He started humming a tune, then interpolated the odd word as though having difficulty remembering.

他开始哼起一个曲调，尽管记得不太清楚，他又插入了几个词。

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He listened thoughtfully, interjecting only the odd word.

他细心地聆听，只插了几句话。

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This makes "horoscope" a bit of an odd word.

于是，“星座”这个词就有点古怪了。

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But only rarely across the odd word or line does it approach the conciseness or memorableness of poetry.

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Of those surveyed, 15% reported being able to speak at least a few words of Gaelic, 25% were able to understand an odd word and 0.5% were fluent speakers of Gaelic.

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"If I took you to a country where they were reading Sanskrit and I was writing that on the board - well anyone would behave badly - how bored would you be when you tried to follow it and all you could understand was the odd word, " says Mr Ryan.

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