm wins gold in 400 m hurdles at World Championships in Doha, Wikinews)

This is not the first time pulsars have been discovered to be the culprits behind intense gamma rays, but NuSTAR has helped in a case that was tougher to crack due to the distance of the object in question.

(Pulse of a Dead Star Powers Intense Gamma Rays, NASA)

That has been due to Mars’ move through your earned income sector (second house), but soon that period will be over—February 16, the day Mars leaves Sagittarius, a tough spot for you to have Mars.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

He's afraid. He's waited so long. He thought you might be offended. You see he's a regular tough underneath it all.

(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)

He threw dust into your eyes just like he did in Daisy's but he was a tough one.

(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)

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