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24 English collocations with the word SPOT – Espresso English

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Did you know that the word spot has a few different meanings in English? Here are the three most common:
  • as a noun, a spot is a mark that is a different color. A leopard has spots.

  • as a noun, a spot is a place, location, or area. This is a great spot for camping.

  • as a verb, spot is an informal way to talk about seeing or detecting. He spotted an eagle in the sky.

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In today’s lesson, we’re going to focus on definition #2 – spot meaning a place, location, or area. There are a number of common collocations – combinations of words – that we can use together with spot.

Learning collocations is a great way to help you put words together in ways that sound natural. You can get my 1000 collocations e-book to learn more.

Sometimes we want to say that a certain spot, a certain place, is great for a particular purpose. We can say it’s a good/great/ideal/perfect spot:

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  • That new restaurant is a great spot for breakfast.
  • The park is an ideal spot for kids to play.

If we want to emphasize the accuracy of a specific spot, we can talk about the exact/precise spot:

  • This is the exact spot where the battle took place.
  • The injection must be given in a precise spot in the patient’s back.

When you enjoy a place, or when a lot of people also enjoy a place, you can refer to a favorite/popular spot:

  • My favorite spot to sit is on my back porch.
  • The Eiffel Tower is a popular spot for tourists.

We can talk about a sunny/shady spot depending on whether or not it is in the sunlight:

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  • Our cat loves to lie in the sunny spot near the window.
  • Let’s find a shady spot for our picnic.

A few more ways to describe a beautiful spot are a lovely/pleasant/idyllic spot. The word “idyllic” describes a place that is especially beautiful and calm.

  • The top of the mountain is a lovely spot for stargazing.
  • If you want a relaxing vacation, this tiny village is an idyllic spot.

To talk about an isolated place, we can say it’s a deserted/lonely/desolate spot. These three words have a somewhat negative connotation, like the isolation is a bad thing. If we want to describe the isolation as a good thing, we can call it a secluded spot. There’s also the expression a remote spot to describe a place that is far from other things (this is more neutral, not specifically good or bad).

  • My car broke down in a deserted spot and I had to wait three hours for help.
  • We bought a vacation house in a secluded spot near the lake – no more noise from our neighbors!

A vulnerable/weak spot is a place that is subject to damage, attack, or invasion:

  • There’s a weak spot in the fence where the boards are broken.

The expression soft spot is used to describe an area of emotion, usually special affection:

  • I have a soft spot for abandoned kittens; I’ve adopted three of them in the past year.

We can also talk about a sore spot, meaning an area of emotion that causes pain or anger:

  • Don’t ask him about his recent divorce – it’s a sore spot for him right now.

Finally, some people have a bald spot – an area where there is no hair on their heads!

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