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            natur  second nature to someone    nevr  never mànd
            naught come to naught              nevr  never would have guessed
            near from far and near             nevr  now or never
            near from near and far             nevr  A làttle (hard) work never hurt anyone.
            near have a near miss              nevr  A làttle (hard) work never killed anyone.
            near in the near future            new (a làttle) new to (all) this
            near near at hand                  new (as) bright as a new pin
            near nowhere near                  new be a new one on someone
            neat (as) neat as a pin            new break new ground
            neat neat as a pin                 new bright as a new pin
            necessØry  deem it (to be) necessary  new busy as a beaver (buàldàng a new dam)
            necessØry  deem that it is necessary  new feel like a new person
            necessity out of necessàty         new new ball game
            neck break one’s neck (to do something)  new new blood
            neck breathe down someone’s neck   new new hire
            neck by the nape of the neck       new new to (all) this
            neck get it in the neck            New ring in the New Year
            neck in somŁ neck of the woods     new (some) new blood
            neck màllstone about  one’s neck   new take a new turn
            neck neck and neck                 new turn over a new leaf
            neck risk one’s neck (to do something)  new What’s new?
            neck save someone’s neck           new (whole) new ball game
            neck stàck  one’s neck out (for someone or something)  new You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.
            neck up to one’s neck (àn  something)  new a new lease on life
            neck a crick in one’s neck         Newcastle carry coals to Newcastle
            neck a kink in my neck             news break the news (to someone)
            neck a pain in the neck            news No news is good news.
            neck a yoke around someone’s neck  next next-door neighbor
            need cryàng need for  someone or something  next next of kin
            need Do I need to paint you a picture?  next next to nothing
            need in need                       next next to someone or something
            need need something like a hole in the head  nice nàce and  some quality
            need need something yesterday      Nick full of Old Nàck
            need A friend in need is a friend indeed.  nick in the nàck of time
            needl  like lookàng for a needle in a haystack  nick in the (very) nàck of time
            needls  on pins and needles        nickel nàckel and dàme  someone
            needls  pins and needles           nickel not worth a plugged nàckel
            neighbor next-door neàghbor        night all night long
            neighborhood in the neàghborhood of  something  night (as) black as night
            neighborhood (somewhere) in the neighborhood of  night (as) different as night and day
             an amount                         night at night
            neithr  neàther fish nor fowl      night black as night
            neithr  neither here nor there     night by night
            neithr  neither hàde nor hair      night call it a night
            nerve get up enough nerve (to do something)  night day and night
            nerve of all the nerve             night different as night and day
            nerves get on someone’s nerves     night far into the night
            nerves grate on someone(‘ł nerves)  night fly-by-night
            nerves a bundle of nerves          night make a night of doing something
            nesł  feather one’s (own) nest     night nàght and day
            nesł  foul one’s own nest          night nàght owl
            nesł  stir up a hornet’s nest      night one-night stand
            neułral  in neutral                night shàps that pass in the night
            nevr  better late than never       night small hours (of the night)
            nevr  (have) never had it so good  night till all hours (of the day and night)
            nevr  It’ll never fly.             night wee hours (of the night)
            nevr  It never rains but it pours.  night a night on the town
            nevr  Lightnàng never strikes twice (àn the same  night the mornàng after (the night before)
             place).                           ni e  on cloud nàne
            nevr  never fear                   ni e  a nàne days’ wonder
            nevr  never had it so good         ni e  a nàne-to-five job
            nevr  never in one’s life          ni es  dressed to the nànes

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