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1 odd
odd [ɒd]1. adjectivea. ( = strange) bizarre• the odd thing about it is... ce qui est bizarre c'est...b. [number] impairc. [shoe, sock] dépareillé• £5 and some odd pennies 5 livres et quelques penniese. ( = occasional) he has written the odd article il a écrit un ou deux articles• in odd moments he... à ses moments perdus, il...• to do odd jobs about the house ( = housework) faire un peu de ménage ; ( = do-it-yourself) bricoler dans la maison2. compounds* * *[ɒd] 1.1) (strange, unusual) [person, object, occurrence] bizarrethere is something odd about — il y a quelque chose de bizarre dans [appearance, statement]
it is odd how... — c'est bizarre de voir comme...
he's a bit odd — il est un peu loufoque (colloq)
2) ( occasional)3) [socks, gloves] dépareillés4) ( miscellaneous)5) Mathematics [number] impair6) ( different)2.spot the odd man ou one out — trouvez l'intrus
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2 odd
odd [ɒd]∎ he's an odd character c'est un drôle d'individu;∎ the odd thing is that the room was empty ce qui est bizarre ou curieux, c'est que la pièce était vide;∎ it felt odd seeing her again ça m'a fait (tout) drôle de la revoir;∎ it's odd your not knowing about it c'est drôle ou bizarre que vous n'en sachiez rien;∎ an odd way of saying sorry une drôle de manière de s'excuser;∎ (well,) that's odd! (tiens,) c'est bizarre ou curieux!;∎ familiar he's a bit odd in the head il lui manque une case(b) (occasional, incidental)∎ at odd moments de temps en temps;∎ he has his odd moments of depression il lui arrive d'avoir ses moments de déprime;∎ I smoke the odd cigarette il m'arrive de fumer une cigarette de temps en temps;∎ we took the odd photo nous avons pris deux ou trois photos;∎ we did get the odd enquiry on a bien eu une ou deux demandes de renseignements;∎ nobody, apart from the odd anthropologist,… personne, à part quelques (rares) anthropologues,…;∎ just add any odd carrots ajoute simplement quelques carottes;∎ she gives him a few odd jobs from time to time de temps en temps, elle lui donne une ou deux choses à faire(c) (not matching) dépareillé;∎ he was wearing odd socks ses chaussettes étaient dépareillées, il portait des chaussettes dépareillées(d) (not divisible by two) impair;∎ the odd pages of a book les pages impaires d'un livre∎ twenty odd vingt et quelques□ ;∎ thirty-odd pounds trente livres et quelques, trente et quelques livres□ ;∎ he must be forty-odd il doit avoir la quarantaine ou dans les quarante ans∎ the odd one/man/woman out l'exception f;∎ everyone else was in evening dress, I was the odd one out ils étaient tous en tenue de soirée sauf moi;∎ which of these drawings is the odd one out? parmi ces dessins, lequel est l'intrus?;∎ when they chose the two teams, Jill was the odd one out lorsqu'ils ont formé les deux équipes, Jill s'est retrouvée toute seule;∎ they all knew each other so well that I felt the odd one out ils se connaissaient tous si bien que j'avais l'impression d'être la cinquième roue du carrosseMathematics odd function fonction f impaire;odd jobs (casual jobs) petits boulots mpl;∎ to do odd jobs around the house bricoler dans la maison;odd number nombre m impair -
3 potter
potter ['pɒtə(r)]1 nounpotier(ère) m,f(a) (do odd jobs) bricoler;∎ I spent the evening just pottering j'ai passé la soirée à bricoler(b) (move about slowly) traîner, traînasser;∎ after lunch, I'll potter down to the post office après le déjeuner, je ferai un saut à la poste►► potter's clay argile f de potier, terre f glaise;American potter's field cimetière m des pauvres;potter's wheel tour m de potier(a) (do odd jobs) s'occuper□, bricoler;∎ to potter about in the garden faire de petits travaux ou bricoler dans le jardin(b) (move about slowly) traîner, traînasser;∎ pottering about in country lanes in her car en se baladant dans les chemins de campagne au volant de sa voiture∎ to potter about the house/garden faire des petits travaux ou bricoler dans la maison/le jardin∎ I'd better be pottering along now bon, il faudrait que je commence à y aller;∎ I might potter along to the library later j'irai peut-être faire un tour à la bibliothèque tout à l'heure
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