soft spot

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Noun

soft spot (plural soft spots)

1. (idiomatic) A sentimental fondness or affection.

   He started out a bricklayer and throughout his life he had a soft spot for other bricklayers and masons.

   • 2011 December 15, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook the perfect nut roast”, in Guardian‎^[1]:

     It's a shame; not only are nuts quite ridiculously nutritious but, as anyone who's ever shelled out (sorry) for a tiny glass of pistachios in a pub will know, they're a guaranteed crowd-pleaser. But although I happen to have a soft spot for nut roast – an option often preferable to the meat that emerged from the school kitchen – it seems I'm in a cranky minority. A request for recipe recommendations was met with a polite silence on Twitter: vegetarianism, apparently, has moved on a bit. You don't see Yotam Ottolenghi faffing about with nut roasts, do you? But I'm determined to revive the fortunes of this much-maligned classic. After all, Christmas isn't Christmas without a luxury nut selection.

2. A point of vulnerability in a defence
3. A fontanelle

Translations

sentimental fondness or affection

• Chinese:

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• Finnish: lukkarinrakkaus
• French: faible (fr) m
• German: Faible (de) n, Schwäche (de) f
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• Icelandic: veikleiki m
• Italian: debole (it) m
• Russian: сла́бость (ru) f (slábostʹ)
• Spanish: debilidad (es) f
• Ukrainian: сла́бкість f (slábkistʹ)

point of vulnerability

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: heikko kohta, heikkous (fi)
• French: point faible (fr) m
• German: Schwachstelle (de) f
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• Icelandic: veikur punktur m, veikur blettur m, snöggur blettur m
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: 弱点 (ja) (jakuten), 弱み (ja) (yowami)
• Russian: уязви́мое ме́сто n (ujazvímoje mésto)
• Spanish: punto débil m

fontanelle — see fontanelle

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