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needle² [ni:dl]

1. prehodni glagol
šivati; prebadati, prebosti
medicina punktirati
figurativno zbadati, dražiti
pogovorno dodati pijači alkohol; zabeliti govor (with s, z)
tehnično podpreti s prečnim tramom

2. prehodni glagol
preriti se (through)
kristalizirati se v obliki iglic

nettle² [netl] prehodni glagol
opeči s koprivo
figurativno dražiti, razvneti

to nettle o.s. opeči se s koprivo
to be nettled at biti razkačen nad

niello [niélou]

1. samostalnik (množina niellos, nielli)
črn lošč

2. prehodni glagol
pološčiti s črnim loščem

nog¹ [nɔg]

1. samostalnik
lesen klinec
arhitektura lesena greda, lesen prečnik

2. prehodni glagol
pritrditi s klincem, podpreti z gredo

nôga foot, pl feet; (krak) leg; (klavnih živali) hoof, pl -s, hooves, (za jed) trotter; (čaše) stem, foot; (mize, stola) leg

prednja nôga foreleg
zadnja nôga hind leg
od glave do nôg from head to foot, from top to toe
prekrižanih nôg cross-legged
zaspale nôge (mravljinci v nogah) pins and needles
lahkih nôg light-footed, light-foot
umivanje nôg footwashing
ki ima nôge na O bandy-legged, bandy, bowlegged
nôge na X knock-knees
ki ima nôga na X knock-kneed
že biti na nôgah to be on one's feet
ves dan sem že na nôgah I have been on the go (ali run off my feet) all day
biti z eno nôgo v grobu to have one foot (ali one's feet) in the grave, to be on one's last legs
biti šibak v nôgah to be unsteady (ali groggy) on one's feet (ali pogovorno on one's pins)
on je slab v nôgah (slab hodec, pešec) he is a poor walker
pomagati komu na nôge to help someone up on his feet
sam si pomagati na nôge (figurativno) to lift oneself up by one's own bootstraps
obdržati se na nôgah to keep one's legs
metati komu polena pod nôge to put a spoke in someone's wheel, to thwart someone
nôge me bolijo my legs hurt, I have a pain in my legs
on ima umetno nôgo he has an artificial leg
podstaviti komu nôgo to trip someone (up)
postaviti koga na nôge to set someone on his feet
spraviti, postaviti koga zopet na nôge to put someone back on his feet
postaviti se na lastne nôge (figurativno) to stand on one's own two feet
postaviti se spet na nôge to recover one's footing
prestopati se z nôge na nôgo to shift one's weight from one foot to the other
pretegniti si nôge, iztegniti nôge to stretch one's legs
skočiti na nôge to spring (ali to start, to leap) to one's feet
skakati po eni nôgi to hop
stati na šibkih nôgah (figurativno) to stand on a weak foundation
stopiti komu na nôgo to tread upon someone's foot
teptati z nôgami to trample (ali to tread) underfoot
udariti z nôgo ob tla to tap (ali to stamp) one's foot
vidim sledove njegovih nôg v snegu I can see his footprints in the snow
vstati z levo nôgo (figurativno) to get out of bed on the wrong side
nôge so me začele boleti I became footsore
nôga mi je zaspala my leg (ali foot) has gone to sleep
izviniti si nôgo to sprain one's ankle
braniti se z rokami in nôgami proti čemu to fight against something tooth and nail
pasti komu k nôgam to fall at someone's feet
živeti na veliki nôgi (razkošno) to live in grand style
stati na lastnih nôgah to stand on one's own feet, to be on one's own, to be independent

nonintercourse [noníntəkɔ:s] samostalnik
ameriško, zgodovina preklic trgovinskih stikov s tujino

northerly [nɔ́:ðəli]

1. pridevnik
severen (veter)

2. prislov
proti severu, s severa, na severu

nóžnica sheath; anatomija vagina, pl -s, -nae

potegniti iz nóžnice to unsheathe
vtakniti meč v nóžnico to sheathe the sword

nudge [nʌdž]

1. samostalnik
dregljaj s komolcem
figurativno namig

2. prehodni glagol
dregniti s komolcem

nursing bottle [nə́:siŋbɔtl] samostalnik
steklenička s cucljem

obelize [ɔ́bilaiz] prehodni glagol
zaznamovati falzifikat v starih rokopisih
tisk zaznamovati s križcem

offshore [ɔ́:fšɔ:]

1. pridevnik
oddaljen od obale; ki piha s kopnega (veter); inozemski, zamejski

2. prislov
proč od obale

offshore purchase nakup v tujini

omophagous [oumɔ́fəgəs] pridevnik
ki se hrani s surovo hrano

onion² [ʌ́njən] prehodni glagol
podrgniti oči s čebulo, da se zasolzijo

onion-eyed [ʌ́njənaid] pridevnik
figurativno s krokodilovimi solzami

on-line [ɔnláin] pridevnik
v korak s čim

open-door [óupəndɔ:] pridevnik
s prostim dostopom

ekonomija open-door policy politika svobodne trgovine

operate [ɔ́pəreit]

1. neprehodni glagol
delati, funkcionirati (stroj itd.); vplivati, delovati (on, upon na)
medicina operirati (on koga)
ekonomija, pogovorno operirati s čim, špekulirati
vojska izvajati operativne premike

2. prehodni glagol
povzročiti
ameriško, tehnično upravljati (stroj), spraviti v pogon, streči čemu, regulirati
(tudi ameriško) upravljati, voditi (posel)

to operate on batteries (pogon) na baterije
ekonomija to operate at a deficit delati z izgubo
medicina to be operated on biti operiran
ekonomija, pogovorno to operate for a fall (rise) špekulirati s padcem (povišanjem)
ameriško safe to operate zanesljiv (stroj)

orb¹ [ɔ:b] samostalnik
krogla; nebesno telo
poetično zrklo, oko
grboslovje krogla s križem (kraljevski znak)
figurativno svet, organizirana celota
astronomija vplivno območje planeta

órglice mouth organ, harmonica; panpipe, -s pl