tough task

collocation in English

meaningsoftoughandtask

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tough
adjective
uk
/tʌf/us
/tʌf/
strong; not easily broken or ...
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task
noun
uk
/tɑːsk/us
/tæsk/
a piece of work to be done, especially one done regularly, unwillingly, or ...
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(Definition oftoughandtaskfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftough task

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Consequently, it is an exceedinglytoughtaskto optimize the fish's swimming efficiency and/or maneuverability.
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Drop your needle, if the horse is standing on hay or straw, and you have atoughtaskfinding it again.
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It will be a verytoughtask, and it will not be easy to achieve.
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It is only too conscious that it faces a very difficult andtoughtask.
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Finding the appropriate technical solutions has nevertheless proved a verytoughtask.
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That is what we have taken on, and we have atoughtask.
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We are all aware that this was a particularlytoughtaskthat you had to accomplish.
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It will certainly be left holding the baby, with thetoughtaskof preserving programme commitments against powerful economic pressures pulling the other way.
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That is a difficult andtoughtaskto achieve, but it is an achievement that we hope we shall be able to realise.
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They have a verytoughtaskahead.
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Those staff also have to live, however, and there is no doubt that being a nurse is a prettytoughtask.
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We are faced with atoughtaskin forecasting and devising a cohesion policy which will promote citizens' long-term prosperity.
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If you are going to have to aim eventually at that figure, as experience may prove to be necessary, then you will have atoughtaskto enlist the men.
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Carrying out thattoughtaskand withstanding all the criticism that often came from their own side took enormous courage, and persistence and vision.
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The architect of the palace has been atoughtaskto determine.
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In the race, he completed all but two laps, atoughtaskat the short track.
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Visualization of sequence conservation is atoughtaskof comparative sequence analysis.
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The working atmosphere was uncomfortable and it was a reallytoughtaskto work there.
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Moving from a hectic career into retirement was atoughtask.
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