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Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Noun Phrase eighty-four. The noun phrase today is
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odds and ends. So it's kind of a plural noun. Okay, let's take a look the note here.
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We usually use this term, odds and ends to refer to miscellaneous things or
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items. Some different things that don't usually or don't easily fit into a
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particular category. So we say "just some odds and ends. That's the way we
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usually put it. So let's look at some examples here. I need to pick up some
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odds and ends that I plan to use for finishing up this project. So it's
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probably a number of things, but you don't know... like you can't put it all
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into one category and you just try to make it easier to tell somebody. Maybe
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you don't want to mention each one specifically. Maybe it's a little unclear.
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Maybe you change your mind about it a little bit too. But you will say some
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odds and ends. You know just some extra things that you might need for some
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project or to finish up a particular thing. Okay. Let's look at number two. I
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usually put some small odds and ends in these drawers. Yeah. Like everybody
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sometimes has drawers. This is like a miscellaneous draw like you might have
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drawers for specific things you know, for I don't know silverware or ,
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or something else but you might have an odds and ends draw or a miscellaneous
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drawer where you just put a number of different things you don't know where
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else to put them. So you'll put them all into one draw. Where ...well let me see
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I don't know what category that's an out must be an I just put it in this drawer
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so you have all those odds and ends in a particular draw. That's the way sometimes
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people will sort out odds and ends. And let's look at number three.
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I have to figure out where to sort it means again to separate them you know , into
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different groups of categories. And put away some of these odds and ends. Yes . So
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especially when we we're not going through the trouble of specifically
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mentioning what they are will often just generalize and refer to them as odds and
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ends. Okay. Anyway I hope you got it .I hope it's
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clear. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.