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níč nothing; not anything; nought; not a thing; arhaično, pesniško naught, ZDA nought

čisto níč nothing at all
prav níč, popolnoma níč nothing at all; nothing whatever
níč razen nothing but
níč več nothing more, no more, nothing further
za níč for nothing
za níč na svetu not for the world; not for love or money; not for anything
níč in zopet níč nothing-repeat-nothing, absolutely nothing
níč drugega nothing else
níč novega nothing new
níč takega nothing of the kind, none of that
níč koliko (= mnogo) very much, very many
toliko kot níč, skoraj níč next to nothing
za prazen níč for no reason
vse ali níč all or nothing, neck or nothing
meni níč, tebi níč quite coolly, bold as brass
níč manj kot... no less than, anything but...
prav níč slabši kot... no whit inferior to...
níč boljšega od no better than..., nothing like as good as...
to ti ni níč mar! none of your business!
to še ni níč that is nothing
to ni níč zame that is no use for me, that won't do for me
to ni níč vredno that is worthless
on ni níč boljši he isn't any better
iz tega ni bilo níč nothing came of it, it came to nothing
níč novega ni v časopisu there is nothing new in the paper
iz tebe ne bo nikoli níč you will never be anything, you are a worthless fellow (ali pogovorno a dead loss)
nisi prav níč prekmalu you are none too soon
če ni níč drugega! if that's all there is to it!
rezultat je 2 níč (2:0) šport the score is two nil
to ni níč v primeri s tem, kar sem nekoč videl that is nothing to what I once saw
iz níč ni níč nothing begets nothing, one cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs
ne morem níč za to I can't help it
níč ne dé, níč za to all right, there's no harm done, it doesn't matter, no matter, never mind
níč se ne da napraviti! there's nothing we can do (ali nothing to be done) about it!
(to ni važno) to níč ne pomeni this is of no consequence
níč ne marati, ne se meniti za níč not to care (ali pogovorno not to give a hoot) about anything
v níč devati to disparage, to belittle, to depreciate, to discredit, to attach no value (to)
níč več nimam povedati I have nothing more to say
s tem nimam níč opraviti I have nothing to do with it
to níč ne stane it is gratis, it is free, it may be had for the asking
na níč priti to be ruined, to come to grief
na níč spraviti koga to ruin someone
začel je z níč (v življenju) he started from nothing (ali from scratch)
kdor nič ne riskira, nič nima nothing venture, nothing gain

ambs-ace [éimzeis] samostalnik
najslabši zadetek pri kockanju
figurativno smola; nič

any¹ [éni] pridevnik & zaimek

1.
v vprašalnih in nikalnih stavkih in po "if": neki, nekaj, nekdo; nič, nihče

2.
v trdilnih stavkih: vsak, kdorkoli, karkoli; kakršenkoli

have you any money? imaš kaj denarja?
there are not any matches in the box v škatlici ni nobenih vžigalic
is there any hope? je sploh kaj upanja?
no more than one if any ne več kot eden, če sploh kaj
we have little time if any nimamo skoraj nič časa
any and every prav vsak
at any rate, in any case v vsakem primeru

aught¹ [ɔ́:t] samostalnik
karkoli, nekaj, nič

duck¹ [dʌk] samostalnik
zoologija raca; amfibijsko vozilo
pogovorno srček, ljubček; očarljiva oseba
ameriško, vojska našiv; bankrotnik, dolžnik; invalid
pogovorno nič, ničla (kriket)

a lame duck dolžnik; invalid
like a duck in a thunderstorm potrt, otožen; zgubljen
to play (ali make) ducks and drakes metati žabice (na vodni gladini); zapravljati
to make a duck ne zadeti nobene točke (v kriketu)
like water off a duck's back brez učinka, kot bob ob steno
pogovorno a duck of a očarljiv
(to take to s.th.) like a duck to water (lotiti se česa) z veseljem, brez obotavljanja
a fine day for young ducks deževno vreme
duck's egg šport nič, nobena točka (kriket)

duck's-egg [dʌ́kseg] samostalnik
ničla (kriket)
sleng nič; zelenomodra barva

naught¹ [nɔ:t] samostalnik
ničla
arhaično nič

to bing (ali come) to naught uničiti, pogubiti, propasti, izjaloviti se
to care for naught za nič ne marati, ne meniti se za nič
to set at naught puščati vnemar, omalovaževati
all for naught vse zaman

negation [nigéišən] samostalnik
zanikanje, oporekanje, negacija; razveljavitev, preklic
figurativno nepomembnost, nič

nihil [náiil] samostalnik
nič

nil [nil] samostalnik
nič

šport the score was 3 to nil rezultat je bil 3:0
his influence is nil njegov vpliv je enak ničli
nil report (ali return) sporočilo, da česa ni

nix² [niks]

1. medmet
sleng pazi!

