tough

• tough enough

  It's tough enough for those who stay.

• tough time

  I am having a tough time.’

• how tough

  I don't think people have any idea how tough it has been for me.

• have a tough

  It will pay to have a tough template for cutting by scalpel, hot iron or roller-cutter.

• really tough

  She's really tough.

• be tough

  But once in the ring, I've got to be tough.’

• get tough

  Even the police seem reluctant to get tough.

• tough life

  P.P. It was a tough life, especially in wet weather.

• very tough

  It is very tough.

• tough decisions

  ‘There may have to be some tough decisions.

• tough economic

  Despite the strictures imposed and the tough economic climate, William Grant

• tough as old

  Newcastle the league leaders looked as tough as old boots…

• too tough

  It needs to be used as soon as it is made, however, as it quickly becomes too tough to handle and shape.

• pretty tough

  The competition's been pretty tough this year has it?

• tough measures

  Nevertheless, some LEAs are adopting tough measures.

• tough little

  ‘I thought that tough little Jack Russell would finally get the better of me.’

• quite tough

  ‘We may be small but we're quite tough.’

• so tough

  P. sibhorpii , a soft blushed mauve shade, is also tough as are the various coloured forms of cowslip which can even be naturalised in grass.