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Significats de hard-bitten en anglès

Tough and callous by virtue of experience.

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Ús de hard-bitten en anglès
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Shearson, which American Express acquired in 1981, was a hard-bitten retail-brokerage business.
The new yorker
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It was a moment to further age the hard-bitten souls in attendance.
The Guardian
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Three of the soldiers came ambling across the road, lean, hard-bitten men.
Knife of dreams
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A month later the gaunt, hard-bitten outfit tied up at the Landing.
The Gun-Brand
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Or a hard-bitten Taliban fighter who finds common cause with a rose?
The way of the world
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He was a fighter, a dominant, hard-bitten woodsman, so the tale ran.
Big Timber: A Story of the Northwest
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A more hard-bitten, intimidating gang you'd be hard pressed to gather anywhere.
Return of the Crimson Guard
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Most people, including hard-bitten promoters, reacted to the idea with revulsion and disgust.
The Irish Times
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Her remarkable performance has had hard-bitten London critics outdoing each other in superlatives.
The Irish Times
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All but the first disgorged armed, hard-bitten veterans, ten from each.
Tetrarch (Well of Echoes)
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There is no gainsaying that the Solomons are a hard-bitten bunch of islands.
South Sea Tales
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Carter's mild affect concealed hard-bitten ambition, flinty resolve and bulletproof self-assurance.
The Irish Times
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But a hard-bitten law enforcement guy like Gibbons could easily shrug it off.
You can't stop me
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Long Bill Hodge, the hard-bitten mountaineer, was the first man interrogated.
The Jacket (The Star-Rover)
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Frank, eyes aquamarine, face boozed-out purple, resembled a hard-bitten Buzz Aldrin.
Running the books: the adventures of an accidental prison librar...
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It was a question designed to get a hard-bitten answer.
The Irish Times
Hard-bitten a través del temps