HABIT

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Traducere în limba română

habit I. substantiv

obicei, obişnuinţă, deprindere;

to be in the habit of doing smth. a avea obiceiul de a face ceva;

to break a person of a habit a dezbăra / a dezvăţa pe cineva de un obicei;

to break off a habit a se dezobişnui, a se dezbăra (de ceva);

to fall into / to get a habit a căpăta / a (de)prinde un obicei;

a deeply-rooted habit un obicei adânc înrădăcinat;

(prov.) habit cures habit cui pe cui se scoate;

(prov.) habit is a second nature obişnuinţa e o a doua natură;

(amer. sl.) to kick the habit a scăpa de viciul stupefiantelor;

to get into bad habits a deprinde năravuri rele, a se nărăvi, a apuca pe căi greşite.

2. constituţie, structură psihică, mentalitate, dispoziţie.

3. particularitate, însuşire, caracteristică, trăsătură;

a plant of trailing habit o plantă târâtoare.

4. haină, veşmânt.

5. rasă, haină de călugăr sau de preot, sutană;

to take the habit a se călugări.

6. costum de călărie.

◊ (jur.) habit and repute notorietate.

habit II. verb tranzitiv

1. a îmbrăca;

habited in white îmbrăcat în alb.

2. (înv.) a locui.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

I suppose that you have been watching the habits, and perhaps the house, of Miss Irene Adler.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Van Helsing raised his foot to stamp in anger, but the instinct of his life and all the long years of habit stood to him, and he put it down again softly.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

It was he who told me of the doctor’s habits and of his daily journey.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They brought with them their country habit of being almost always together.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

“All the better, sir. Bad habit for a young man. Take a seat. I smoke, myself, for the asthma.”

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

"Once they've got the habit and the taste of blood . . ."

(White Fang, de Jack London)

“I have the advantage of knowing your habits, my dear Watson,” said he.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A set of questions to assess an individual's sleep habits during the past month.

(Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index, NCI Thesaurus)

Was Sir James a man who was orderly in his habits?

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Yet on account of these same habits I took the child from her and gave her an allowance on condition that she did not interfere with it.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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