Converse of object

• face: David Palmer & Rachael Grinham took just 16 minutes to reach the semis, where they face compatriots Diane Desira & Cameron White.

• meet: Third seed Palmer is scheduled to meet compatriot Anthony Ricketts, the sixth seed, in the last eight.

• defeat: Darwish eased past John Williams in 27 minutes while Elborolossy took 36 minutes to defeat compatriot Muhammed Essam Hafiz.

• overcome: The 19-year-old from Pontefract in Yorkshire, seeded four, overcame experienced compatriot Paul Lord in the first round of the eight-man event.

• join: Then, last week saw the vice-president of the European Commission joining compatriots in Brussels in the national celebration of the summer solstice.

Converse of subject

• join: Els is joined by compatriot Retief Goosen, with US-based Zimbabwean Nick Price also making a rare trip to European shores.

Adjective modifier

• fellow: And the gold rush continued as the baton was handed over to her fellow Welsh compatriots at the IPC Belgian European Trials.

• young: Generally, those left behind will be older adults, who are less mobile than their younger compatriots.

• old: One last Class 29 remained for many years among some older compatriots in the scrap line at Woodham's in Barry, South Wales.

• same: Then again she is the oldest by a long way now of course, all her same age compatriots are in school I assume.

• own: Among the victims were even some of our own compatriots from Taiwan.

• Danish: Fourth position overall was filled by Gjedde's Danish compatriot Mads Korneliussen, who spent the season'doubling-up ' from Premier League Newport.

Preposition: on

• side: The exchanges between compatriots on the two sides of the Taiwan Straits have been increasing.

Noun used with modifier

• age: Then again she is the oldest by a long way now of course, all her same age compatriots are in school I assume.