Commonly-Used Idioms, Sayings and phrasal verbs - Saigontre

of course
- certainly, definitely, naturally
"Of course you can use my car if you want to."
of interest (to someone)
- to be interesting to someone
The man who works at the gas station is of interest to the police in their investigation
of the murder.
of late
- lately
Of late there has been almost no rain in our city.
of no avail
- with no effect, unsuccessful
My complaints to the company were of no avail and nothing was done.
of one's own accord/free will
- by one's own choice
The supervisor decided to leave her job of her own free will and was not fired.
of the old school
- to have attitudes from the past which are no longer popular
Our teacher's attitudes are of the old school and are not often found these days.
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