You're an arrogant dirty foreigner who claims your dictionary is correct even though you don't understand the nuances of Japanese.

Despite having lazed around without having touched my work I'm frightened at heart that "Ooh-er, this time I might really not get done in time!?"

You should know it.

She tried to break her child of the habit of lying.

She is always playing favorites with a few students but very strict with everyone else.

His voice is thin even though he is fat.

He is rich yet he lives like a beggar.

He has a habit of sucking his pencil.

Because of his habit of wasting money, he couldn't get married.

He acquired the habit of smoking.

Isn't my boyfriend terrible? He always takes me to see horror movies, even though he knows I don't like them. I hate it.

That's big talk for an upstart like you.

Act your place.

These days more and more young people talk to their elders on even terms.

Even though he's a policeman, he's afraid of thieves.

I know you're happy about it. Why don't you just show it?

I'm not a toothless barking dog.

A bad workman always blames his tools.

Despite the fact that Mary keeps saying I was the only man she'd like to marry, when I proposed to her, she said "NO". I cannot make head or tail of it.

It was bad enough that he usually came to work late, but coming in drunk was the last straw, and I'm going to have to let him go.