LETTER N Flashcards
Na+
Sodium ion
Nag
annoy or irritate (a person) with persistent fault-finding or continuous urging.
“she constantly nags her daughter about getting married”
Nail (noun)
- a small metal spike with a broadened flat head, driven typically into wood with a hammer to join things together or to serve as a peg or hook.
“don’t try and hammer nails into the ceiling joists” - a horny covering on the upper surface of the tip of the finger and toe in humans and other primates.
“she began to bite her nails”
nail clipper
a handheld metal trimmer for shortening the fingernails and toenails.
I went into her bathroom and cut myself with some nail clippers.
Nailed it
An expression used to comment on the successful, skillful, or clever completion or performance of something.
Its often used sarcastically in reference to efforts that comically failed
Wow, you really nailed that debate last night!”
He absolutely nailed it. He is a master in dancing it. There is no mistake in his dance. You nailed it synonyms.
Nasty fall
It means the person has a particularly bad fall, such as from a skateboard.
Nearly
Very close to; almost.
“David was nearly asleep”
Nearsighted
Unable to see things clearly unless they are relatively close to the eyes, owing to the focusing of rays of light by the eye at a point in front of the retina; myopic.
Without them, he is extremely nearsighted and sees the world as a blur.”
“He is nearsighted in one eye and farsighted in the other.”
“He’d removed his glasses, so I figured he was nearsighted.”
“He sat at the table studying them with his nearsighted eyes and raspy breathing.”
Needs
Of necessity
- My needs are few
- His day-to-day needs
- She needs to feel loved
- Give me a list of your needs
Neither
Used before the first of two (or occasionally more) alternatives that are being specified (the others being introduced by “nor”) to indicate that they are each untrue or each do not happen.
- Unlike her friends, she is neither a snob nor a gossip
Neighboring
places are next to or near each other:
* neighbouring countries/states.
* She married a man from the neighbouring village.
* Isolates from the same or neighbouring regions were distributed in both groups.
Networking
Is the exchange of information and ideas among people with a common profession or special interest, usually in an informal social setting.
- The skills of networking, bargaining, and negotiation”
The linking of computers to allow them to operate interactively
- The demand for wireless networking is increasing rapidly
Neat
(Of a place or thing) arranged in an orderly, tidy way.
“the books had been stacked up in neat piles”
Never mind
Expression It doesn’t matter
Newcomer
One recently arrived
Newlyweds
a recently married person.
“the newlyweds shared a kiss”
Noodle soup
A food paste made usually with egg and shaped typically in ribbon form
Noggin
A person’s head.
“it hit him squarely on the noggin”
Not so
used in speech to say that one disagrees with what someone has said or to tell someone to stop or slow down.
* The hard bit is not so much having the good idea but doing something with it.
* I found that the best thing was not so much a moisturiser but a barrier cream.
* It’s famous not so much for the things that happened here, but the people who visited.
Note pad
ad of blank or ruled pages for writing notes on.
a pocket-sized computer that has a stylus with which the user writes on the screen to input text.
noun: notepad computer; plural noun: notepad computers
Numbered
- amount to (a specified figure or quantity); comprise.
“the demonstrators numbered more than 5,000”
*mark with a number or assign a number to, typically to indicate position in a series.
“each document was numbered consecutively”
Next up
Next in order to appear or happen, often in some form of entertainment
- Next up is the latest news from the presidential campaign
- Next up is a drama about a misterious young man with surprising powers
