katı Anglais:

You're tough.

He won't be easily discouraged, because he's a tough guy.

He seems like a softy on the surface, but at the core he's got an iron will that makes him an extremely tough negotiator.

The heart itself is nothing more nor less than a large, tough, leather-like muscle.

It must be nice having someone who sticks around even when times get tough.

1. A customs officer was asking him lots of tough questions. / 2. Tough luck!

Whoo! Today's practice is tough - much harder than usual.

After having spent so much money on Christmas gifts, she found herself in a tough spot.

You should invest a little bit of your income into your career in these tough economic times.

No sooner had we finished working on one tough problem than the president sent us yet another straight from the top.

I'm sure it's tough taking part in the activities of two clubs, but good luck!

Work on the boat is tough but I can't see myself in any other profession.

The surgeon remarked that his patient was tough and that he should make a full recovery with no aftereffects.

It was a tough job. They asked some tough questions. Recently she’s had a tough time. It’s tough being married to a cop.

Earth we're finding that life in very primitive form exists in the most extreme environments, these are the so called 'extremophiles' that exist at the bottom of the oceans... So life is much, much tougher.

I got it through my head that my parent's strict rules were for my own benefit.

stricter control

Produced to strict organic standards.

Strict security measures were in force.

Along with the plants, animal life, too, was developing in harmony with the strict requirements of the land.

Belinda tried strict diets, grueling exercise routines, and some sort of esoteric New Age detox, all amounting to nothing--she had curves, and that was that.

A strict father makes his children toe the line by thorough training.

Early American colonists often had extremely strict work ethics inspired by their unique take on Christianity.

I have amongst my relatives, a single one who sincerely lives righteously, has strict principles and pursues an ideal, but all my other relatives speak ill and make fun of him.

The wealthy, self-indulgent young man felt oddly drawn to the strict, ascetic life led by members of some monastic orders.

My ​parents were very strict with me when I was ​young. The ​school is an ​old-fashioned ​institution with strict ​discipline.

I think many pupils prefer teachers to be strict because there are fewer problems with discipline.

Jamie loves meat but his wife is a strict vegetarian.

strict rules/regulations

In the strict sense of the term, a true democracy has never existed, and never will exist. It is against natural order that the great number should govern and that the few should be governed.