nyet
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Even with the small fortune on offer, the prospect of enlisting is a hard "Nyet" for tractor driver Roman, who like everybody AFP spoke to refused to give his surname.
From Barron's
“No new clothes, Natasha. Nyet! Not one sock, you hear me?”
From Literature
“Too late for cards? Nyet. For life? Da. I am older than my life. You understand, yes?”
From Literature
The resulting agreement, dubbed the "contract of the century" was finalised in 1970 after the then Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, nicknamed "Mr Nyet" in the West for his uncompromising approach, said "da" to the gas-for-pipes deal, which involved supplies of heavy equipment for Moscow as well as gas for Europe.
From Reuters
Nope no non nein não nyet nahi không voch, and ixnay.
From Los Angeles Times
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