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negližé negligee, negligé; housecoat; deshabille, dishabille

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

negotóvost uncertainty; doubt; suspense; insecurity; doubtfulness, dubiousness

v negotóvosti in suspense
biti v negotóvosti (ne se moči odločiti) to be in suspense
mučna negotóvost agony of suspense
vse je boljše kot negotóvost! anything is better than suspense!
držati koga v negotóvosti to keep someone in suspense
napraviti skok v negotóvost to take a leap in the dark
muči ga negotóvost he is on tenterhooks, the suspense is killing him

nekóč once, at one time, in times past, in old times, in former times; (v bodočnosti) some day

nekóč boš moral vse poplačati you'll have to pay it all back some day
davno nekóč long ago, in times past, in ancient times; pesniško in olden days, in days or yore
nekóč je bil kralj... (v pravljicah) once upon a time there was a king
nekóč sem to delal (zdaj ne več) I used to do it

nekóliko a bit, a little, a trifle; some, somewhat, several, a few, not many

nekóliko dni a few days
nekóliko okajen (v rožicah) a bit tipsy (ali squiffy)
nekóliko predolg a trifle too long
nekóliko ga poznam I know him a little
nekóliko časa (for) some time
nekóliko ljudi some people
počakaj nekóliko! wait a bit!

Némčija Germany

v Némčiji in Germany
Vzhodna (Zahodna) Némčija East (West) Germany

nemílost disgrace; disfavour; displeasure

biti v nemílosti to be out of favour, not to be in someone's good graces
priti v nemílost to be disgraced, to fall from grace
padel je v nemílost pri kralju he fell into disgrace with the king
biti v nemílosti (pogovorno) to be in the doghouse

nemír unrest, disquiet, disquietude; restlessness; (kraval, izgred) riot, tumult, uproar; (zaskrbljenost) anxiety, anxiousness, uneasiness; worry, concern; (razburjenost) agitation, commotion; excitement

ulični nemíri riots pl, disorders pl
težki nemíri so izbruhnili v mestu serious rioting has broken out in the town

neobvézen not obligatory (ali compulsory, binding, enforced), optional

neobvézen predmet (v šoli) optional subject

neposréden direct; immediate; next, nearest; firsthand; (blizek) contiguous

neposrédni davki direct taxes pl
neposrédni ukrepi immediate steps pl
v neposrédni bližini in the immediate neighbourhood, in the immediate vicinity, in close proximity

neprílika (neprijetnost, težava) difficulty, trouble, distress, vexation, disagreeableness, predicament; (škripci) scrape, mess, pickle, dilemma, straits pl

biti v hudi nepríliki to be in an awkward predicament
izvleči se iz neprílike to go scot-free, to escape from a predicamert
delati komu neprílike (figurativno) to put a spoke in someone's wheel
spraviti v nepríliko koga to put someone in an awkward situation, žargon to land someone in the cart
biti v nepríliki to be abashed, to be embarrassed, to be disconcerted

neréd disorder; derangement, untidiness, confusion; disturbance, tumult, riot; disarrangement; litter; (zmešnjava) chaos, jumble, mess, mishmash, shambles

v nerédu out of order, disordered, in a mess, out of gear, topsy-turvy
v velikem nerédu in a state of great confusion
biti v nerédu to be in a muddle
priti v neréd to fall into disorder
spraviti v neréd to derange, to throw into confusion, to mess up
poulični nerédi riots pl, disturbances pl
povzročitelj nereda, -ov troublemaker
poročajo o nerédih na jugu disturbances are reported in the South
biti v popolnem nerédu to be at sixes and sevens
kakšen neréd je v tvoji sobi! what a mess your room is in!, your room's a real shambles!
; ne morem živeti v takem nerédu I can't live in a pigsty like this
pustiti svoje knjige v nerédu to leave one's books in a jumble (ali in a muddle)
ob svoji smrti je pustil vse svoje zadeve v nerédu at his death he left all his affairs in a mess (ali in a muddle)
zasejati neréd v vrste to throw the ranks into confusion
njegovo poslovanje je v največjem nerédu his business is in a (rare) muddle (ali a terrible state)

neréšen not saved; figurativno unsettled, outstanding; (odložen) in abeyance, pending; (uganka) unsolved, enigmatic; problematic, puzzling; mysterious

neréšeno vprašanje an outstanding (ali unsolved) question
biti neréšen to await solution
svojci neréšenih rudarjev so čakali pred vhodom v jamo relatives of the trapped miners waited at the pithead

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!

nesréčen (duševno) unhappy, grievous, wretched; (slučajno) unlucky, unfortunate, luckless; (nenaklonjen) fatal, sinister, ill-fated, ill-starred, inauspicious

nesréčen slučaj unfortunate accident
nesréčen v igri, srečen v ljubezni unlucky in cards, lucky in love
to je bilo nesréčno leto it was an ill-starred year
imeti nesréčno roko (figurativno) to be a butterfingers, to be constantly breaking things

nestle [nesl]

1. neprehodni glagol
udobno se names!iti, ugnezditi se (in, into, down v; among med)
priviti se, pritisniti se (to, against k)

2. prehodni glagol
pritisniti, nasloniti (obraz, glavo; on, to, against)

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

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

newcomer [njú:kamə] samostalnik
prišlec; novinec (to v čem)

news [nju:z] samostalnik
množina (edninska konstrukcija) novica, poročilo, vest; kar je novo, novost

at this news pri tej novici
a piece of news (ena) novica
to be in the news zbujati pozornost
to break the news to s.o. povedati komu slabo novico
ill news flies apace slaba novica se kaj hitro izve
no news is good news če ni novic, je vse v redu
that's news to me to mi je popolnoma novo
what is the news? kaj je novega?

next¹ [nekst] pridevnik
naslednji, najbližji, sosednji (to)
sledeči, prvi (za)

next to poleg, takoj za, skoraj (nemogoče)
next door to v sosednji hiši, čisto blizu; figurativno skoraj
next door to death na pragu smrti
next to nothing skoraj nič
next to last predzadnji
next but one naslednji, drugi v vrsti
the next best thing to drugo najboljše za (tem)
(the) next moment naslednji trenutek
I will ask the next man vprašal bom prvega mimosdočega
what next? kaj še (želiš)?
šaljivo not till next do prihodnjič ne več
pravno next friend mladoletnikov zastopnik