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needle² [ni:dl]

1. prehodni glagol
šivati; prebadati, prebosti
medicina punktirati
figurativno zbadati, dražiti
pogovorno dodati pijači alkohol; zabeliti govor (with s, z)
tehnično podpreti s prečnim tramom

2. prehodni glagol
preriti se (through)
kristalizirati se v obliki iglic

needs [ni:dz] prislov (samo z glagolom must)
nujno, brezpogojno

he needs must go on mora brezpogojno iti
he must needs go away just now prav treba mu je iti prav sedaj
needs must when the devil drives sila kola lomi

negotiate [nigóušieit]

1. neprehodni glagol
pogajati se (with s, z; for, about za, o)

2. prehodni glagol
sklepati (pogodbe), razpravljati o čem
ekonomija prenesti (ček), unovčiti (ček); spraviti na trg; premagati (ovire); zvoziti (ovinek), popeti se (na hrib)

nekatéri some; several

nekatéri (ljudje) some people
nekatéri od njih some of them
nekatéri člani odbora several members of the committee
nekatére od njih poznam I know several of them
spoznal sem se z nekatérimi člani kluba I met several members of the club
nekatéri so sprejeli, drugi odklonili some accepted, some refused

néki prislov

kaj néki je z njim? (but) what has become of him?
kje néki je sedaj? I wonder where he is now
kdo néki mu je to rekel I wonder who (has) told him
kje néki je pobral to besedo? wherever did he pick up that word?

neobremenjèn unburdened; unloaded; unencumbered, unsaddled

neobremenjèn z dolgovi unsaddled with debts
neobremenjèno posestvo unencumbered landed property

neomejèn unlimited; illimitable; unrestricted; limitless; unbounded, boundless

neomejèno zaupanje boundless confidence
neomejèna oblast sovereign (ali absolute, unlimited) power
družba z neomejèno zavezo ekonomija unlimited liability

neprisôten absent, not present

neprisôten z duhom absentminded

neprisôtnost absence

neprisôtnost z duhom absent-mindedness

neróden clumsy, awkward; uncouth; pogovorno ham-handed, ham-fisted

neróden položaj an awkward situation
kako sem neród! how clumsy of me!
neródno mi je I feel uneasy (ali awkward)
zame je to malo neródno I find this a little embarrassing
neródna stvar pri tem je, da... the nuisance of it is that...
on je zelo neróden (nespreten z rokami) (žargon) his fingers are all thumbs

nèuspèh lack of success, nonsuccess; failure, fiasco; vojska repulse, reverse; miscarriage; žargon washout

popoln nèuspèh total failure
biti obsojen na nèuspèh to be doomed (ali condemned, foredoomed) to failure
doživeti nèuspèh to meet with failure (ali with a reverse), to suffer a reverse
končati se z nèuspèhom to end in failure
doživeli smo nèuspèh we met with a reverse, pogovorno we lost out, we were a flop

nevólja reluctance, reluctancy; unwillingness; disgust

z nevóljo unwillingly
z nevóljo privoliti to give (a) reluctant consent
z nevóljo kaj napraviti to show reluctance to do something, to be loath (ali loth) to do something
ne (po)kazati nevólje (= molče požreti) to make the best of a bad job, to grin and bear it

neznánka unknown woman, stranger; matematika unknown (quantity)

enačba z dvema neznánkama equation with two unknowns

nice [náis] pridevnik (nicely prislov)
fin, nežen
pogovorno okusen, slasten (hrana)
pogovorno prijeten, prijazen (to s.o.)
pogovorno čeden, lep, privlačen, simpatičen
ironično krasen; izbirčen (about, in)
točen, tankovesten, skrben, pedanten, precizen (in doing s.th.)
figurativno kočljiv, občutljiv, rahel (običajno z not)
spodoben

a nice mess lepa kaša
nice and fat lepo debelo
nice and warm prijetno toplo
to have a nice ear imeti oster sluh
a nice point kočljiva zadeva
nice and nice precej
not a nice song nespodobna pesem

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

níčla nought; (pri toplomeru) zero, pl zero(e)s; cipher; (ledišče) freezing point, zero; (nepomembna oseba) nonentity; (pri telefoniranju) o

10° pod (nad) níčlo ten degrees below (above) zero
pri 5° pod níčlo at five degrees below zero
termometer je sinoči padel na níčlo the temperature (ali thermometer) fell to zero last night
on je níčla (figurativno) he is a cipher
dodaj níčlo! add a nought!
izpusti dve níčli! omit two noughts!
biti enaki níčli to be nil
izenačiti z níčlo matematika to equate to zero
nastaviti na níčlo tehnika to zero
absolutna níčla absolute zero
biti na níčli to be at zero
pasti na níčlo to fall to zero

níka (frnikola) marble

níke pl marbles pl
igra z níkami marbles
igrati se z níkami to play marbles, to shoot marbles

nikotín nicotine

zastrupljanje z nikotínom nicotine poisoning, nicotinism
zastrupiti z nikotínom to poison with nicotine, to nicotinize

nitrát kemija nitrate

predélati v nitrát, spojiti z nitrátom to nitrate

nod² [nɔd]

1. neprehodni glagol
kimati, pokimati; zakinkati, zadremati (često z off)
majati se (drevo v vetru), gugati se

2. prehodni glagol
prikimati komu, pritrditi

to nod to s.o. pokimati komu
a nodding acquaintance (with) bežno poznanstvo, bežen znanec, površno poznavanje
to nod one's farewells pokimati v slovo
we are on nodding terms samo pozdravljamo se
Homer sometimes nods tudi največji um se lahko kdaj zmoti