(会員) 11pm. Thurs, Jan. 05, 2017 - Happy New Year!

(会員) 11pm. Thurs, Jan. 05, 2017 - Happy New Year!

1. How did you ring in the New Year?

2. Did you visit the shrine?
I visited the shrine for the first time in the New Year.

3. What is your New Year’s resolution?
I’m going to lose weight.
I’m going to lose 10kg.
I’m going to run a marathon.  
I’m going to pass the Jun Ikyuu of Eiken.

4. You should drop your bad habits.
I’m going cut down on snacks.  
I’m going cut down on my drinking/smoking.
I’m going to quit smoking/drinking.
I’m going to quit XX cold turkey.

My muscles are sore.

5. I’m going to turn over a new leaf.
I’m going to turn over a new leaf and start exercising every day.
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6. Old habits die hard. = It’s difficult to change a habit that you’ve had a long time.

7. She dropped him like a bad habit.
After she found out her boyfriend was a gambler she dropped him like a bad habit.

8. a creature of habit = a human being
I’m a creature of habit. = I like living my life with few changes. 

9. It’s just a force of habit.

NOTE: second nature = st that you do very naturally

10. to kick a habit = to quit usually a bad habit, like drugs
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11. Out with the old, and in with the new.

12. I’m going to wipe the slate clean and start again.