belch - říhnutí, krknutí

noun - the action of allowing air to come out of your stomach with a noise in your throat

 

belch - říhat, krkat, říhnout si, krknout si

verb - to allow air to come out of your stomach with a noise in your throat

 

in the middle of nowhere - na samotě, daleko od lidí, uprostřed pustiny, daleko od civilizace, uprostřed ničeho

adverb - far from other people, houses, towns etc.

 

sweat it - lámat to přes koleno, trápit se tím, dělat si starosti

verb, American English, informal - to worry about something, to keep worrying about something

 

Arthur C. Clarke - Arthur C. Clarke

a famous author of sci-fi novels and short stories, e.g. 2001: A Space Odyssey, Randezvous with Rama, Songs of Distant Earth etc.

 

on - o (čem), na (jaké) téma

preposition - about, on the topic of

 

publisher - vydavatel, nakladatel, vydavatelství, nakladatelství

noun - a person or a company that produces books, magazines etc.

 

Jackie - Jackie

noun - a woman's name

 

semester - semestr, pololetí

noun - one of the two periods that the academic year is divided into

no way - ani náhodou, v žádném případě

phrase, informal - an expression that say that something is not possible at all

car accident - autonehoda, automobilová nehoda, autohavárie

noun - a car crash

watching television - sledování televize

verb - the act of spending time looking at a programme or programmes on TV

notepad - zápisník, blok papíru, poznámkový blok, blok (na poznámky)

noun - a small book into which you can write all kinds of things, usually with pages that can be easily removed

middle name - prostřední jméno, druhé křestní jméno

noun - the name that is sometimes used between a person's first name and their surname

 

second name - příjmení

noun - the name you have in common with other members of the family