rule the roost — meaning ‘to have full control or authority’, is first recorded in about 1400 in the unexplained form rule the roast, which lasted until the 19c when roast was replaced by roost, thereby at least producing a clear image … Modern English usage
Architectural education in the United Kingdom (19c-20c) — After nearly a century of endeavour and negotiation which had been led by the Royal Institute of British Architects, a statutory Board of Architectural Education was formed under the Architects (Registration) Act, 1931. For the purposes of… … Wikipedia
Правила Комиссии по ценным бумагам и биржам — Ниже приводятся наиболее часто встречающиеся Правила Комиссии по ценным бумагам и биржам. В приводимом перечне подчеркиваются наиболее важные пункты Правил. Перечень не может служить в качестве основы для юридической интерпретации. Правила… … Финансово-инвестиционный толковый словарь
CODIFICATION OF LAW — This article is arranged according to the following outline: the concept and its prevalence in other legal systems in jewish law in the mishnah format and style of the mishnah the talmud and post talmudic halakhic literary forms variety of… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Split infinitive — A split infinitive is an English language grammatical construction in which a word or phrase, usually an adverb or adverbial phrase, comes between the marker to and the bare infinitive (uninflected) form of a verb. For example, a split infinitive … Wikipedia
History of Christianity — Church history redirects here. For the journal, see American Society of Church History#Church History. For the magazine, see Christianity Today#Christian History. Church historian redirects here. For LDS official church historian, see Church… … Wikipedia
HP calculators — refer to various calculators manufactured by the Hewlett Packard company over the years. History In the 1960s, Hewlett Packard was becoming a diversified electronics company with product lines in electronic test equipment, scientific… … Wikipedia
Korean architecture — Gate inside the precincts of Gyeongbok Palace, South Korea … Wikipedia
Battle of Sena Gallica — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Sena Gallica partof=the Gothic War caption= date=Autumn 551 place=off Sena Gallica (modern Senigallia) Italy casus= territory= result=Decisive East Roman naval victory combatant1=East Roman Empire… … Wikipedia
Lloyd Mathews — Infobox Person name = Lloyd Mathews caption = birth date = 7 March 1850 birth place = Funchal, Madeira death date = 11 October 1901 death place = Zanzibar other names = known for = occupation = Naval Officer and politician nationality =… … Wikipedia
hybrid formations — are words made up of elements belonging to different languages. They vary widely in the degree of irregularity they represent, from the routine addition of English prefixes and suffixes to stems from French (bemuse, besiege, genuineness) or vice… … Modern English usage