habit
/ˈhæb.ɪt/ sustantivo A1En español: costumbre, hábito
- An action performed on a regular basis. · It’s become a habit of mine to have a cup of coffee after dinner.· I really need to get into the habit of writing down what I spend.
- An action performed repeatedly and automatically, usually without awareness. · By force of habit, he dressed for work even though it was holiday.
- An addiction. · kick the habit· He has a 10-cigar habit.
Plural habits
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He seldom smoked, for Marilla set her face against it as a filthy habit; but at certain times and seasons he felt driven to it and then Marilla winked at the practice, realizing that a mere man must have some vent for his emotions.
“We’re not in the habit of shutting people up in dark damp dungeons,” said Marilla drily, “especially as they’re rather scarce in Avonlea.
I believe now he really does mean them, only he has got into the habit of saying them as if he didn’t.
She said we couldn’t be too careful what habits we formed and what ideals we acquired in our teens, because by the time we were twenty our characters would be developed and the foundation laid for our whole future life.
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