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navíjati to wind (up), to coil (up), to roll up

navíjati uro to wind (up) a watch
navíjati cene to force (ali to bump) up prices, to put prices up
za tujce vedno navijejo cene they always put prices up for foreigners
navíjati za zmago kakega moštva šport to shout for a team
navíjati za domače moštvo šport to support the home team, to cheer one's team on; ZDA žargon to root for the home team
glasno navíjati za šport ZDA Kanada to yell for

nazíranje opinions pl, view; thinking; ideas pl; beliefs pl

biti enakega nazíranja glede vzgoje to share the same views on education

ne (kot samostoina nikalnica) no; nay; (navadno pri glagolu) not (npr. nisem I am not)

ne malo not a little
nikakor ne not at all, by no means
gotovo ne! certainly not
še ne not yet
ne več no more, (časovno) no longer
jaz tudi ne (strinjajoč se z nikalnim stavkom) (that goes for) me too!
ne manj kot... no less than...
ne samó... temveč tudi... not only... but also...
kaj ne? isn't it?
mislim, da ne I think not
ne... ne... neither... nor...
če ne if not, unless
če ne vidim pisma, ne verjamem unless I see (ali if I don't see) the letter I shall not believe it
ne da bi jaz vedel not that I know of
odgovoriti da ali ne to answer yea or nay
ne, kaj takega! well I never
reči, odgovoriti ne to answer in the negative, to decline, to refuse
ne morem, da ne bi (rekel) I must (say), I can't help (saying)
Je oče bolan? - Upam, da ne. I Father ill? - I hope not.
on ne govori angleško, jaz tudi ne he does not speak English, nor do I

nebésa (raj) heaven, paradise

deveta nebésa (figurativno) the Heaven of heavens
kakor v nebésih, tako na zemlji on earth as it is in heaven
(pri omenjanju pokojnega) Bog mu daj sveta nebés! may God rest his soul!
priti v nebésa to join the angels
v sedmih nebésih in the seventh heaven
sveta nebés! good heavens!, by heaven!
hvaliti koga do nebés to praise someone to the skies

neck¹ [nek] samostalnik
vrat, tilnik; izrez (obleke); vratina (meso)
anatomija vrat (maternice itd.); vrat pri violini, vrat steklenice
geografija ožina (morska, kopenska) soteska
tisk konus tiskarske črke

to break one's neck zlomiti si vrat; ameriško nečloveško se namučiti, ugonobiti se
to break the neck of a task izvršiti najtežji del naloge
to crane one's neck (at, for) stegovati vrat
Derbyshire neck golša
neck and neck division glasovanje, pri katerem dobita obe strani enako število glasov
sleng to get (ali catch) it in the neck biti hudo kaznovan, trpeti
he's got a neck predrzen je
to have a lot of neck biti zelo predrzen
neck and heel docela, trdno (vezati)
neck and neck bok ob boku (dirkalni konji), enako število glasov, enak
neck or nothing vse ali nič
on (ali in) the neck of neposredno po
to put one's neck in a noose izpostavljati se nevarnosti
to risk one's neck staviti svoje življenje na kocko
to save one's neck rešiti se, rešiti si glavo
to stick one's neck out for mnogo tvegati za
a stiff neck trdoglavost
stiff-necked trdoglav
to take s.o. by the neck zgrabiti koga za vrat
neck and crop popolnoma, kot dolg in širok
to throw s.o. out neck and crop na pete na glavo koga ven vreči
to tread on s.o.'s neck zaviti komu vrat
up to one's neck do grla
to win by a neck zmagati za dolžino vratu (konjske dirke), za las zmagati (glasovanje)
ameriško, pogovorno neck of the woods soseščina

nedélja Sunday; Lord's Day

ob nedéljah on Sundays
prihodnjo (zadnjo) nedéljo next (last) Sunday
v nedéljo zvečer on Sunday evening
vsako nedéljo every Sunday
cvetna (velikonočna, binkoštna, bela, pustna) nedélja religija Palm (Easter, Whit, Low, Shrovetide) Sunday
ni vsak dan nedélja (figurativno) Christmas comes but once a year

nedólžen innocent (of); (nekriv) not guilty, guiltless; blameless; harmless; guileless; (deviški) virgin, chaste, maidenly, immaculate; (naiven) naive

nedólžno jagnje innocent lamb
nedólžno (neškodljivo) zdravilo a harmless remedy
po nedólžnem innocently
lahko dokažem, da sem nedólžen I can prove (that) I am innocent
proglasiti koga za nedólžnega to pronounce someone innocent, to bring in a verdict of not guilty (ali a not-guilty verdict), to acquit, to discharge, to vindicate someone
on nikakor ni nedólžen (brez krivde) he is by no means blameless

nedovóljen¹ (prepovedan) not allowed; prohibited; forbidden; illicit; taboo

dostop, vstop nedovóljen! no admittance!
nezaposlenim vstop nedovóljen! no admittance except on business!

needín disunited; disagreeing; discordant

needíni so si they are at variance
biti needín gledé to be at variance with someone over something, to disagree with someone about (ali on) something
needínost disunity

needs [ni:dz] prislov (samo z glagolom must)
nujno, brezpogojno

he needs must go on mora brezpogojno iti
he must needs go away just now prav treba mu je iti prav sedaj
needs must when the devil drives sila kola lomi

negotiation [nigoušiéišən] samostalnik
pogajanje, posredovanje
ekonomija unovčenje (čeka), plasma (izdelkov); premagovanje (ovir)

to enter into negotiations with začeti pogajanja s kom
to carry on negotiations pogajati se

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

neither¹ [náiðə, ní:ðə] pridevnik & zaimek
nobeden (od dveh); niti eden, niti drugi

on neither side na nobeni od obeh strani
neither of you nihče od vaju

neither² [náiðə, ní:ðə] veznik
niti; tudi ne

he does not know, neither do I on ne ve in tudi jaz ne

nékaj something; some, any; prislov somewhat; (nekoliko) a little, a bit

nékaj denarja some money
nékaj knjig some books
nékaj novega something new
nékaj tega some of this
nékaj kratov several times, a couple of times
za nékaj časa for some time
nékaj takega something of the kind, this kind of thing
to je nékaj zame that's what I want
nékaj je na tem there is something in that
lahko dobim nékaj tega kolača? may I have some of this cake?
nékaj je treba storiti something must be done
to mi bo vzelo nékaj časa that will take me some time
če nimaš denarja, ti ga dam nékaj if you have no money, I will give you some
gre mi nékaj na bolje I am getting on rather better
nékaj ljudi se je že drsalo tam there were some people skating already
dal ji je brošo ali nékaj takega (podobnega) he gave her a brooch or something of the kind

nenavádnež (čudak) a queer (ali eccentric) person; an original (ali odd) fellow

on je nenavádnež he is a queer fish, he is a bit of a card

neozdravljív past (all) cure, incurable; without a cure

on je neozdravljív he is past (ali beyond) recovery

nepomémben insignificant; unimportant; trivial

on je čisto nepomémben človek he ss a mere cipher
nepomémbna izguba a trivial loss

nepošténost dishonesty

mejiti na nepošténost, biti na robu nepošténosti to verge on dishonesty

neprestáno prislov incessantly, ceaselessly, continually; without stopping

on se neprestáno smeje he keeps on laughing