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1 ♦ habit
♦ habit /ˈhæbɪt/n.1 [cu] abitudine; vezzo: Smoking is a bad habit, il fumo è una brutta abitudine; eating habits, abitudini alimentari; He has an irritating habit of repeating every question, ha il vezzo irritante di ripetere ogni domanda; to be in the habit (o to have the habit) of, avere l'abitudine di; essere abituato a; to break the habit of doing st., smettere l'abitudine (o rinunciare all'abitudine) di fare qc.; to do st. out of (o from) habit, fare qc. per abitudine; to get (o to fall) into the habit of, prendere l'abitudine di; abituarsi a; to get out of a habit, perdere un'abitudine; OK, you can leave at five, but don't make a habit of it, d'accordo, puoi uscire alle cinque, ma che non diventi un'abitudine2 cattiva abitudine; assuefazione; vizio; (fam.) dipendenza (da droga): ( anche med.) habit-forming, che dà assuefazione; to have a cocaine habit, essere cocainomane; (fam.) to kick the habit, liberarsi dal vizio; smettere ( di fumare, bere ecc.)● habit of mind, mentalità; modo di pensare; atteggiamento mentale □ habit of thought = habit of mind ► sopra □ to be a creature of habit, essere un abitudinario □ (prov.) Habit is second nature, l'abitudine è una seconda natura □ (prov.) Old habits die hard, le vecchie abitudini sono dure a morire.(to) habit /ˈhæbɪt/v. t.2 (arc.) abitareFALSI AMICI: nell'inglese attuale to habit non significa abitare. -
2 ♦ creature
♦ creature /ˈkri:tʃə(r)/n.1 creatura2 essere (vivente); animale: a creature from outer space, un (essere) extraterrestre; our fellow creatures, gli altri esseri viventi; i nostri fratelli animali4 persona: creature of habit, persona abitudinaria; a good creature, una brava persona; Poor creature!, poverino!; poverina!● creature comforts, le comodità materiali (della vita); la sicurezza materialecreaturelya.delle creature; creaturale; dell'uomo; umano. -
3 habit
['hæbɪt]1) (custom) abitudine f.; sociol. costume m., usanza f.to be in the habit of doing — avere l'abitudine di fare, essere abituato a fare
to get into the habit of doing sth. — prendere l'abitudine di o abituarsi a fare qcs.
to get out of the habit of doing sth. — perdere l'abitudine di o non essere più abituato a fare qcs.
to do sth. out of o from habit fare qcs. per abitudine; to be a creature of habit — essere un tipo abitudinario
2) (addiction) assuefazione f.to kick the habit — colloq. perdere il vizio
3) relig. abito m.4) equit. tenuta f. da equitazione* * *['hæbit]1) (something which a person does usually or regularly: the habit of going for a walk before bed; an irritating habit of interrupting.) abitudine2) (a tendency to do the same things that one has always done: I did it out of habit.) abitudine3) (clothes: a monk's habit.) abito•- habitual- habitually
- from force of habit
- get someone into
- get into
- out of the habit of* * *['hæbɪt]1) (custom) abitudine f.; sociol. costume m., usanza f.to be in the habit of doing — avere l'abitudine di fare, essere abituato a fare
to get into the habit of doing sth. — prendere l'abitudine di o abituarsi a fare qcs.
to get out of the habit of doing sth. — perdere l'abitudine di o non essere più abituato a fare qcs.
to do sth. out of o from habit fare qcs. per abitudine; to be a creature of habit — essere un tipo abitudinario
2) (addiction) assuefazione f.to kick the habit — colloq. perdere il vizio
3) relig. abito m.4) equit. tenuta f. da equitazione -
4 creature crea·ture n
['kriːtʃə(r)](gen) creatura
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