ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ODD
Odde: from Old Norse oddi point, angle, triangle, third or odd number. Compare Old Norse oddr point, spot, place; Old English ord point, beginning.
10 QUOTES WITH «ODD»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
odd.
But there's actually a lot of punk bands out there that go out of the norm, use odd time signatures, or a lot of different tempo changes in a song.
If you think spreading money around by force seems like an odd definition of fairness, you're not alone.
Odd how much it hurts when a friend moves away- and leaves behind only silence.
The first things I remember drawing were battles - big sheets of paper covered in terrible scenes of carnage - though when you looked closely, there were little jokes and speech bubbles and odd things going on in the background.
It's an odd experience reading interviews with yourself. Interesting, though. Of course, you know that the journalist will have edited, rephrased or even rewritten what you actually said, but you can't help feeling that there's a special kind of truth in the way someone else paints you, however subjective they might be.
It might be odd for people to hear this, but honestly, you know, when you're on stage, I don't think people realize how grueling eight shows a week is. And as far as jobs go, being a Broadway actor, it's hard. It's fun, but it's hard.
I think it's every actor's dream to play a character that's really odd, and you know no one wants to play himself.
There is an odd sense of responsibility attached to appearing in a drama about a real piece of history. A work of fiction is fun.
I was involved in the color correction and the digital color correction. In an odd way, you end up making a film many times-the DVD, the archival record of a high-definition master, and so on.
I wish that I wasn't such an odd mixture. I wish I was serious, but I do love high heels and romantic comedies: being in them and watching them.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ODD»
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odd in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
odd and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Odd Thomas: An
Odd Thomas Novel
Now a major motion picture starring Anton Yelchin, Willem Dafoe, and Addison Timlin, and directed by Stephen Sommers NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Dean Koontz's The City. “The dead don’t talk.
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Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls
In this updated edition, educator and bullying expert Rachel Simmons gives girls, parents, and educators proven and innovative strategies for navigating social dynamics in person and online, as well as brand new classroom initiatives and ...
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Odd Apocalypse: An
Odd Thomas Novel
He’s funny, humble, immensely likable, courageous, and just a joy to read about.”—Seattle Post-Intelligencer “[Odd Thomas is] one of the most remarkable and appealing characters in current fiction.”—The Virginian-Pilot ...
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Deeply
Odd: An
Odd Thomas Novel
BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Dean Koontz's The City. Praise for Deeply Odd and Dean Koontz’s Odd Thomas series “Not since Watchers has Dean Koontz created such an endearing and enduring character as Odd Thomas. . .
Beautifully drawn by Australian artist Queenie Chan, this graphic novel tells the story of Odd's race to solve the murder of a young boy whose killer appears to be stalking a second child. Australian illustrator. Ages 15+.
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An
Odd Kind of Fame: Stories of Phineas Gage
The true story of the first case to reveal the relation between the brain and complex personality characteristics.
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Odd Meter Bass: Complex Time Signatures Made Easy
This amazing book and demonstration CD uses proven methods for comprehending and performing complex rhythms to make understanding, performing, and composing in odd meters easy and natural.
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This
Odd and Wondrous Calling: The Public and Private Lives ...
This Odd and Wondrous Calling offers something different: a book both honest about the challenges of the vocation and reflective of its joy from two people still pastoring. / Anecdotal and extremely readable, this book covers a diversity of ...
Lillian Daniel, Martin B. Copenhaver, 2009
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Odd Boy Out: Young Albert Einstein
The ideas Albert Einstein came up with during his childhood as an odd boy out were destined to change the way we know and understand the world around us . . .
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ODD»
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odd is used in the context of the following news items.
The Pillbox review – David Hughes's odd and fascinating second …
The English seaside is a strange place, mixing tackiness and beauty, commerce and nostalgia; somewhere you go to for sunshine but often ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
Weird news from around the world: A week of odd spots, July 25
Weird news from around the world: A week of odd spots, July 25. Date: July 25, 2015 - 6:17AM. 17 reading now; (29); Read later ... «The Age, Jul 15»
Spurs' Parker appears in odd French game show involving tiger
Apparently appear on odd French game shows involving transporting water in a pedal-powered cart through a tiger exhibit is one activity used ... «FOXSports.com, Jul 15»
Letter: Restaurateur's behavior is odd, and beneath a successful man
Restaurateur's behavior is odd, and beneath a successful man. Rocco Termini showed his true colors after getting angry when Frank Gourmet ... «Buffalo News, Jul 15»
It has been an odd NBA offseason
Around the NBA: •“You guys don't know s—,” Kevin Durant told a group of writers in February. Maybe not, but we do know MVPs. The players' ... «SFGate, Jul 15»
See Anything Odd in the Sky Over West Hartford?
“It took me a minute but then I saw this odd looking black tube floating in the sky,” he said. “Other people in West Hartford saw it too. Any idea ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
An odd reality hovers over men's Pan Am basketball tournament
The odd part of covering the games they play is that while this is an important one-off event (Canada has never played in a Pan Am gold medal ... «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
The week's odd news: Fisherman finds bright orange lobster; his …
RAYMOND, Maine – A Maine lobsterman has caught a rare bright orange lobster, the second time he's pulled an odd-colored crustacean from ... «The Daily Advertiser, Jul 15»
ICYMI: Japanese game show mostly fun but strangely odd
As far as I can tell, the show consists of odd physical challenges made for entertainment purposes. There are no feats of strength or cleverness ... «Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jul 15»
Something odd happens if you ask Google Maps 'Are we there yet?'
If you ask Google Maps 'Are we there yet?', it'll tell you how long you have left of your journey. But ask it two or three more times and you'll see ... «Metro, Jul 15»
