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nažgáti to light; (ogenj) to kindle

nažgáti koga to thrash someone, to beat someone black and blue, to give someone a good hiding (ali thrashing)

ne (kot samostoina nikalnica) no; nay; (navadno pri glagolu) not (npr. nisem I am not)

ne malo not a little
nikakor ne not at all, by no means
gotovo ne! certainly not
še ne not yet
ne več no more, (časovno) no longer
jaz tudi ne (strinjajoč se z nikalnim stavkom) (that goes for) me too!
ne manj kot... no less than...
ne samó... temveč tudi... not only... but also...
kaj ne? isn't it?
mislim, da ne I think not
ne... ne... neither... nor...
če ne if not, unless
če ne vidim pisma, ne verjamem unless I see (ali if I don't see) the letter I shall not believe it
ne da bi jaz vedel not that I know of
odgovoriti da ali ne to answer yea or nay
ne, kaj takega! well I never
reči, odgovoriti ne to answer in the negative, to decline, to refuse
ne morem, da ne bi (rekel) I must (say), I can't help (saying)
Je oče bolan? - Upam, da ne. I Father ill? - I hope not.
on ne govori angleško, jaz tudi ne he does not speak English, nor do I

near¹ [níə] prislov
blizu, v bližini, bližje
pogovorno skoraj, málodane
figurativno varčno; (z negacijo) niti približno

near by blizu
to draw near približevati se
far and near od blizu in daleč, povsod
to go (ali come) near to doing s.th. skoraj kaj narediti
near at hand pri roki, blizu
not near so bad še zdaleč ne tako slabo
it is nowhere near enough še zdaleč ni dovolj
near upon kmalu nato
to live near varčno ali borno živeti
near to blizu (do česa)

nebó (vidno) sky; firmament; pesniško welkin; (v ustih) palate

na nebu in the sky
nebó nad prestolom, nebó pri procesiji baldachin, canopy
visok do neba skyhigh, very high
iz vedrega neba out of the blue, out of a clear sky
pod milim nebom under the open sky, in the open air
med nebom in zemljo between heaven and earth
kot strela z jasnega neba like a bolt from the blue, all of a sudden
proti nebu skyward(s)
do neba segajoč reaching up to the sky, touching the sky
bitka pod nebom air battle
modro nebó blue sky
oblačno nebó cloudy sky, overcast sky
do neba vpijoč crying to heaven
štiri strani neba the four points of the compass
(dimna) pisava (reklama) na nebu aeronavtika skywriting; ZDA smoke-writing (sky advertising)
pisec (reklame) na nebu skywriter
košček modrega neba a patch of blue sky
nebó je modro (oblačno) the sky is blue (cloudy, overcast)
dvigati se v nebó to rise to the skies
koga v nebó povzdigovati to praise someone to the skies, to laud to the skies, to extol
(kot) z neba pasti (figurativno) to come out of the blue, to drop from the skies
noben mojster ni z neba padel (figurativno) no one is born a master
v nebó vpijoča krivica a crime crying to heaven for vengeance
moder kot nebó sky blue, skylike
do neba (= čez vse mere) sky-high, to the sky (ali to the skies)

neck¹ [nek] samostalnik
vrat, tilnik; izrez (obleke); vratina (meso)
anatomija vrat (maternice itd.); vrat pri violini, vrat steklenice
geografija ožina (morska, kopenska) soteska
tisk konus tiskarske črke

to break one's neck zlomiti si vrat; ameriško nečloveško se namučiti, ugonobiti se
to break the neck of a task izvršiti najtežji del naloge
to crane one's neck (at, for) stegovati vrat
Derbyshire neck golša
neck and neck division glasovanje, pri katerem dobita obe strani enako število glasov
sleng to get (ali catch) it in the neck biti hudo kaznovan, trpeti
he's got a neck predrzen je
to have a lot of neck biti zelo predrzen
neck and heel docela, trdno (vezati)
neck and neck bok ob boku (dirkalni konji), enako število glasov, enak
neck or nothing vse ali nič
on (ali in) the neck of neposredno po
to put one's neck in a noose izpostavljati se nevarnosti
to risk one's neck staviti svoje življenje na kocko
to save one's neck rešiti se, rešiti si glavo
to stick one's neck out for mnogo tvegati za
a stiff neck trdoglavost
stiff-necked trdoglav
to take s.o. by the neck zgrabiti koga za vrat
neck and crop popolnoma, kot dolg in širok
to throw s.o. out neck and crop na pete na glavo koga ven vreči
to tread on s.o.'s neck zaviti komu vrat
up to one's neck do grla
to win by a neck zmagati za dolžino vratu (konjske dirke), za las zmagati (glasovanje)
ameriško, pogovorno neck of the woods soseščina

nedéljski Sunday; dominical

nedéljski časopis Sunday paper
nedéljski izletnik weekender
nedéljski lovec holiday (ali amateur) sportsman
nedéljska obleka Sunday best, Sunday clothes pl, Sunday dress, Sunday suit, ZDA go-to-meeting clothes pl
nedéljski počitek Sunday rest; Sabbath rest
nedéljska pridiga Sunday (ali redko dominical) sermon
nedéljska priloga (časopisa) Sunday supplement
nedéljska čola (za verouk) Sunday school
nedéljski voznik (šofer) Sunday driver
nedéljska vozovnica weekend ticket
nedéljsko oblečen dressed in one's Sunday best, (humoristično redko) Sundified
biti nedéljsko oblečen to be in one's Sunday best

nediscipliníran indisciplinable; disorderly

nediscipliníran otrok (figurativno) cheeky young pup (ali whippersnapper)

