Uptill now I used to type the word on google to get the relevant sentence. But yesterday I find a tool where you can even add a phrase or word to get the sentence which uses it. It actually finds the sentence from BNC (British National Corpus) , which is a 100 million word collection of [...]

A very nice collection of idioms in English language. Though this list is prepared by someone who was preparing for GMAT but it is helpful to other MBA aspirants too. It is freely available on internet so there is no copyright issues involved in it. I know copyright is a big issue for GMAT aspirants [...]

“Sensual” usually relates to physical desires and experiences, and often
means “sexy.” But “sensuous” is more often used for esthetic pleasures,
like “sensuous music.” The two words do overlap a good deal. The leather
seats in your new car may be sensuous; but if they turn you on, they
might be sensual. “Sensual” often has a slightly racy or [...]

Do you know the difference between these two idiomatic phrases? Me too was searching for it today, and I got my answer. I am sharing the concept:
Use “a native of” when you’re talking about where a person was born, and is used as noun
for example: I am a native of Detroit.

Use “native to” when [...]

If you are not an English graduate then I am sure you won’t be knowing about these figures of speech. The only part of speech I knew was oxymoron, rest were new to us. Get the feel of them as this can help you in XAT exam.
Rhetorical Devices/ Figures of Speech
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