noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ considerable , great , immense , real
▪
a woman of considerable ~
▪ easy , natural , quiet
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His natural ~ and wit made him very popular.
▪ special , unique
▪ personal
▪ boyish , feminine
▪ old-fashioned , old-world , period , traditional
▪ folksy , small-town , southern (all esp. AmE )
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a politician with a folksy ~
▪ rural , rustic
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The farmhouse had a certain rustic ~ about it.
VERB + CHARM
▪ have , hold , possess
▪ keep , retain
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The town still retains a lot of its old-world ~.
▪ turn on , use
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He can certainly turn on the ~ when he wants to!
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I nagged him for a week and used all my feminine ~.
▪ exude , ooze
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He oozes ~, but I wouldn't trust him.
▪ be immune to , resist
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He was unable to resist her ~s.
▪ succumb to
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Many women had succumbed to his ~s.
▪ be lacking in , lack
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The dining room was dark and gloomy, and the food was similarly lacking in ~.
▪ lose
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The idea of being a farmer had lost its ~ for me by this time.
PHRASES
▪ part of the, its, etc. ~
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The area is a little run-down, but that's just part of its ~.