Their parents have gone to the city to do odd jobs, while the left-behind children stay with their grandparents in their village.

父母都到城里打工去了，而留守儿童与爷爷、奶奶呆在村子里。

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He was always active, looking for odd jobs to do.

他总是活力十足，自己找些零工做。

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For example, in a large company, if you initially do is to work odd jobs to run errands, you may think is not worth it, but, once you have promoted to foreman or manager, you will not think so.

例如，在一家大公司，如果你最初做的是打杂跑腿的工作，你很可能认为是不值得的，可是，一旦你被提升为领班或部门经理，你就不会这样认为了。

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Initially, Berman had no work available, but, in June, after Driggers had reapplied several times, he was hired to do odd jobs around the plant.

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He started to drive Mr Kershaw around and do odd jobs for him to gain his trust and was given a key to his house.

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