2. samostalnik
sleng nič

no² [nou] prislov (za or)
ne; (s komparativom) nič, sploh ne

vojska, sleng no compree ne razumem
whether or no da ali ne
no sooner ... than komaj ... že
no sooner said than done rečeno - storjeno
let no sooner said than done rečeno storjeno
let us have no more of it dovolj besedi
no more nič več, ne več, niti
no little nemalo
no less than vsaj, najmanj, nič manj od
no less for vkljub
no longer ne več
no longer (ago) than yesterday šele včeraj

none³ [nən] prislov
nikakor ne, niti najmanj, nič

none the less vendar, kljub (temu)
I'm none the better for (seeing you) nič boljše se ne počutim, ker (te vidim)
none too, high niti najmanj previsoko
none too soon nič prekmalu, niti najmanj prezgodaj
none too well tako, tako; nič kaj dobro

nothing¹ [nʌ́ɵiŋ] prislov
nič, niti malo, sploh ne

nothing like so bad as še zdaleč ne tako slabo
nothing like complete še zdaleč ne gotovo
nothing much nič posebnega

nothing² [nʌ́ɵiŋ] samostalnik
nič
figurativno ničevost, malenkost, niče
množina nepomembnosti, prazno govoričenje

for nothing zaman, zastonj
not for nothing ne zastonj, ne brez razloga
good for nothing za nobeno rabo
next to nothing skoraj nič
nothing but samo
nothing at all sploh nič
sleng nothing doing od tega ne bo nič
nothing else than nič drugega razen
nothing if not courageous zelo hraber
that's nothing nič ne de, nič ne pomeni
that's nothing to you to se ne tiče
there's nothing to it to je čisto preprosto
there's nothing in it ni res, ni važno
there's nothing for it but to ni alternative, ne preostane nič drugega
to feel like nothing on earth počutiti se kot uboga para
nothing like nič boljšega od
nothing like leather vsak berač svojo malho hvali, zadostuje kar imaš
to make nothing of ne moči razumeti, ne imeti za važno, ne izkoristiti, omalovaževati
I can make nothing of čisto nič ne razumem
to make nothing of doing storiti brez obotavljanja
to say nothing of kaj šele, da ne rečem
to come to nothing izjaloviti se
to dance on nothing biti obešen, viseti
to fade away to nothing razbliniti se
to have nothing to do with it ne imeti nič opraviti s tem
a mere nothing malenkost
neck or nothing na kocki, vse ali nič
nothing short of popolnoma, popolno
no nothing čisto nič
nothing to speak of nevažno
soft nothings čebljanje zaljubljencev
the little nothings of life življenjske ničevosti
nothing venture nothing have kdor nič ne tvega, nič ne dobi
all to nothing popolnoma, v največji meri

nought [nɔ:t] samostalnik
nič, ničla

to bring to nought uničiti, pokvariti
to come to nought izjaloviti se
figurativno to set at nought prezirati, zasmehovati
noughts and crosses otroška igra na kockastem papirju

o [ou]

1. samostalnik (množina O's, Os, Oes, o's, os, oes)
Črka o; ničla, nič; okrogel predmet, krog

2. pridevnik
petnajsti

two o three 203 (telefon)

scratch¹ [skræč]

1. samostalnik
praska, neznatna rana, ranica; praskanje, strganje; čečkarija, kar je napisano; startna črta (pri dirkah)
figurativno nič, ničla; prvi začetek
figurativno preizkušnja, dokaz poguma
množina, veterina mahovnica (konjska bolezen)

Old Scratch zlodej, vrag
up to scratch na višini
a scratch of the pen figurativno poteza s peresom
to be up to scratch figurativno biti v formi
to bring s.o. to the scratch figurativno postaviti koga pred odločitev
to bring s.o. up to the scratch figurativno spraviti koga v red
to come up to the scratch, to toe the scratch figurativno ne se izmikati, ne se plašiti, ne se izogibati, izpolniti pričakovanja, napraviti svojo dolžnost, ne se odtegniti (izmuzniti) svoji dolžnosti, pokazati se doraslega položaju, izkazati se
when it came to the scratch ko je prišlo do odločilnega trenutka
to start from scratch iz nič začeti
it is no great scratch to ni bogve koliko vredno

2. pridevnik
skrpan, nehomogen, sestavljen iz neenakih delov, (skupaj) zmašen, improviziran; slučajen, nenameravan; pester, pisan

scratch dinner hitro pripravljena, zmašena večerja
scratch crew hitro (iz vseh vetrov) sestavljeno moštvo
scratch paper konceptni papir

aerify [ɛ́ərifai] prehodni glagol
v zrak, v nič spremeniti

bodeful [bóudful] pridevnik (bodefully prislov)
nič dobrega obetajoč, zlosluten