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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

niche¹ [nič] samostalnik
arhitektura niša, vdolbina v zidu
figurativno kotiček, pribežališče

to have a niche in the tempte of fame zagotoviti si mesto med nesmrtniki

nickel [nikl]

1. samostalnik
kemija nikelj
ameriško kovanec za pet centov

2. prehodni glagol
ponikljati

not worth a plugged nickel niti počenega groša vreden

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

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

nikálen negative

nikál odgovor answer in the negative; refusal; veto, pl vetoes
nikálno prislov in the negative
nikálno odgovoriti to answer in the negative, to give a negative answer

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

ninety [náinti]

1. pridevnik
devetdeset

2. samostalnik
devetdesetica

ninety-nine times out of a hundred skoraj vedno
the nineties devetdeseta leta

ninth [náinɵ]

1. pridevnik
deveti

2. samostalnik
devetina, deveti del
glasba nona

šaljivo ninth part of a man krojač

nit thread

nit za šivanje sewing thread
prašna nit botanika stamen
žarilna nit filament
življenjska nit the thread of life
živa nit (trihina, zoologija) threadworm, nematode
nit pri stroku (fižola ipd.) string
izgubiti nit svojih argumentov, misli to lose the thread of one's arguments, ideas
suhe niti ni bilo na meni I had not a dry thread (ali stitch of clothing) on me, I was wet to the skin
odstraniti niti (iz stroka) to string
vdeti nit v šivanko to thread a needle
njegovo življenje je viselo na niti his life hung by a thread

níti not even

níti... níti neither... nor
ne morem níti kupiti... I can't even buy...
níti odgovoril nisem I didn't even answer
níti telefoniral mi nisi, ko si bil v mestu! you never even gave me a ring (ali rang me up) when you were in town!
níti on níti njegova sestra neither he nor his sister

níz¹ string; series; train

níz biserov a string of pearls (ali of beads)
níz čebule a string of onions
níz sob a suite of rooms
níz napak (nesreč) a series of mistakes (of misfortunes)
níz težav a train of difficulties

nízek low, not high; not tall; (cena) moderate, reasonable, cheap; (glas) deep, low-pitched

nízkega rodu of low birth (ali parentage)
nízka cena a bargain price
nízki čevlji shoes pl
barometer je nízek the glass is low
življenje nižjih slojev the life of the lower classes

nizkôtnost baseness, vileness, meanness; low-mindedness

kakšna nizkôtnost! what a mean thing to do!
skrajna nizkôtnost supreme baseness

njegóv his, (pri neživih stvareh) its

njegóv klobuk (njegóva knjiga) his hat (his book)
neki njegóv prijatelj a friend of his
ta njegóva knjiga this book of his
njegóv pravi bratranec his own cousin
tu ni nič njegóvega there is nothing of his here

njén her; (zaimek; pridevek samo v predikativni rabi) hers

njéna knjiga her book
ta njéna knjiga this book of hers
neka njéna prijateljica a (girl) friend of hers
tu ni nič njénega there is nothing of hers here

njíhov their; (zaimek; pridevek samo v predikativni rabi) theirs

njíhov prijatelj their friend
neki njíhov prijatelj a friend of theirs
oni njíhov avto that car of theirs
krivda je njíhova the fault is theirs

no¹ [nou] pridevnik
noben, nobeden

on no account pod nobenim pogojem nikakor
of no account nevažen, nepomemben
no one nihče
no man nihče, noben človek; kdor je vedno proti
no man's land sporno ozemlje, vojska ozemlje med dvema frontama
no parking parkiranje prepovedano
no such thing nič takšnega
there is no denying ne more se zanikati
there is no knowing (saying) nemogoče je vedeti (reči)
vojska, sleng no bon zanič, ne gre
no confidence vote glasovanje o nezaupnici
no doubt seveda, nedvomno
no end zelo, močno, silno
there is no end ni konca ne kraja
to have no end of a time odlično se zabavati
no fear brez strahu, brez bojazni
no go zaman, nemogoče
no meaning nesmisel
by no means nikakor ne
now no mistake dobro me poslušaj
and no mistake gotovo, brez dvoma
no odds nič ne de
no picnic ni lahko, ni šala
in no time takoj, nemudoma, hitro
no two ways about it ni druge izbire
no wonder ni čudno, naravno
no vent nikakor
no song no supper brez dela ni jela
no cards no flowers fraza v angleških osmrtnicah (brez vabil za pogreb, cvetje hvaležno odklanjamo)
no thourough-fare prepovedan prehod

no-account [nóuəkaunt] pridevnik
ameriško nepomemben, nevažen

a no-account niče