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Q. Companies producing goods play to the gallery to boost their sales.

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Q. Despite the trust bestowed on the minister he turned out to be a snake in the grass during the revolution.  

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Q. The case was held over due to the great opposition to it. 

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Q. The popularity of the yesterday's superstar is on the wane. 

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Q. He is leaving the country for good.

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Q. The university will have to shelve its plans for expansion in view of present situation.

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Q. It was he who put a spoke in my wheel. 

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Q. Dowry is a burning question of the day.  

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Q. How long will the people put up with the increasing economic hardships? 

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Q. Since he knew what would happen, he should be left to stew in his own juice.

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Q. He is an interesting speaker but tends to go off at a tangent.

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Q. I am afraid he is burning the candle at both ends and ruining his life.  

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Q. He was undecided. He let the grass grow under his feet.

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Q. Do not trust a man who blows his own trumpet.

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Q. Although he has failed in the written examination, he is using backstairs influence to get the job. 

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Q. He sold his house for a song.

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Q. In the organised society of today no individual or nation can plough a lonely furrow. 

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Q. Leaders should not only make speeches they should also be prepared to bell the cat.

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Q. He is out and out a reactionary.  

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Q. Why must you look a gift horse in the mouth ? 

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Q. The project did not appear to hold out bright prospects.  

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Q. The party stalwarts have advised the President to take it lying down for a while. 

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Q. It is no longer easy to strike gold in Shakespeare's research since much work has already been done on him.

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Q. I did not mind what he was saying, he was only through his hat.  

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Q. Sanjay is very different about passing the Civil Services Examination this year.