Learning English is tough.

Hey everyone, today we'll talk about the word:

Tough

It is pronounced tuff and is a pretty useful word with a bunch of different meanings.

1- difficult -

My math test was tough.

Lately my job's been kind of tough.

I had a tough day at the office.

In spoken English difficult is a higher level and more formal word so it isn't used so much, especially in casual English or by young people.

2 - strong or durable physically +

My new bag's really tough.

Those soldiers look tough.

3 - hard, as in hard to chew -

This steak is tough. I can't even cut it!

Ouch! These cookies are too tough!

So you can see that tough has both positive and negative meanings. I hope this lesson wasn't too tough for all of you, ^_-



Have a good week,

Phil