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Na! - Here! Take it. There you have it.
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Naches - Joy: Gratification, especially from children.
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Nacht falt tsu. - Night is falling; twilight
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Nadan - Dowry
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Nafkeh - Prostitute
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Nafkeh bay-is - Whorehouse
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Naidlechech - Rare thing
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Nar - Fool . Stupid person
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Nar ainer! - You fool, you!
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Narish - Foolish
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Narishkeit - Foolishness
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Nebach - It's a pity. Unlucky, pitiful person.
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Nebbish - A nobody, simpleton, weakling, awkward person
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Nebechel - Nothing, a pitiful person; or playing role of being one
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(A) Nechtiker tog! - He's (it's) gone! Forget it! Nonsense! (Lit., a yesterday's day)
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Nem zich a vaneh! - Go take a bath! Go jump in the lake!
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Neshomeh - Soul, spirit
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Neshomeleh - Sweetheart, sweet soul
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Nifter-shmifter, a leben macht er? - What difference does it make as long as he makes a living? (Lit., nifter means deceased.)
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Nishkosheh - Not so bad, satisfactory. (This has nothing to do with the word "kosher," but comes from the Hebrew and means "hard, heavy," thus "not hard" as in "not bad."
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Nisht do gedacht! - It shouldn't happen! G-d forbid! (Lit., May we be saved from it! [sad event] )
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Nishtgedeiget - Don't worry; doesn't worry
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Nisht gefonfit! - Don't hedge. Don't fool around. Don't double-talk.
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Nisht getrofen! - So I guessed wrong!
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Nisht gut - Not good, lousy, bad event
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Nisht naitik - Not necessary
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Nishtgutnick - No-good person
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Nishtikeit! - A nobody!
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Nishtu gedacht! - It shouldn't happen! G-d forbid!
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Nit kain farshloffener - A lively person
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Nit ahin, nit aher - Neither here nor there
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Nit gidacht! - It shouldn't happen! (Same as nishtu gedacht)
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Nit gidacht gevorn. - It shouldn't come to pass.
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Nit kosher - Impure food. Also, slang, anything not good, bad deal.
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Nit heint, nit morgen! - Not today, not tomorrow!
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Nito farvos! - You're welcome!
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Noch nisht - Not yet
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Nochshlepper - Hanger-on, unwanted follower
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Nor Got vaist - Only G-d knows.
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Nosh - Snack
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Nosherie - Snack food
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Nu? - So? Well? When?
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Nu, shoyn! - Move, already! Hurry up! Let's go! Aren't you finished?
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Nudnik - Pesty nagger, nuisance, a bore, obnoxious person
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Nudje - Annoying person, badgerer (Americanism)
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Nudjen - Badger, annoy persistently
