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The Latch Inn — (Сидней,Канада) Категория отеля: Адрес: 2328 Harbour Road, V8L 2P8 Сидней, Канада … Каталог отелей
The Latch-Key Child — Infobox Album | Name = The Latch Key Child Type = Album Artist = A+ Released = August 27, 1996 Genre = Hip Hop Length = 51:37 Label = Kedar Entertainment Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://wm02.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg… … Wikipedia
on the latch — Not locked, but able to be opened by a latch • • • Main Entry: ↑latch * * * on the latch Brit of a door : closed but not locked I left the front door on the latch so that she could get in. • • • Main Entry: ↑latch * * * on the ˈlatch … Useful english dictionary
on the latch — ► on the latch (of a door or gate) closed but not locked. Main Entry: ↑latch … English terms dictionary
on the latch — chiefly Brit. (of a door or gate) closed but not locked. → latch … English new terms dictionary
The Last Book in the Universe — (2000) is a science fiction novel by Rodman Philbrick. Set in a cyberpunk dystopia, its protagonist and narrator is a teenage boy named Spaz who suffers from epilepsy. Plot summary The story is set in a future world which has been disturbed by an … Wikipedia
latch — ► NOUN 1) a bar with a catch and lever used for fastening a door or gate. 2) a spring lock for an outer door, which catches when the door is closed and can only be opened from the outside with a key. ► VERB 1) fasten with a latch. 2) (latch on)… … English terms dictionary
latch — [lach] n. [ME lacche < lacchen, to seize, catch hold of < OE læccan < IE base * (s)lagw , to grasp, seize > Gr lazesthai, to take, lambanein, to seize] 1. a fastening for a door or gate, esp. one capable of being worked from either… … English World dictionary
latch|key — «LACH KEE», noun. a key used to draw back or unfasten the latch or other lock on a door … Useful english dictionary
The Battle of the Birds — is a Scottish fairy tale collected by John Francis Campbell in his Popular Tales of the West Highlands . He recorded it from a fisherman near Inverary, John Mackenzie. Joseph Jacobs took it from there for his Celtic Fairy Tales and added some… … Wikipedia
