If people really grasped that, they would try to kick the habit, particularly as Britain is the "fat man of Europe".

如果人们真的明白这一点，他们会努力戒掉这个习惯，尤其是英国这个“欧洲胖子”。

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She's tried to give up smoking but just can't kick the habit.

她戒过烟，但就是戒不掉。

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Considered to be a less dangerous alternative to tobacco, "e-cigarettes" are taking over the West as more and more people switch over when trying to kick the habit.

随着越来越多的人开始戒烟，被认为危险程度更小的替代物——电子烟在西方国家流行起来了。

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America has got ever deeper into debt, unable to kick the habit of living beyond its means.

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In other words, making comparisons is inevitable, and you'll never kick the habit.

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Methadone is synthetic heroin substitute and is the tried and trusted route for heroin addicts trying to kick the habit.

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