odd jobs
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أعْمال وَقْتِيَّه أو إضافِيَّه
alkalmi munkák
íhlaupavinna
príležitostné práce
ufak tefek işler
odd jobs
npl → lavori mpl occasionaliCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
odd
(od) adjective1. unusual; strange. He's wearing very odd clothes; a very odd young man.
2. (of a number) that cannot be divided exactly by 2. 5 and 7 are odd (numbers).
3. not one of a pair, set etc. an odd shoe.
4. occasional; free. at odd moments.
ˈoddity – plural ˈoddities – noun a strange person or thing. He's a bit of an oddity.
ˈoddly adverb strangely. He is behaving very oddly.
ˈoddment noun a piece left over from something. an oddment of material.
odds noun plural1. chances; probability. The odds are that he will win.
2. a difference in strength, in favour of one side. They are fighting against heavy odds.
odd jobs (usually small) jobs of various kinds, often done for other people. He's unemployed, but earns some money by doing odd jobs for old people.
odd job man a person employed to do such jobs.
be at odds to be quarrelling. He has been at odds with his brother for years.
make no odds to be unimportant. We haven't got much money, but that makes no odds.
oddly enough it is strange or remarkable (that). I saw John this morning. Oddly enough, I was just thinking I hadn't seen him for a long time.
odd man out / odd one out1. a person or thing that is different from others. In this test, you have to decide which of these three objects is the odd one out.
2. a person or thing that is left over when teams etc are made up. When they chose the two teams, I was the odd man out.
odds and ends small objects etc of different kinds. There were various odds and ends lying about on the table.
what's the odds? it's not important; it doesn't matter. We didn't win the competition but what's the odds?
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