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1 tough
1. adjective1) (strong; not easily broken, worn out etc: Plastic is a tough material.) trd2) ((of food etc) difficult to chew.) žilav3) ((of people) strong; able to bear hardship, illness etc: She must be tough to have survived such a serious illness.) močen4) (rough and violent: It's a tough neighbourhood.) divji5) (difficult to deal with or overcome: a tough problem; The competition was really tough.) hud2. noun(a rough, violent person; a bully.) robavs- toughen
- tough luck
- get tough with someone
- get tough with* * *[tʌf]1.adjective ( toughly adverb)žilav, trd, čvrst; močan, robusten, krepak; zdržljiv, vztrajen, nepopustljiv, energičen; zakrknjen, trmast; lepljiv; neugoden, težak, težaven; razvpit; grób, osoren, zadirčenadjective tough customer — človek, ki ga je težko ugnatiadjective tough job — trdo, Btežko delotough luck figuratively smolaadjective tough neighbourhood — razvpita soseščinaadjective tough offender — zakrknjen prestopnikadjective tough will — žilava, železna voljait is not so tough — ni tako stabo;2.noundrznež, silak, robavs, neotesanec; hudoben (malopriden) človek; kriminalec, apaš; pridanič -
2 gristle
['ɡrisl](a tough, rubbery substance found in meat: There's too much gristle in this steak.) hrustanec- gristly* * *[grísl]nounanatomy hrustanecin the gristle — nezrel, nerazvit -
3 stringy
adjective ((especially of meat or vegetables) having a lot of tough fibres.) žilav; vlaknat* * *[stríŋi]adjectivestrunast; vlaknat; žilav, kitast; lepljiv, viskozen; dolg in tanek
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