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"word": "do it tough"
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"word": "hang tough"
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"word": "semitough"
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"word": "supertough"
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"word": "tough act to follow"
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"word": "tough as nails"
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"word": "tough as old boots"
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"word": "tough bananas"
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"word": "tough cookie"
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"word": "tough cookies"
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"word": "toughen"
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"word": "tough going"
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"word": "tough-guy"
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"word": "tough guy"
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"word": "tough love"
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"word": "tough luck"
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"word": "tough on crime"
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"word": "tough pill to swallow"
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"word": "tough-pitch"
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"word": "tough road to hoe"
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"word": "tough sell"
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"word": "tough shit"
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"word": "tough-skinned"
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"word": "tough sledding"
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"word": "tough tacos"
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"word": "tough tarts"
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"word": "tough times"
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"word": "tough titties"
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"word": "tough titty"
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"word": "tough titty said the kitty"
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"word": "tough toodles"
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"word": "tough tooshie"
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"word": "tough tuchus"
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"word": "tough tushie"
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"word": "toughy"
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"word": "ultratough"
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"word": "when the going gets tough, the tough get going"
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"2": "zäh",
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"4": "tough"
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"expansion": "German zäh (“tough”)",
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{
"args": {
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"3": "",
"4": "tough; boring"
},
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}
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"forms": [
{
"form": "tougher",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
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"tags": [
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"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
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"text": "The tent, made of tough canvas, held up to many abuses.",
"type": "example"
}
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"Strong and resilient; sturdy."
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"(of a material) Strong and resilient; sturdy."
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"text": "To soften a tough cut of meat, the recipe suggested simmering it for hours.",
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"Difficult to cut or chew."
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(of food) Difficult to cut or chew."
],
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"of food"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "žilav",
"sense": "difficult to chew",
"word": "жилав"
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"word": "корав"
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"sense": "difficult to chew",
"word": "taai"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "difficult to chew",
"word": "sitkeä"
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{
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "difficult to chew",
"word": "duro"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "difficult to chew",
"word": "zäh"
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{
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sklirós",
"sense": "difficult to chew",
"word": "σκληρός"
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{
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "difficult to chew",
"word": "rágós"
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{
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "difficult to chew",
"word": "righin"
},
{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "difficult to chew",
"word": "duro"
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{
"_dis1": "2 60 2 2 3 1 27 2 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "difficult to chew",
"word": "coriaceo"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 60 2 2 3 1 27 2 3",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "rɨng",
"sense": "difficult to chew",
"word": "រឹង"
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{
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"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "svət",
"sense": "difficult to chew",
"word": "ស្វិត"
},
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "difficult to chew",
"word": "kākatikati"
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{
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "difficult to chew",
"word": "pūioio"
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{
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "difficult to chew",
"word": "kākoa"
},
{
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"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "klak",
"sense": "difficult to chew",
"word": "کلک"
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "seft",
"sense": "difficult to chew",
"word": "سفت"
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{
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "čeğer",
"sense": "difficult to chew",
"word": "چغر"
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"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "difficult to chew",
"word": "toag"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 60 2 2 3 1 27 2 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "difficult to chew",
"word": "twardy"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 60 2 2 3 1 27 2 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "difficult to chew",
"word": "duro"
},
{
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žóstkij",
"sense": "difficult to chew",
"word": "жёсткий"
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{
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "difficult to chew",
"word": "righinn"
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{
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "difficult to chew",
"word": "sert"
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{
"text": "Only a tough species will survive in the desert.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2010, Brian Lovett, Hunting Tough Turkeys, Stackpole Books, page 3",
"text": "But before you quit turkey hunting and take up model-train collecting, let me give you the good news: you can score on tough turkeys. In fact, you can kill the toughest turkey in the woods.",
"type": "quotation"
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],
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"Rugged or physically hardy."
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"physically",
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],
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"(of a person or animal) Rugged or physically hardy."
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"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "rugged or physically hardy",
"word": "gogor"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ustojčiv",
"sense": "rugged or physically hardy",
"word": "устойчив"
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{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "rugged or physically hardy",
"word": "sitkeä"
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{
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"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "rugged or physically hardy",
"word": "dûr"
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{
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gamʒle",
"sense": "rugged or physically hardy",
"word": "გამძლე"
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"_dis1": "7 1 79 3 2 2 1 2 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "rugged or physically hardy",
"word": "widerstandsfähig"
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{
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sklirós",
"sense": "rugged or physically hardy",
"word": "σκληρός"
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"code": "el",
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"roman": "trachýs",
"sense": "rugged or physically hardy",
"word": "τραχύς"
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"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
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"sense": "rugged or physically hardy",
"word": "सख़्त"
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{
"_dis1": "7 1 79 3 2 2 1 2 4",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
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"sense": "rugged or physically hardy",
"word": "सख्त"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 1 79 3 2 2 1 2 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "rugged or physically hardy",
"word": "duro"
},
{
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "rugged or physically hardy",
"word": "resistente"
},
{
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"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "mŏəm",
"sense": "rugged or physically hardy",
"word": "មាំ"
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{
"_dis1": "7 1 79 3 2 2 1 2 4",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "rugged or physically hardy",
"word": "pūioio"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 1 79 3 2 2 1 2 4",
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "klak",
"sense": "rugged or physically hardy",
"word": "کلک"
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{
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"code": "ps",
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"roman": "saxt",
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"word": "سخت"
},
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"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "rugged or physically hardy",
"word": "toag"
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{
"_dis1": "7 1 79 3 2 2 1 2 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "rugged or physically hardy",
"word": "wytrzymały"
},
{
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "rugged or physically hardy",
"word": "odporny"
},
{
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "rugged or physically hardy",
"word": "resistente"
},
{
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "rugged or physically hardy",
"word": "fulangach"
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{
"_dis1": "7 1 79 3 2 2 1 2 4",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "rugged or physically hardy",
"word": "tapaidh"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 1 79 3 2 2 1 2 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "rugged or physically hardy",
"word": "resistente"
}
]
},
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"text": "He had a reputation as a tough negotiator.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"Stubborn or persistent; capable of stubbornness or persistence."
],
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(of a person) Stubborn or persistent; capable of stubbornness or persistence."
],
"raw_tags": [
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},
{
"glosses": [
"Harsh or severe."
],
"id": "en-tough-en-adj-LNBg1H~o",
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"Harsh",
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],
[
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(of weather, etc.) Harsh or severe."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of weather"
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"usually"
],
"translations": [
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"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 81 2 2 1 8",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "truden",
"sense": "harsh or severe",
"word": "труден"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 81 2 2 1 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "harsh or severe",
"word": "艱苦"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 81 2 2 1 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiānkǔ",
"sense": "harsh or severe",
"word": "艰苦"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 81 2 2 1 8",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "harsh or severe",
"word": "ankara"
},
{
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "harsh or severe",
"word": "duro"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 81 2 2 1 8",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mḳacri",
"sense": "harsh or severe",
"word": "მკაცრი"
},
{
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