noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
fallen into the habit of
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He had fallen into the habit of having a coffee every time he passed the coffee machine.
irritating habit/characteristics/mannerisms
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She has an irritating habit of interrupting.
nasty habit
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Life has a nasty habit of repeating itself.
nasty habit
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Drivers often have a nasty habit of driving too close to cyclists.
sb’s eating habits (= the kinds of things they eat or drink regularly )
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The doctor asked me about my eating habits and how much I smoked.
unfortunate habit
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He has an unfortunate habit of repeating himself.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
bad
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Ever since I was a teenager, I have had the bad habit of pulling and twisting my hair.
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Many of these bad habits are started in infancy when parents rock and sing their babies to sleep.
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A person may develop bad habits that need correction.
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Most likely, only one or two bad habits permeate your writing.
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If you don't watch out, you can get a worse habit than the one you started with.
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Simply determine which structural bad habit is most pronounced and edit for that.
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The answer is to drop back to conscious competence every now and again to check things out and eradicate the bad habits .
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Creating strong word use is merely a matter of amending bad writing habits .
eating
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I said she had to change her lifestyle and eating habits or I would insist she came home.
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One of the problems of today's eating habits is that people expect food to last over longer periods.
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If you find this happening to your elderly parent, try to help her to reorganise her eating habits .
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We shall return later to the benefits of exercise, but first, let's examine our eating habits .
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I also tried to incorporate a strong element of freedom so that a long term eating habit could be created.
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I went back to my old eating habits and slowly put on more weight.
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Parents are trained to develop menus and eating habits based on this system so that a balanced and healthy diet is provided.
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The best way to improve your figure is to improve your eating habits .
good
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It shows yet again that good habits persist as do bad ones.
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This is a good habit to acquire to gain optimal athletic performance.
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Taking your own samples as the grain goes in is safer, more reliable and a good habit to acquire.
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However, computer resources will be in his life for ever, so good habits should be established now.
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If you develop good habits they will stand you in good stead in your business and managerial career.
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My problem is getting past the idea of a good habit .
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At a basic level it is necessary to foster an approach which emphasises responsibility, good manners and good working habits .
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Alexander said that careful personal hygiene and good eating habits are the best ways to prevent infection.
nasty
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Both subscriptions cost about £800 per year and both have the nasty habit of being so voluminous as to go largely unread.
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Although an attractive addition to a tank, it has a nasty habit of fighting with members of its own species.
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It is a simple enough message but one which has a nasty habit of being forgotten when companies decide to shed staff.
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Appraisal schemes have a nasty habit of becoming complex and over sophisticated.
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Yet unlikely figures often have a nasty habit of turning out to be true.
old
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As McKinsey laments, given half a chance they revert to old habits .
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But old habits die hard, and Apple has shown a proclivity to chase market share while hand-wringing over shrinking gross margins.
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The City has been quite good at throwing off old habits , less good at mastering new disciplines.
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It is hard to break the old habits .
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They have reverted to their old habits since then.
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But old habits are losing their hold on me.
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Why should we not? Old habits die hard.
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A lot of times defenses fall into old habits .
personal
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The first time I met a boy who wasn't completely gross in his personal habits , I was thrown into confusion.
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He later developed austere personal habits , his brother recalled.
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His personal habits are such that his chief following consists of unpaid tradesmen ....
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You have to manage yourself, what you wear, how you speak, what your personal habits are.
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Every small thing is noticed. Personal habits are becoming more pronounced.
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A man or woman whose social or personal habits are unconventional or uncertain is not likely to be risked.
smoking
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Main outcome measures - Prevalence of infection with oncogenic human papillomavirus and smoking habits .
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Parental attitude to smoking and peer influence are factors which affect both boys and girls taking up the smoking habit .
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Patients of both groups were comparable in their ages and in their smoking and drinking habits .
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Numerous studies have shown than most young smokers are influenced by their friends' and older siblings' smoking habits .
social
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But her characters are just a bit too typical in their social habits , their tastes and their personal dilemmas.
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Their social habits have fitted them to human society.
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There are other ways in which Alasitas customs mark changes in social habits .
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A man or woman whose social or personal habits are unconventional or uncertain is not likely to be risked.
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What is important is the structure of thought and social habit behind it.
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Adults follow fashion in clothes and social habits as assiduously as their children.
unfortunate
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For Rubberneck had the unfortunate habit of hanging around outside school play-yards.
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Alas, even the most well-meaning opera buffs have an unfortunate habit of making their favorite indoor sport sound impossibly complicated.
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Redundancy is more than an unfortunate habit , however, and results from four factors: 1.
■ NOUN
drug
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David was jailed for four years after robbing a petrol station to pay for his drug habit .
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She has a drug habit and puts her personal wants first.
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Ken Gillance, defending, said Summersgill became involved in dishonesty because he needed money to feed his drug habit .
