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blind spot noun

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Definition

an area that you are not able to see, especially the part of a road you cannot see when you are driving, behind and slightly to one side of the car
It can be very dangerous if there's a vehicle in your blind spot.
a subject that you find very difficult to understand at all, sometimes because you are not willing to try
I am quite good at English, but I have a bit of a blind spot where spelling is concerned.

(Definition of blind spot noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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