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opportunity to work, not the government's charity.
charm n. 1 amulet, talisman, fetish, rabbit's foot, good-luck piece:
She wears a charm to ward off evil spirits. 2 attractiveness,
appeal, fascination, allure, magnetism, desirability, elegance,
urbanity, sophistication, sophisticatedness, suavity, grace,
refinement, cultivatedness, cultivation, culture, polish; magic,
enchantment, spell, sorcery: To Diderot we go not for charm of
style but for a store of fertile ideas. To get ahead Colin
relies more on his charm than on his ability. 3 charms. beauty,
attractiveness, pulchritude, prettiness, handsomeness, appeal,
allure, magnetism, pull, draw: For all her charm, I would not
trust her one inch. 4 like a charm. successfully, perfectly,
miraculously, marvellously, extraordinarily, especially well:
His appeal to their egos worked like a charm.
--v. 5 influence, control, subdue, bind, put a spell on,
bewitch, enchant, seduce, hypnotize, mesmerize, enthral or US
enthrall, captivate, delight, fascinate, Literary enrapture: He
charmed them with some tale and they gave him their money. 6
overcome, subdue, calm, soothe, allay, assuage, hypnotize,
mesmerize: Music is said to have qualities capable of charming
savages.
charmed adj. 1 bewitched, spellbound, enchanted, magical: Apollonius
considered the use of charmed rings essential to quackery. 2
fortified, protected: He must lead a charmed life to have
survived all those battles. 3 pleased, delighted, enchanted,
happy: I am charmed to meet you at last, Madam President.
charmer n. enchanter, enchantress, sorcerer, sorceress, magician; vamp,
siren, Circe, Cleopatra, Lorelei, temptress, seductress;
seducer, Romeo, Valentino, Don Juan, Lothario, Casanova,
lady-killer, ladies' man; flatterer; smooth talker, Colloq
(big-time) operator, con artist or man, Old-fashioned smoothie,
wolf: Charlotte has run off with some charmer she met at a
party.
chart n. 1 sea-chart, map: According to the chart, we are fifty
miles west of the Lizard. 2 map, table, tabulation, graph,
diagram; blueprint: A weather chart appears on page 23. Here is
a chart of the highest-yielding unit trusts. She drew up a
genealogical chart of the descendants of Queen Victoria.