Object

• mistake: If you know anything at all about databases you'll know everything that follows and will probably spot mistakes in it.

• flaw: In fact, I couldn't really spot flaws of any kind.

Converse of object

• hit: Once you hit the top spot, there will have been millions of people who have read your mail.

• clinch: After clinching the top spot of European qualifying Group 8, Croatia enters its third consecutive World Cup with high hopes.

Adjective modifier

• hot: Last month the area was also made a ' hot spot ' for burglary.

• blind: Within the field of vision, all people have a blind spot on the retina of the eye which cannot receive visual images.

• soft: I still have a soft spot for the game.

• sheltered: The box should be set up in a sheltered spot, facing away from the worst weather.

• weak: Externally the bolts are exposed, avoiding potential weak spots where water may penetrate the timber.

• secluded: You will have the chance to meet people and work in some beautiful, secluded spots.

Modifies a noun

• kick: Sean Cronin and Jamie Rewbury scored spot kicks for City but the Bluebirds missed three times.

• height: Spot heights were taken at approximately 3 m intervals.

Noun used with modifier

• runner-up: He may have only one championship, but three runners-up spots, and a cup record that is simply second to none.

• beauty: Interviews were carried out in 2002, near some of Argyll's top beauty spots.

• picnic: A number of picnic spots with parking are to be found on the east side by the road.

• leaf: Carole diagnosed the tree as having a fungal problem, leaf spot.

• penalty: That goal, however, came from the penalty spot.

• trouble: These metrics are critical to calculate the network performance and to help identify any trouble spots in the network.

Preposition: of

• rain: Closing the album, just as the first fine spots of rain reach me, is ' Standing Around ' .

Preposition: for

• picnic: The canal plays host to a variety of wildlife and it is an ideal spot for a picnic and a spot of fishing.