Read the excerpt from "Fulton Fish Market."The first thing Alfred noticed was that Mr. Zanetti had the toughest hands he'd ever seen, and eyes that were a hard, pale blue. "Work, ya say?" Mr. Zanetti asked suspiciously.

Mr. Zanetti’s tough hands suggest that he has done a lot of hard physical work. His hard-looking eyes and suspicious way of asking “Work, ya say?” make him seem stern and difficult to approach, not generous or lazy. The best choice is “He is a hard worker and a tough boss.”

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