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Old 15-Aug-2004, 18:47
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Default Re: How to get lucky?

Quote:
Originally Posted by Casiopea
Quote:
Originally Posted by blacknomi
Subject: How to get lucky?
Tips:
A. Live a charmed life.
B. Open your mind.
C. Relish the upside.
D. Learn to be lucky.


If the book is great and fun, I call it 'an interesting book' rather than 'interested book.' When life is fantastic, I call it 'charming life.' But here why he used 'charmed'?
I agree with tdol's reply. :D In addition, it's often, but not always the case that -ed expresses, altered/changed by, like this,

a burnt tree (a tree that has been altered/changed by fire)
a burning tree (a tree that is burning now)

a charmed life (a life that has been altered/changed by luck)
a charming life ( a life that is charming, pleasant)

All the best, :D
Agreed. It's like,
a sleeping child ( a child who is sleeping and maybe is having sweet dreams)
A sleeping car ( a car that provides passengers space to rest or sleep)

So back to my context, I think both can be used to get lucky. Can't they?
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