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[oddball] {n.}, {slang}, {informal}

Эксцентричный человек; тот, кто поступает не так как все.

* /John is an oddball — he never invites anyone./

[off and on] также [on and off]

Не равномерно, не регулярно; от случая к случаю; иногда;

* /Joan wrote to a pen pal in England off and on for several years./

* /It rained off and on all day./

- Sometimes used with hyphens like an adjective.

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- конфиденциально; по секрету.

* /"Off the record," the boss said, "you will get a good raise for next year, but you'll have to wait for the official letter."/

Противоп.: ON RECORD, GO ON RECORD, JUST FOR THE RECORD.

[on cloud nine] {adj. phr.}, {slang}

~быть на седьмом небе от счастья.

О большем и не мечтать; быть очень счастливым.

* /Ada has been on cloud nine since the magazine printed the story she wrote./

* /We were on cloud nine when our team won the state ...

[on the wrong track] {adv. phr.}

Потеряться, двигаться не верным путем.

* /Professor MacAlister confessed that his chemical experiments were on the wrong track./

Противоп.: BARK UP THE WRONG TREE.

Очень редко; практически никогда.

* /Coin collecting is interesting, hut you find a valuable coin only once in a blue moon./

* /Once in a blue moon someone grows a very pale marigold, but no truly white marigolds have been raised./

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