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101 curious
['kjuəriəs]1) (strange; odd: a curious habit.) curieux2) (anxious or interested (to learn): I'm curious (to find out) whether he passed his exams.) curieux (de)•- curiosity -
102 custom
1) (what a person etc is in the habit of doing or does regularly: It's my custom to go for a walk on Saturday mornings; religious customs.) habitude2) (the regular buying of goods at the same shop etc; trade or business: The new supermarkets take away custom from the small shops.) clientèle•- customarily - customer - customs -
103 develop
[di'veləp]past tense, past participle - developed; verb1) (to (cause to) grow bigger or to a more advanced state: The plan developed slowly in his mind; It has developed into a very large city.) (se) développer2) (to acquire gradually: He developed the habit of getting up early.) acquérir3) (to become active, visible etc: Spots developed on her face.) (se) manifester4) (to use chemicals to make (a photograph) visible: My brother develops all his own films.) développer• -
104 difficulty
plural - difficulties; noun1) (the state or quality of being hard (to do) or not easy: I have difficulty in understanding him.) difficulté2) (an obstacle or objection: He has a habit of foreseeing difficulties.) difficulté3) ((especially in plural) trouble, especially money trouble: The firm was in difficulties.) embarras -
105 drop
[drop] 1. noun1) (a small round or pear-shaped blob of liquid, usually falling: a drop of rain.) goutte2) (a small quantity (of liquid): If you want more wine, there's a drop left.) goutte3) (an act of falling: a drop in temperature.) baisse, chute4) (a vertical descent: From the top of the mountain there was a sheer drop of a thousand feet.) descente2. verb1) (to let fall, usually accidentally: She dropped a box of pins all over the floor.) laisser tomber2) (to fall: The coin dropped through the grating; The cat dropped on to its paws.) (re)tomber3) (to give up (a friend, a habit etc): I think she's dropped the idea of going to London.) abandonner4) (to set down from a car etc: The bus dropped me at the end of the road.) déposer, débarquer5) (to say or write in an informal and casual manner: I'll drop her a note.) écrire/envoyer (un petit mot)•- droplet- droppings - drop-out - drop a brick / drop a clanger - drop back - drop by - drop in - drop off - drop out -
106 drug-addict
noun (a person who has formed the habit of taking drugs.) toxicomane -
107 eccentric
[ik'sentrik] 1. adjective((of a person, his behaviour etc) odd; unusual: He is growing more eccentric every day; He had an eccentric habit of collecting stray cats.) excentrique2. noun(an eccentric person.) excentrique- eccentricity -
108 energy
['enə‹i]plural - energies; noun1) (the ability to act, or the habit of acting, strongly and vigorously: He has amazing energy for his age; That child has too much energy; I must devote my energies to gardening today.) énergie2) (the power, eg of electricity, of doing work: electrical energy; nuclear energy.) énergie•- energetically -
109 enjoy
[in'‹oi]1) (to find pleasure in: He enjoyed the meal.) aimer2) (to experience; to be in the habit of having (especially a benefit): he enjoyed good health all his life.) jouir (de)•- enjoyment - enjoy oneself -
110 get into / out of the way of (doing) something
(to become accustomed to (not) doing; to get into / out of the habit of doing: They got into the way of waking up late when they were on holiday.) prendre/perdre l'habitude deEnglish-French dictionary > get into / out of the way of (doing) something
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111 get into / out of the way of (doing) something
(to become accustomed to (not) doing; to get into / out of the habit of doing: They got into the way of waking up late when they were on holiday.) prendre/perdre l'habitude deEnglish-French dictionary > get into / out of the way of (doing) something
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112 given
1) (stated: to do a job at a given time.) donné2) ((with to) in the habit of (doing) something: He's given to making stupid remarks.) enclin à3) (taking (something) as a fact: Given that x equals three, x plus two equals five.) étant donné -
113 habitual
[hə'bitjuəl]1) (having a habit of doing, being etc (something): He's a habitual drunkard.) habituel2) (done etc regularly: He took his habitual walk before bed.) habituel -
114 incurable
[in'kjuərəbl](not able to be cured or corrected; not curable: an incurable disease/habit.) incurable -
115 instil
[in'stil]past tense, past participle - instilled; verb(to put (ideas etc) into the mind of a person: The habit of punctuality was instilled into me early in life.) inculquer (à qqn) -
116 lisp
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117 magpie
(a black-and-white bird of the crow family, known for its habit of collecting shiny objects.) pie -
118 mannerism
noun (an odd and obvious habit in a person's behaviour, speech etc: He scratches his ear when he talks and has other mannerisms.) tic, manie -
119 mechanical
1) (having to do with machines: mechanical engineering.) mécanique2) (worked or done by machinery: a mechanical sweeper.) mécanique3) (done etc without thinking, from force of habit: a mechanical action.) machinal -
120 methodical
[-'Ɵo-]1) (arranged or done in an orderly manner or according to a plan: a methodical search.) méthodique2) ((in the habit of) acting in a planned, orderly way: a methodical person/nature.) méthodique
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