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However, he collapsed under the pressure of expectation, compounded by an excessive drug habit .
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He had something of a drink problem and the beginnings of a drug habit .
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None of us has a drug habit or drinks heavily.
work
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More than a few of us got our first work experience and learned positive work habits in this manner.
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They fear that continued poor work habits will doom their children to a life-time of unfulfilled promise.
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Successful engineering students tended to be contemptuous of the work habits of lesser mortals.
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The follow-through not only helps children meet their responsibility, it also fosters the growth of good work habits and autonomy.
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Consider changing lunch and after work habits so you will have less contact with the individual concerned.
■ VERB
acquire
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This will safeguard against the student acquiring bad habits in these features of pronunciation.
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From parents, children can acquire habits and tastes that are peculiar if not exclusive to a particular class.
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Of course he acquired some better habits , such as that great liking for poetry and music.
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They may encourage young people to acquire a life-time habit of using buses and not bother with cars.
become
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After a short while, taking paper, glass and metals for recycling becomes a habit .
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This has become a welcome habit in recent years.
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Lying awake in the small hours, after falling asleep quickly, can become another maddening habit .
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Once clients have self-monitored for a while, it becomes a habit .
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This may seem a paradox and different from the usual pattern of learning, therefore it needs to become a habit .
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For most young people it is a passing phase which they will grow out of, but for some it can become a habit .
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It's becoming a family habit , I fear.
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They persuaded their father to let them use it to eat their porridge and this became a habit with them.
break
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In that context, will he break the habit of a lifetime and answer two questions straight?
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Overcoming Overeating may be a powerful way for some women to break a long habit of compulsive eating.
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So trying to break the habit actually increases the compulsion to smoke or to eat too much!
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I tried to break the habit , but must have failed.
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Patients who wore them were almost twice as likely to break the habit as those who wore a dummy patch.
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It is hard to break the old habits .
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To break the habit , try leaving sugar out of drinks for that magic two weeks.
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It provides momentary comfort, but does little to break a troublesome habit or cure a nagging infection.
change
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They will have to change old habits and acquire new ones.
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They say revolution begins at home, and right now Robert Redford is trying to get you to change your viewing habits .
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The difficulty with habits is that they are difficult to change .
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They did not change their exercise habits .
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This makes the assumption, of course, that the plants have not changed their habits since they were fossilized.
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Feedback is critical to changing writing habits .
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I like the way it emphasises changing eating habits , along with exercising, too.
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He changed his habits eventually and became a college president.
develop
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A person may develop bad habits that need correction.
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But there is no doubt that young people are developing habits unfavorable to traditional news suppliers.
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If you develop good habits they will stand you in good stead in your business and managerial career.
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It takes time, not coverage, to develop these habits .
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It is also important to develop the habit of checking words in your own writing.
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It developed the habit of rushing and pecking the other birds until the woman finally had to kill it.
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And over the past few days it had developed an infuriating habit of wandering unerringly back to the subject of Adam Burns.
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They develop the important habit of going to school every day.
eat
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Also, Pushkin's eating habits suddenly went awry.
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I am in control of my eating habits .
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I like the way it emphasises changing eating habits , along with exercising, too.
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That is like an obese person with unhealthy eating habits deciding against making dietary changes and opting instead for liposuction.
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On these I noted taxonomic details, behaviour, eating habits and life cycles.
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Besides, your readers' behavior is as unpredictable as their eating habits or love lives.
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Especially in the early weeks of the diet, eating habits are very similar to the old ways.
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To break the circle, we had to create new habits , confront our emotions and solve eating problems.
fall
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The senior ministers fell easily into the habit of cooperation. but many in the party refused even to attempt the transition.
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The company had fallen into the habit of using George to administer a sort of organizational shock therapy.
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Pip now falls into a snobbish habit of connecting high social status with moral superiority.
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A lot of times defenses fall into old habits .
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Don't fall into the habit of including the entire contents of the original letter in your reply.
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Like individuals, organizations fall into bad habits and ineffectual behaviors more or less by chance.
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She fell into the habit of feeding the boys early, and continued it even on nights when he did come home.
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It's easy to fall into the habit of small hooks.
form
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Amplified vibration can reinforce the normal rhythm of speech and can greatly assist forming the right habits .
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Arcas formed a habit of coming out this way on holiday.
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She eventually became quite well educated, without forming any bad habits - in spite of herself!
get
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As well as food and drink, get into the habit of recording your weight each day.
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I got out of the habit in stir.
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You get to live a habit .
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The problem, in those who hyperventilate, is that they have got into the habit of breathing faster all the time.
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In Windows 95, get in the habit of experimenting with it to learn more about what it can do.
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If you don't watch out, you can get a worse habit than the one you started with.
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I got a habit the size of Manhattan Island and no dealer will touch me.
kick
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But knowing is not doing, and many people find it well nigh impossible to kick the habit .
