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nevtrálen neutral; impartial

ostati nevtrálen to remain neutral
nevtrálna politika neutralism
nevtrálna država neutral (ali uncommitted) country

new¹ [nju:] pridevnik
nov; svež (kruh, mleko), mlad (krompir, vino); neizkušen, nevajen; neznan (to komu)
jezikoslovje moderen

avstralsko new chum nov naseljenec
New England Nova Anglija, šest vzhodnih držav v ZDA (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine)
New Egyptian koptovščina (jezik)
New Deal Rooseveltov progresivni program za ekonomsko in socialno obnovo ZDA po veliki krizi l.1929.
the New World novi svet, Amerika
New Testament nova zaveza
figurativno new blood sveža kri, življenjska sila
new departure popolna sprememba starih navad
as good as new skoraj nov
to lead a new life živeti drugačno življenje
astronomija new moon mladi mesec
figurativno new man prerojen človek
to put on the new man; ali to turn over a new leaf začeti novo življenje, poboljšati se
new woman moderna žena
an old dog can't learn new tricks star človek ne spremeni svojih navad

nezapòslen nezaposlèn unemployed; unoccupied, idle; (igralec) evfemizem resting

nezapòslen, nezaposlèni pl the unemployed
dobivati podporo za nezapòslen, nezaposlène to draw unemployment benefit (ali the dole)
nezapòslen, nezaposlènim vstop prepovedan! admittance only on business!

nezaúpnica no confidence

izreči komu nezaúpnico to declare (ali to express) no confidence (ali a lack of confidence) in someone
izreči, izglasovati soglasno nezaúpnico to pass a unanimous vote of no confidence
odkloniti nezaúpnico to reject a vote of no confidence
glasovanje o nezaúpnici vote of no confidence
predlog o nezaúpnici motion of no confidence

nezdràv (bolehen) unsound, sickly; unhealthy, (kraj, klima) insalubrious; unsanitary, unwholesome

nezdràva okolica unhealthy (ali sleazy, squalid) neighbourhood
nezdràvo vreme dirty (ali nasty) weather, weather dangerous to health
(fizično ali moralno) nezdràv noxious

neznánski (silen, ogromen ipd.) enormous; uncommon

neznánsko bogat enormously (ali žargon stinking) rich

néžen tender; delicate; soft (z with); gentle; (slaboten, šibak) frail, weak, slender

néžen do koga, s kom nice (ali kind) to, sweet on someone
néžne, sladke besede soft nothings pl
néžni spol (ženske) the soft sex, softer sex

niansíran

nežno niansíran akvarel a beautifully tinted water-colour
niansíran stil a subtle (ali discriminative) style
biti rdeče niansíran to have a tinge of red

nib [nib]

1. samostalnik
kljun; konica peresa, konica orodja

britanska angleščina pero; vozel v volni ali svili množina zdrobljena zrna kakava

2. prehodni glagol
ošiliti

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

nigger [nígə] samostalnik
slabšalno črnec, črnuh
ameriško naziv za razne težke stroje; vrsta vrtne gosenice

to work like a nigger delati kakor črna živina
ameriško, sleng nigger in the woodpile (ali fence) zla namera, sumljiva okoliščina
ameriško, gledališče nigger heaven galerija

nigh² [nái] prislov
arhaično, narečno (časovno in krajevno) blizu (to)

nigh to (ali unto) death na pragu smrti
nigh but; ali well nigh skoraj
to draw nigh to bližati se

night [náit] samostalnik
noč; večer, mrak, tema (tudi figurativno)

at (ali by, in the) ponoči
all night (long) vso noč
night by night noč za nočjo
night and day noč in dan, vedno
in the dead of night v gluhi noči
a dirty night viharna noč
to bid (ali wish) s.o. good night želeti komu lahko noč
to have a night out (ali off) imeti prost večer
last night sinoči
the night before last predsinoči
to make a night of it krokati, prekrokati noč
pogovorno o'nights ponoči
to pass a good (bad) night dobro (slabo) spati
to stay the night at prenočiti v (kraju), pri (kom)
one-night stand enkratna predstava
this night drevi
to turn night into day ponoči delati
he went forth into the night noč ga je vzela

níhati to oscillate; to swing

oknica je nihala sem in tja v vetru the shutter swung to and fro in the wind
níhati med življenjem in smrtjo to hover between life and death
níhati sem in tja to swing back and forth
níhati med dvema mnenjema to waver (ali to vacillate)

nihčè nobody; none, no one; not anyone, not anybody

nikogar doma there's no one at home (ali there isn't anyone at home)
nikogar drugega ni bilo na sestanku there was no one else (ali there wasn't anyone else) at the meeting
nihčè drug nobody else
prav nihčè no one whatever
nihčè od nas none of us
nihčè od nas ni tega videl none (ali not one) of us saw it
nihčè drug kot... none other than...
nihčè ne more služiti dvema gospoodarjema no man can serve two masters

níkdo nobody; no one

nikomur nisem nič rekel I didn't say anything to anyone, I didn't tell anyone a thing
nikogar nisem videl I didn't see anybody, I saw nobody
níkdo od nas ni tega videl none (ali not one) of us saw it
nikogar ni, ki tega ne bi vedel there is no one, who doesn't know that, that's general knowledge

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

nill [nil] prehodni glagol
arhaično ne hoteti

will he, nill he zlepa ali zgrda, če hoče ali ne

nip up (ali at) prehodni glagol
britanska angleščina izmakniti, ukrasti