SOFT SPOT FOR SOMEONE/SOMETHING

Meaning of SOFT SPOT FOR SOMEONE/SOMETHING in English

a feeling of affection toward a person or thing She has a soft spot for the elderly lady in the store.

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

SOMEONE — alcun, alquí
English interlingue dictionary
SOMEONE — pronoun Date: 14th century some person ; somebody
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SPOT — I. ˈspät, usu -äd.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English spotte, spot; akin to Middle Dutch spotte stain, speck, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOFT — I. ˈsȯft also ˈsäft adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English softe, soft, from Old English sōfte, alteration (probably influenced …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOR — I. fə(r), (|)fȯ(ə)r, (|)fȯ(ə), in R speech in the southern US also (|)fär preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOMEONE — ˈsəm(ˌ)wən pronoun Etymology: Middle English sum oon, from sum, som some + oon one : some person : somebody hoping …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPOT — — spotlike , adj. — spottable , adj. /spot/ , n. , v. , spotted, spotting , adj. n. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SOMEONE — /sum"wun', -weuhn/ , pron. some person; somebody. [ 1275-1325; ME; see SOME, ONE ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SOFT — — softly , adv. — softness , n. /sawft, soft/ , adj., softer, softest , n., adv., interj. adj. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SOMEONE — pron. some person, somebody
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SOMEONE — n. person, human, human being
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SPOT — I. ˈspät noun Etymology: Middle English; akin to Middle Dutch spotte stain, speck, Old Norse spotti small piece Date: 13th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SOFT
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SOMEONE — pronoun Date: 14th century : some person : somebody
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SPOT — vi to become stained with spots. 2. spot ·add. ·adj lit., being on the spot, or place;. 3. spot ·noun …
Webster English vocab
SOFT — superl somewhat weak in intellect. 2. soft ·superl weak in character; impressible. 3. soft ·superl gentle in action or motion; …
Webster English vocab
SOMEONE — ■ pronoun 1》 an unknown or unspecified person. 2》 a person of importance or authority.
Concise Oxford English vocab
SOMEONE — [some.one] pron (14c): some person: somebody
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SOFT — [soft] adj [ME, fr. OE softe, alter. of sefte; akin to OHG semfti soft] (bef. 12c) 1 a: pleasing or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SOMEONE — someone BrE AmE ˈsʌm wʌn § \ -wɒn ▶ ˌ someone ˈ clever BrE AmE ▶ ˌ someone ˈ else …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SOFT — soft BrE AmE sɒft sɔːft AmE sɔːft sɑːft ▷ softer ˈsɒft ə ˈsɔːft- AmE ˈsɔːft ə r ˈsɑːft- ▷ softest …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SPOT — / spɒt; NAmE spɑːt/ noun , verb , adjective ■ noun SMALL MARK 1. a small round area that has …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMETHING — / ˈsʌmθɪŋ; NAmE / pronoun , adverb ■ pronoun 1. a thing that is not known or mentioned by name …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — / ˈsʌmwʌn; NAmE / (also some·body ) pronoun 1. a person who is not known or mentioned by name : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOFT — / sɒft; NAmE sɔːft/ adjective ( soft·er , soft·est ) NOT HARD 1. changing shape easily when pressed; not stiff …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SPOT — I. spot 1 S2 W2 /spɒt $ spɑːt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ spotted , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SOMETHING
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SOMEONE — I. some ‧ one 1 S1 W1 /ˈsʌmwʌn/ BrE AmE pronoun used to mean a person, when you do not …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SOFT — soft S2 W2 /sɒft $ sɒːft/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative softer , superlative softest ) [ Word Family: noun …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FOR — I. for 1 S1 W1 /fə; strong fɔː $ fər strong fɔːr/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SPOT — n. & v. --n. 1 a a small part of the surface of a thing distinguished by colour, texture, etc., …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SOMEONE — n. & pron. = SOMEBODY.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SOFT — adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1 (of a substance, material, etc.) lacking hardness or firmness; yielding to pressure; easily cut. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SPOT — n. & v. n. 1 a a small part of the surface of a thing distinguished by colour, texture, etc., …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SOMEONE — n. & pron. = SOMEBODY.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SOFT — adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 (of a substance, material, etc.) lacking hardness or firmness; yielding to pressure; easily cut. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SPOT — n. & v. --n. 1. a a small part of the surface of a thing distinguished by colour, texture, etc., …
Oxford English vocab
SOMEONE — n. & pron. SOMEBODY.
Oxford English vocab
SOFT — adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1. (of a substance, material, etc.) lacking hardness or firmness; yielding to pressure; easily cut. …
Oxford English vocab
SPOT — ( spots, spotting, spotted) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Spots are …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMETHING — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use something to refer to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — or somebody Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use someone or …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOFT — ( softer, softest) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Something that is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — or somebody Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use ~ or …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SPOT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMETHING — pronoun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES ... or anything/something spoken (= or something of the same kind ) ▪ Would you …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMEONE — pronoun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES take someone on an expedition ▪ He’s taking the boys on a camping expedition next …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOFT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FOR
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMETHING — [pronoun] - an object, situation, quality or action which is not exactly known or statedThere's something sharp in my shoe.Something …
Cambridge English vocab
SOMEONE — somebody [pronoun] - a single personThere's someone outside the house.Someone must have seen what happened.Surely someone knows where the documents …
Cambridge English vocab
SOFT
Cambridge English vocab
SOMEONE — Synonyms and related words : Adamite, being, body, cat, chap, character, creature, customer, duck, earthling, fellow, groundling, guy, hand, head, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SOFT — Synonyms and related words : Mickey Mouse, accented, accepting, adoring, affectionate, afraid, alveolar, anemic, apical, apico-alveolar, apico-dental, articulated, assimilated, asthenic, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SOMEONE — pron. Function: pronoun Synonyms: SOMEBODY
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SOFT — adj. soft on soft boiled soft pedal soft shell soft soap soft spot soft touch
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SOMEONE — pronoun Synonyms: somebody
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SOFT — INDEX: 1. soft and easy to press or crush 2. soft and pleasant to touch 3. soft and wet 4. …
Longman Activator English vocab
SOFT — adj. 25B6; adjective soft fruit : MUSHY, squashy, pulpy, pappy, slushy, squelchy, squishy, doughy; informal gooey; Brit. informal squidgy. soft …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SOFT — adj. 1 yielding, cushiony, plushy, spongy, squeezable, compressible, squashy, squashable, flexible, plastic, pliable, pliant, supple, flexile, flexuous, unstarched This mattress …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SPOT — 1. сущ. 1) а) пятнышко; крапинка б) пятно (от грязи), капля (дождя) to get out, remove a spot ≈ выводить …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SOMETHING — 1. мест.; неопред.; как сущ. кое-что, нечто, что-нибудь, что-то; до некоторой степени He is something of an artist. ≈ Он …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SOMEONE — мест.; неопред. кто-нибудь, кто-то Syn : somebody, anybody кто-то, кто-нибудь, кто-либо - * else кто-то другой - * else's чужой, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь

English Idioms vocab

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