quagmire
A quagmire is a difficult, complicated, or unpleasant situation which is not easy to avoid or escape from.
A quagmire is a soft, wet area of land which your feet sink into if you try to walk across it.
dewy
Something that is dewy is wet with dew.
If your skin looks dewy, it looks soft and glows healthily.
squirm
If you squirm, you move your body from side to side, usually because you are nervous or uncomfortable.
= wriggle
If you squirm, you are very embarrassed or ashamed.
abduct
If someone is abducted by another person, he or she is taken away illegally, usually using force.
= kidnap
abduction N-VAR
abductor
ravishing
If you describe someone or something as ravishing, you mean that they are very beautiful.
audition
An audition is a short performance given by an actor, dancer, or musician so that a director or conductor can decide if they are good enough to be in a play, film, or orchestra.
If you audition or if someone auditions you, you do an audition.
strange
Something that is strange is unusual or unexpected, and makes you feel slightly nervous or afraid.
= odd
strangely
strangeness
A strange place is one that you have never been to before. A strange person is someone that you have never met before.
= unfamiliar familiar
see also stranger
charm
Charm is the quality of being pleasant or attractive.
Someone who has charm behaves in a friendly, pleasant way that makes people like them.
If you charm someone, you please them, especially by using your charm.
A charm is a small ornament that is fixed to a bracelet or necklace.
A charm is an act, saying, or object that is believed to have magic powers.
If you say that something worked like a charm, you mean that it was very effective or successful.
charm
Charm is the quality of being pleasant or attractive.
Someone who has charm behaves in a friendly, pleasant way that makes people like them.
If you charm someone, you please them, especially by using your charm.
A charm is a small ornament that is fixed to a bracelet or necklace.
A charm is an act, saying, or object that is believed to have magic powers.
If you say that something worked like a charm, you mean that it was very effective or successful.
charm
Charm is the quality of being pleasant or attractive.
Someone who has charm behaves in a friendly, pleasant way that makes people like them.
If you charm someone, you please them, especially by using your charm.
A charm is a small ornament that is fixed to a bracelet or necklace.
A charm is an act, saying, or object that is believed to have magic powers.
If you say that something worked like a charm, you mean that it was very effective or successful.
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