nedolóčen indefinite; undetermined; uncertain; vague; (rok) undefined

za nedolóčen čas for an indefinite (ali undetermined) period
nedolóčni člen (zaimek) indefinite article (pronoun)

nedólžen innocent (of); (nekriv) not guilty, guiltless; blameless; harmless; guileless; (deviški) virgin, chaste, maidenly, immaculate; (naiven) naive

nedólžno jagnje innocent lamb
nedólžno (neškodljivo) zdravilo a harmless remedy
po nedólžnem innocently
lahko dokažem, da sem nedólžen I can prove (that) I am innocent
proglasiti koga za nedólžnega to pronounce someone innocent, to bring in a verdict of not guilty (ali a not-guilty verdict), to acquit, to discharge, to vindicate someone
on nikakor ni nedólžen (brez krivde) he is by no means blameless

need¹ [ni:d] samostalnik
potreba, sila nuja (of, for po)
pomanjkanje (of, for česa)

to be (ali stand) in need of s.th.; ali to have need of s.th. nujno kaj potrebovati
to be in need biti v stiski
if need be; ali if need arise; ali in case of need če je potrebno, v sili
to do one's needs opraviti potrebo
I had need remember moral bi si zapomniti
to have no need to do s.th. ne čutiti potrebe kaj narediti
there is no need for you to come ni ti treba priti
a friend in need is a friend indeed v sili spoznaš pravega prijatelja
to fail s.o. in his need pustiti koga na cedilu
to feel the need of (ali for) s.th. pogrešati kaj

need² [ni:d]

1. neprehodni glagol
arhaično biti potrebno; biti v stiski, primanjkovati česa

2. prehodni glagol
potrebovati; zahtevati

3. pomožni (z nedoločnikom s to v trdilnih, brez to v vprašalnih in nikalnih stavkih)
morati, treba je

it needs not that; ali it does not need that ni treba, da
there needs no excuse opravičilo ni potrebno
it needed doing to je bilo treba narediti
it needs to be done to je treba narediti
she needn't do it tega ji ni treba narediti
you needn't have come ne bi ti bilo treba priti
more than needs več kot je potrebno
what need (ali needs) ? čemu to?

needín disunited; disagreeing; discordant

needíni so si they are at variance
biti needín gledé to be at variance with someone over something, to disagree with someone about (ali on) something
needínost disunity

needle¹ [ni:dl] samostalnik
šivanka
tehnično igla (kompasna, gramofonska, injekcijska, črtalna itd.); kazalec na tehtnici
botanika iglica; šilasta skala; obelisk
tehnično prečni tram
britanska angleščina, sleng živčnost

needle's eye uho šivanke, majhna odprtina
a needle fight (ali game, match) borba med nasprotnikoma, ki se osebno sovražita
sleng to get the needles postati živčen, biti na trnih
sleng to have the needles biti živčen, biti jezen
knitting needle pletilka, pletilna igla
to look for a needle in a buudle (ali bottle) of hay (ali in a haystack) zaman iskati
pins and needles zbadanje, ščemenje
sharp as a needle zelo pameten, zvit, duhovit

neglect² [niglékt] prehodni glagol
zanemariti, prezreti; omalovaževati, zapostavljati; zamuditi, ne storiti česa (to do ali doing s.th.)

negledé ne gledé

negledé, ne gledé na irrespective of, apart from, without regard to, regardless of; notwithstanding, in spite of
negledé, ne gledé na spol irrespective of sex
negledé, ne gledé na posledice without regard to (ali regardless of) the consequences

negližé negligee, negligé; housecoat; deshabille, dishabille

ženska v negližéju a woman in dishabille (ali lightly dressed, wearing a negligee)

nehánje cessation, ceasing, finishing

brez nehánja incessantly, constantly, perpetually, continuously, without interruption (ali letup)
neháti to stop, to cease, to end, to finish; to leave off; (odnehati) to desist (from)
tu se vse neha! that's the limit!
nehaj že vendar! drop it!
nehal je govoriti he stopped (ali ceased, left off) speaking
nehalo je deževati it (has) stopped raining
nehajmo s tem! let's drop it!, let's drop it, shall we?
kje smo nehali (zadnjič)? where did we leave off?

nékaj something; some, any; prislov somewhat; (nekoliko) a little, a bit

nékaj denarja some money
nékaj knjig some books
nékaj novega something new
nékaj tega some of this
nékaj kratov several times, a couple of times
za nékaj časa for some time
nékaj takega something of the kind, this kind of thing
to je nékaj zame that's what I want
nékaj je na tem there is something in that
lahko dobim nékaj tega kolača? may I have some of this cake?
nékaj je treba storiti something must be done
to mi bo vzelo nékaj časa that will take me some time
če nimaš denarja, ti ga dam nékaj if you have no money, I will give you some
gre mi nékaj na bolje I am getting on rather better
nékaj ljudi se je že drsalo tam there were some people skating already
dal ji je brošo ali nékaj takega (podobnega) he gave her a brooch or something of the kind

nekáko in a way, in some way; in a sort; in some sort; sort of, kind of, in some degree; somehow, somewhat; (= tako ali tako) somehow or other

nekáko zadnji dve leti in the last two years or so
to smo nekáko pričakovali we sort of expected it
tega se nekáko spominjam I sort of remember it
nekáko obljubil sem mu I sort (ali kind) of promised him
nekáko ob šestih somewhere around (ali about) six

nekjé somewhere; at some place

nekjé drugje somewhere else, elsewhere
nekjé okoli, okrog (časovno) somewhere around (ali about)...