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anomaly, idiosyncrasy, eccentricity, deviation, quirk,<br />

mannerism, twist, kink, crotchet: I suppose people all have<br />

their own oddities when it comes to food.<br />

odds n.pl. 1 chances, likelihood, probability: The odds are that<br />

Janet will finish the job in time. 2 edge, advantage, lead,<br />

superiority: We have won before against greater odds. 3<br />

difference, inequality, disparity, unevenness, discrepancy,<br />

dissimilarity, distinction: It makes no odds who you are, you<br />

may not go in there. 4 at odds. at variance, at loggerheads, at<br />

daggers drawn, at sixes and sevens, at cross purposes, at each<br />

other's throats, in disagreement, in opposition, on bad terms,<br />

not in keeping, out of line, inharmonious, conflicting,<br />

clashing, disagreeing, differing: Teenagers have been at odds<br />

with their parents since time immemorial. 5 odds and ends.<br />

oddments, fragments, debris, leftovers, leavings, remnants, bits<br />

(and pieces), particles, shreds, snippets, scraps, rubbish,<br />

litter, Colloq Brit odds and sods: We managed to pack<br />

everything into boxes except for a few odds and ends.<br />

odour n. 1 smell, scent, aroma, bouquet, fragrance, perfume,<br />

redolence; stench, stink, fetor or foetor: The air was filled<br />

with the odour of orange blossoms. The odour of rotting<br />

vegetation assailed our noses. 2 air, breath, hint, suggestion,<br />

atmosphere, spirit, quality, flavour, savour, aura, tone: She<br />

would never allow the odour of scandal to touch her family.<br />

15.5 off...<br />

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off adv. 1 away, out, elsewhere: His secretary said that he'd gone<br />

off for the weekend. 2 distant, away, afar, far-off: The<br />

U-boat was a mile off. Christmas is only a month off.<br />

--adj. 3 incorrect, wrong, inaccurate, in error, mistaken,<br />

misguided, misled, off the mark: I'm afraid you're off on the<br />

question of the best way to approach him. 4 mad, insane, crazy,<br />

eccentric, touched (in the head), Colloq dotty, dippy, nutty,<br />

potty: Underwood's aunt is slightly off. 5 remote, distant,<br />

improbable, unlikely: He went to the station on the off chance<br />

that she would be on the midday train. 6 off work, at leisure,<br />

idle, free, open; on holiday: Can you get the day off tomorrow

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