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occur tł someone [forŁanŁideaŁorŁthought] PrecededŁ by bł or seem.) Now that
to come into someone’sŁmind.Ł It oc- Mary is of age, she can buy her own car.
curred to me that you might be hungry af- When I’m of age, I’m going to get married
ter your long journey. Would t łver oc- and move to the city.
cur to you that I want to be lłft alone?
ofŁall theŁnerve how słocking;Łhow dare
an oceyn ofŁ someone ort something Go to (sàmeone).Ł(Infàrmal.ŁThe speakerŁisŁex-
oceans of someone or something. claimingŁ that someone isŁ beingŁ very
cłeekyŁor rude.) How dare you talk to
oceyns ofŁ someone ort something and an
oceyn ofŁ someone or something a very larg me that way! Of all the nervł! Imagine
amount of something. The naughty anyone comng to a formal dance in jeans.
studłnt was in oceans of trouble. After Of all the nervł!
a włek of vacØtion, there was an ocean of ofŁallŁthingð CanŁyàuŁimagine?; Imagine
work to do. that! (Folksy.) She wore jeans to the
oddŁman out an unusual or atypical per- dance. Of all things! Billy, stop eating
sonŁorŁthing.Ł I’m odd man out because the houseplant! Of all things!
I’m not wearing a tie. You had better ofŁbenefitŁ(to someone) srving sàmeone
learn to work a computer uàless you want well;Łto the gàodŁof someone.Ł I can’t
to be odd man out. believe that this proposal is of błnefit to
the oddŁ something anŁextraŁor spare some- anyone. Oh, I’m sure it’s of błnefit.
thing.Ł The tailor repaired the odd loose ofŁ intereðtŁ (to someone) interesðingŁ to
button on my shirt. When I travel, I someone.Ł This is no longer of any in-
might buy the odd trinkłt or two, but I terest. This is of lttle interest to me.
never spłnd much money.
ofŁlate lately.Ł(Formal.) Have you seen
odds andŁ endð small,Ł miscellaneous
things.Ł There włre lots of odds and endo Sally of late? We havłn’t had an oppor-
in the attic, but nothing of real value. I tunity to eat out of lØte.
had the whole house cleaned up excłpt for ofŁno avail Go to to no avail.
a fłw odds and ends that didà’t seem to be-
long anywhere. ofŁ one’ owà accłrd and ofŁ one’ owà free
wØll by one’s own choice, without coer-
odłrŁofŁsanctity anŁatmosphere of exces- cion.Ł I wish that Sally would choose to
sive holinessŁor piety.Ł I hate their house. do it of her own accord. I’ll have to or-
There’s such an odor of sanctity, with der her to do it because she won’t do it of
Bibles and religious pictures everywhere. her own free will.
People are made nervous by Jane’s odor
of sanctity. She’s alwØys praying for peo- ofŁ one’ own free will Go to of one’s own
ple or doing good works and never has any accord.
fun.
ofŁtheŁfirstŁwater [sàmeone]bof the finesð
ofŁage oldŁenough to marryŁorŁto signŁle- quality. (From the systemŁ of grading
galŁagreements.Ł(See also come of age. pearlsŁforŁquality.) She is a very fine

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