To come about: to happen
You strongly feel that expected will come about.
By accident : An unforeseen event.
I met him in the office by accident in the evening.
To turn and turn about: Alternately
He comes to our college to turn and turn about.
Absent minded : inattentive.
If you absent minded on the road you will met accident.
Accepted by: Agreed to
Students proposal was accepted by the college management.
According to : As agreed to
According to agreement he should wait until his turn.
Account for : to give reason for a thing or action.
We are not opening office tomorrow account for Deepavali festival.
To settle an account: To finalise statement of account between two persons or parties
Our accounts with Nikhil College has settled.
To no account: Useless,worthless
They all of to no account of our Institution.
Adjacent: Near to, contiguous.
Her Office to adjacent to my Office.
In Advance: Before hand
To finalise the deal she has to pay Rs.1000 in advance.
To take advantage of: to benefit from
She took advantage of my father experience in plan for building the house.
At arm's length: Keep at a distance
We should keep bad boys at arm's length.
An apple of discord: The root cause of quarrel
Money is an apple of discord between poor and rich people.
Add fuel to the fire: Make matters worse
Your speaking is add fuel to the fire.
At one's beck and call: ready to obey one's orders
My office driver is always at one's beck and call of his boss.
To be continue.
You strongly feel that expected will come about.
By accident : An unforeseen event.
I met him in the office by accident in the evening.
To turn and turn about: Alternately
He comes to our college to turn and turn about.
Absent minded : inattentive.
If you absent minded on the road you will met accident.
Accepted by: Agreed to
Students proposal was accepted by the college management.
According to : As agreed to
According to agreement he should wait until his turn.
Account for : to give reason for a thing or action.
We are not opening office tomorrow account for Deepavali festival.
To settle an account: To finalise statement of account between two persons or parties
Our accounts with Nikhil College has settled.
To no account: Useless,worthless
They all of to no account of our Institution.
Adjacent: Near to, contiguous.
Her Office to adjacent to my Office.
In Advance: Before hand
To finalise the deal she has to pay Rs.1000 in advance.
To take advantage of: to benefit from
She took advantage of my father experience in plan for building the house.
At arm's length: Keep at a distance
We should keep bad boys at arm's length.
An apple of discord: The root cause of quarrel
Money is an apple of discord between poor and rich people.
Add fuel to the fire: Make matters worse
Your speaking is add fuel to the fire.
At one's beck and call: ready to obey one's orders
My office driver is always at one's beck and call of his boss.
To be continue.
"An apple of discord" and "To turn and turn about" are the two phrases in this list that I seldom here and of course seldom used.
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