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A: Not unless you plan on kicking the movie habit .
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Once the motivation to stop arises, it is not so difficult to kick the habit .
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Do I have tolerance for a crack addict who does little to kick the habit ?
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There too a twenty year old who has managed to kick a habit that was leading him down a dangerous path.
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After finally getting her to the hospital, the guys resolve to kick the habit .
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Wally Reid was actually keen to kick the habit .
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Men, however, do not tend to kick the tobacco habit .
learn
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Old Wang first learned the habit of reading newspapers closely during the Cultural Revolution and has several cuttings pinned on the wall.
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Over time, doubleclick. net Web servers learn your browsing habits and preferences.
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More than a few of us got our first work experience and learned positive work habits in this manner.
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He had little patience with learning lines, a habit which spread to members of his company.
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Most importantly, it shows how an organization accustomed to failure and discord can learn to make a habit of success.
make
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Do all men make a habit of dong this?
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If you make a habit of reviewing your fading dreams upon awakening, you can memorize quite a collection of nonsense.
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I definitely mustn't make a habit of this, or none of my clothes will fit.
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The Times, in its imperious fashion, made a habit of sneering at Falls stunters.
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Will you make a habit of running your galleys on the rocks, then?
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The nutritive arguments still stand and I would not make a habit of eating lots of white bread.
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The odd tipple won't make it a bad habit !
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Those who do stumble upon the preserve make it a habit to return.
spend
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If your financial means vary as much as your spending habits , then such a mortgage may be for you.
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First, he had to commit to some very different budgeting and spending habits .
support
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He's spent much of his life in prison after turning to crime to support his habit .
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Together they shoot up, play soccer, get into barroom brawls, mug tourists and steal to support their habits .
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And while I would never steal or sell my first born to support my habit , I had already become a fugitive.
view
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Women's viewing habits are different from men's, and older people's viewing habits are different from younger people's.
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They say revolution begins at home, and right now Robert Redford is trying to get you to change your viewing habits .
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Women's viewing habits are different from men's, and older people's viewing habits are different from younger people's.
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Thus autonomy can be viewed as a habit of action that children can begin to develop early on.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a creature of habit
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But I was comfortable in it, ever a creature of habit as I told you earlier.
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Probably not - I am a creature of habit.
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Taurus is a fixed sign, which means you are a creature of habit and are fond of material comforts.
break a habit
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I'd once helped her break a habit.
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It is important to understand that we are breaking a habit, for we have been conditioned to react in this way.
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These three actions are vastly superior to breaking a habit by will-power alone.
by/through/out of force of habit
kick the habit
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After nearly 60 years, it's hard to kick the habit.
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After finally getting her to the hospital, the guys resolve to kick the habit.
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But knowing is not doing, and many people find it well nigh impossible to kick the habit.
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Do I have tolerance for a crack addict who does little to kick the habit?
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In recent years, more than 11 million smokers in Britain have kicked the habit.
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Once the motivation to stop arises, it is not so difficult to kick the habit.
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She used treats and kindness rather than nagging to persuade her mum to kick the habit for at least two weeks.
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They're members of Wendy Jeffery's tap dancing class, and they just can't kick the habit.
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Wally Reid was actually keen to kick the habit.
old habits/traditions/customs die hard
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But old habits die hard, and Apple has shown a proclivity to chase market share while hand-wringing over shrinking gross margins.
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It was probably unnecessary, she thought, but old habits died hard.
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Perhaps because it's an island old customs die hard here.
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Things were going well, but old habits die hard.
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This is an area where old customs die hard.
support a habit
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Paul started dealing drugs to support his own cocaine habit.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Don't start smoking - it's a very bad habit .
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He had got into the habit of phoning home during the day.
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He has a really annoying habit of leaving his clothes all over the floor.
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healthy eating habits
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His cocaine habit was ruining his life.
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I'm not in the habit of going to bars during the day.
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If you have one or two drinks each day, it soon becomes a habit .
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Many of them get into petty crime to support their habit .
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My father had some rather strange habits, like reading the newspaper in the bath.
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Patterns of behaviour develop gradually until they become unconscious habits.
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People need to change their eating habits and include more fruit and vegetables in their diet.
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Peter had some pretty odd habits.
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She was in the habit of taking a walk in the early evening.
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Some smokers use chewing gum containing nicotine to help them kick the habit .
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You ought to get into the habit of planning your work at the beginning of each week.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And yet they lacked the most rudimentary academic habits.
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But human beings have raised this habit to an art.
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Ever since I was a teenager, I have had the bad habit of pulling and twisting my hair.
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In recent years, more than 11 million smokers in Britain have kicked the habit .
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Septimus is trained out of his bad habits in the end, and everyone sleeps happily ever after.
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The habit of moving around in large groups is much commoner in fish than in other kinds of animals.
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The game is filled with creatures of habit and superstition.
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Today, smoking is really a disruptive habit .