cautivar
captivate ; enthral [enthrall, -USA] ; charm ; mesmerise [mesmerize, -USA] ; beguile ; enchant ; capture + the imagination ; bewitch ; entrance ; smite ; get + Nombre + under + Posesivo + spell ; put + Nombre + under + Posesivo + spell ; attract ; engross ; enrapture ; grip.
This article suggests a number of titles which can be relied on to captivate the young reader and arouse enthusiasm for further exploration of the world of books.
If one encounters a young patron who is an animal lover, the recommendation of a book such as Kipling's 'The Jungle Book' may enthrall him or her.
We will see the mountains of lobster traps and the charming crooked streets and hazy seascapes that charmed painter Fitzhugh Lane.
The article is entitled 'Have librarians become mesmerised by information technology?'.
Beguiling as the show is, it perhaps lacks major impact because it has taken elements from lacework and painting in such a way as to avoid the fundamental challenges of both.
The article 'The power to enchant: puppets in the public library' describes the construction of a puppet theatre in a public library.
This paper describes how a middle grade school teacher uses a core list of books to capture the imagination of his students and to encourage them to write honestly about their lives.
In legend a potion is a concoction used to heal, bewitch or poison people, made by a magician, sorcerer or witch.
Her husband is entranced with a woman who is manic-depressive.
It's hard to imagine a red-blooded man anywhere in the world who could look at her and not be 'smitten' with her.
After getting him under her spell, Clark reveals his powers to the woman, who immediately begins to exploit them for her own ends.
One glance from her eyes so dark and so brown, put him under her spell, his world spun around.
The range of data bases has attracted a number of academic libraries.
A good novel will engross me and have me switched off from the real world for hours.
He can play the piano like no one else and his impromptus of Schubert and Chopin are so beautiful that they enrapture and craze the listeners with delight.
Fight fever seemed to grip the whole nation when pugilism was in its prime, even though the sport was against the law.
cautivar al mundo
make + a big noise in the world
Mozart commented to Beethoven after hearing him perform, 'You will some day make a big noise in the world'.