0 strong; not easily broken, worn out etc -- stærk
Plastic is a tough material.
1 (of food etc) difficult to chew -- sej
The meat is unpleasantly tough and chewy.
2 (of people) strong; able to bear hardship, illness etc -- stærk
It’s a tough neighbourhood.
4 difficult to deal with or overcome -- hård
a tough problem
The competition was really tough.
They're the really tough ones, if you get my drift.
At the same time more attention needs to be directed to the policing of sandalwood theft and tougher sanctions against illegal trading activities.
But after that, to get to the goal, the hundredth square, without slipping, is the toughest proposition.
If it is optimal to pretend to be tough, the agent will do all the pretending necessary.
When viewed this way, some of the purportedly tough cases are not tough at all.
Other leading tariff reformers were more tough-minded when it came to the question of what they could offer the agricultural community.
Tough leaders with a vision of the future charged neutral bureaucracies with strategic intervention in order to generate growth through exports.
This is an important and tough-minded book, and one that despite its grim subject matter fizzes with ideas.
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