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I. noth·ing [ˈnʌθɪŋ] PRON indef

1. nothing (not anything):

nothing
all or nothing
nothing but
nothing but
nothing but lies
nothing of the kind [or sort]
to do/say nothing
to count [or stand] for nothing
to gain nothing by sth
to know nothing about sth
to make nothing of doing sth
nichts für etw acc tun
nothing else
to have nothing on (be naked)
to have nothing on (have no plans)
I have nothing on for Thursday
with nothing on
with nothing on
with nothing on
CH a. inf blutt
to sleep with nothing on
nackt [o. CH a. inf blutt] schlafen

2. nothing (of no importance):

nothing
what are you laughing at? — oh, nothing, sir
nothing much
to be [or mean]nothing to sb
money means nothing to him
it's [or it was]nothing inf
to be [or have]nothing to do with sb/sth
it's nothing to do with me

3. nothing (zero):

nothing
Null f <-, -en>
to weigh 60 kg nothing

4. nothing Am SPORTS (no points):

nothing

Phrases:

come to nothing
nothing doing inf (no way)
nothing doing (not happening)
like nothing [else] on earth
to look like nothing [else] on earth
in nothing flat inf
[all] for nothing
not for nothing
there's nothing for it but to do sth Brit
you ain't heard/seen nothing yet inf
there's nothing in it
to be nothing less/more than ...
nothing like sth
think nothing of it
there's nothing to it (easy)
there's nothing to it (not true)

II. noth·ing [ˈnʌθɪŋ] ADJ attr, inv inf

nothing persons, activities:

nothing

III. noth·ing [ˈnʌθɪŋ] N inf

1. nothing (person):

nothing
Niemand m <-s>
he's a nothing

2. nothing (thing):

nothing
that was a mere nothing

Phrases:

IV. noth·ing [ˈnʌθɪŋ] ADV inv

1. nothing (not):

nothing
to care nothing for others
to look nothing like sb/sth

2. nothing after n Am inf (emphatically not):

nothing

Phrases:

nothing daunted esp Brit
to be nothing short of sth
OpenDict entry

nothing

here goes nothing idiom

sweet ˈnoth·ing N

1. sweet nothing usu pl (romantic talk):

2. sweet nothing pej (absolutely nothing):

sweet nothing

I. ˈgood-for-noth·ing N pej

good-for-nothing
Taugenichts m <-(es), -e> pej dated
good-for-nothing
Nichtsnutz m <-es, -e> pej dated

II. ˈgood-for-noth·ing ADJ attr, inv pej

good-for-nothing
nichtsnutzig pej dated
good-for-nothing
good-for-nothing layabout

all-or-nothing principle N

all-or-nothing principle

do-nothing case

do-nothing case

all-or-nothing traffic assignment