Habits Flashcards

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Vocabulary about habits

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I tend to get up early in the morning.
I like to make my bed as soon as I have got up.
Do something out of habit
I get up early everyday out of habit
By force of habit
I get up early everyday by force of habit.
I’m in the habit of…
It has become a habit

If you have a bad habit
I have a habit of…
I have fallen into the habit of…

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If you want to stop a habit

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I am trying to break/kick/give up this habit.

I’m trying to get out of the habit.

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Adjs

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Annoying, bad, nasty
Good, endearing
Smoking, drinking

I need to kick my smoking habit.

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How to change a habit

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If you have a bad habit, don’t try to kick it, just replace it with a better habit.

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Idioms about habits

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I am a creature of habit.
I am a stickler for… - I insist on certain things
I am a stickler for getting up early.
Old habits die hard. It’s difficult to change a habit.
Why break the habit of a lifetime? It’s not necessary to change my habit.
I am stuck in a rut. I’m stuck in a boring routine, in a bad situation.
Keeping with tradition - I will continue with my habit/tradition
Breaking with tradition
Practice what you preach - do the thing you tell others to do.

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