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nerodovíten infertile; sterile; barren; arid

nerodovítna zemlja barren earth (ali soil); arhaično infecund

nerve¹ [nə:v] samostalnik
anatomija živec, živčni končič
figurativno hladnokrvnost, pogum, odločnest, moč
botanika žila lista
zoologija žilica v krilu insekta
pogovorno predrznost
množina živčnost, živčevje
poetično kita

he is a bag of nerves prenapet je, ima zrahljane živce
a fit of nerves živčnost, živčni napad
to get on s.o.'s nerves iti komu na živce, dražiti
to have the nerve to do s.th. imeti pogum kaj narediti, drzniti si kaj narediti
to have steady nerves imeti močne živce
nerves of iron (ali steel) jekleni živci
to lose one's nerve zgubiti pogum, zbati se
a man of nerve pogumen človek
figurativno to strain every nerve napeti vse sile
to suffer from nerves biti prenapetih živcev

neslóžen discordant, dissenting, dissentient; disagreeing, divided, at odds, at loggerheads, at variance

biti neslóžen s kom glede česa to be at variance with someone over something; to dissent (ali to disagree, to differ) with someone about something; (prepirati se) to quarrel, to be at odds with someone, to squabble with someone about something, to wrangle over something

nesmísel nonsense; absurdity; foolish talk; balderdash

nesmísel bosh!, rubbish!, fiddlesticks, go on
to je čisti nesmísel! (pogovorno, medmet) bosh, humbug!, that's absolute (ali utter) nonsense!, don't talk nonsense!

nesoglásje disharmony; dissonance; discrepancy; discord; dissension, dissent, difference, division, misunderstanding, disagreement, variance, clash of opinions

izgladiti nesoglásje to eliminate friction (ali dissension), figurativno to pour oil on troubled waters

nesréča misfortune, bad luck, ill-fortune; calamity, adversity, reverse; (nezgoda) accident, disaster, misadventure, mischief

na nesréčo, k nesréči unfortunately, unluckily, by an unhappy accident
po nesréči by accident, accidentally
smrt po nesréči death by misadventure
smrtna nesréča accidental death, fatal accident
na mojo nesréčo unfortunately for me
prometna nesréča traffic accident
v sreči ali v nesréči in weal and woe
on je prava nesréča za svojo družino he is the bane of his family's life
nesréča je hotela, da je izgubil stavo as ill luck would have it, he lost his bet
pripetila se mu je nesréča he has had a misfortune
da bi bila nesréča še večja... to make matters worse..., to cap it all...
to ti bo prineslo nesréčo that will bring you bad luck
pripetila se nam je prometna nesréča we (have) met with an accident
sam riniti v nesréčo to make a rod for one's own back
nesréča me povsod zasleduje I'm always dogged by ill luck
nesréča redko sama pride misfortunes rarely come singly
nesréča nikoli sama ne pride misfortunes never come singly, troubles never come singly, it never rains but it pours
vsaka nesréča je za koga sreča it's an ill wind that blows nobody good
nobena nesréča ne traja večno every cloud has a silver lining
ne kličimo nesréče! (figurativno) touch wood!

nestálnost inconstancy, changeableness; instability, mutability, variability; unsteadiness; (prehodnost) transitoriness, temporariness

nestálnost cen fluctuation in (ali of) prices
nestálnost usode fickleness of fate

net¹ [net] samostalnik
mreža
figurativno past, mreža; mrežasta tkanina; omrežje (cestno itd.); žoga v mreži (tenis)

to lay (ali spread) a net nastaviti mrežo, razpresti mreže

net⁴ [net] prehodni glagol
ekonomija dobiti (zaslužiti) kot čisti dobiček

to net the invoice cost prodati po lastni ceni (brez dobička ali izgube)

nether [néðə] pridevnik
dolnji, spodnji

nether lip spodnja ustnica
nether world (ali regions) pekel
nether garments hlače
nether man (ali person) noge
nether millstone trdo srce

neuhójen

neuhójena pot, steza an untrodden (ali unbeaten) path

neúmen stupid; foolish, silly; thick-headed, dull; ZDA pogovorno dumb; (nesmiseln) nonsensical

neúmen (nor) na kaj mad (ali crazy) about something
neúmen kot noč as dumb as an ox, as thick as a plank
kako neúmno! how stupid!
preneumno! too bad!
nisi (tako) neúm! you are no fool!
nisem tako neúmen I am not such a fool
nisem tako neúmen, da bi to verjel I am not so stupid (ali dumb) as to believe it
kako si neúmen! how stupid you are!
to je bilo zelo neúmo od mene it was very stupid of me
neúmen je kot noč (pogovorno) he is dead from the neck up
ni tako neúm, kot je videti he is not as stupid as he looks
to je (že) preneumno that is too silly for words
ona ni tako neúma! she knows better!, pogovorno she's not so dumb!

neumésten out of place; inopportune, inappropriate; improper; unseasonable; uncalled-for, illtimed; (neprimeren) undue, unsuitable, unseemly

tvoja opazka je neuméstna your remark is out of place (ali out of order)
neuméstno je... this is not the place (ali the time) to...

neúmnost (piece, act of) stupidity, folly, foolishness; nonsense, absurdity, preposterousness, senselessness

skrajna neúmnost utter nonsense; (traparija) twaddle
neúmnost(i)! nonsense!, stuff and nonsense!, bosh!, fiddlesticks!; rot!
ne delaj takih neúmnosti! you must not do such foolish things!
neúmnosti kvasiš (žargon) you are talking rot
neúmnosti uganjati to play the fool
govoriti neúmnosti to talk nonsense
blebetati neúmnosti to talk drivel (ali rubbish)

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

neuvrščèn nonaligned

neuvrščèni narodi nonaligned nations pl
neuvrščèna dežela nonaligned (ali uncommitted) country

nevárnost danger, peril; risk; jeopardy; dangerousness, perilousness, critical state

smrtna nevárnost danger of death
svarilo za nevárnost warning of danger
žarišče nevárnosti danger spot
brez vsake nevárnosti without any risk
ni nevárnosti there is no danger
biti v nevárnosti to be in jeopardy, to run a (oziroma the) risk
biti v smrtni nevárnosti to go in danger of one's life
biti iz (zunaj) nevárnosti to be out of danger; to be safe
izogibati se nevárnosti to keep out of danger
podati se v nevárnost, izpostaviti se nevárnosti to expose oneself to danger, to run a risk, to run into danger, to take risks
odvrniti, preprečiti nevárnost to avert, to obviate a danger
spraviti, izpostaviti koga v nevárnost to imperil someone, to expose someone to danger (ali risk), to endanger someone, to jeopardize someone, to imperil something, someone
ustrašiti se nevárnosti, umakniti se nevárnosti to shrink from risks
zavedati se nevárnosti to awake to one's danger

never [névə] prislov
nikoli, nikdar; sploh ne

better late than never boljše pozno kakor nikoli
never fear ne boj se, brez strahu
never mind nič ne de
well, I never! kaj takega!, neverjetno!
he never so much as smiled še nasmehnil se ni
never so kolikorkoli
he said never a word niti besede ni rekel
now or never sedaj ali nikoli
pogovorno surely never! je to mogoče!
never a one nihče, niti eden

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

nevoščljív envious (komu of someone); grudging, jealous

biti nevoščljív komu to envy someone
biti nevoščljív za kaj to grudge something
biti nevoščljív to be envious (ali jealous, grudging)