bala-1
bullet ; round ; slug.
He was looking for the book 'Flowers and bullets and Freedom to Kill' = He was looking for the book 'Flowers and bullets and Freedom to Kill'.
Shotguns mainly fire two kinds of rounds, regular buckshots and slugs.
Shotguns mainly fire two kinds of rounds, regular buckshots and slugs.
a prueba de balas
bulletproof
Cheema said all three shots missed her as she greeted supporters through the sunroof of her vehicle, which was bulletproof and bombproof.
bala cargada
live bullet
Seventeen people were seriously injured when live bullets instead of blanks were fired into a crowd at a military open day.
bala de goma
rubber bullet
baton round
Suddenly a line of riot police started, and while running away, I was shot twice with rubber bullets, then arrested and incarcerated.
Police say any decision to use baton rounds against London rioters will not be taken lightly.
bala de verdad
live bullet
Seventeen people were seriously injured when live bullets instead of blanks were fired into a crowd at a military open day.
bala perdida
loose cannon
It is becoming apparent that Ms Obama may well become a loose cannon and a serious liability for her husband should he win the nomination.
chaleco a prueba de balas
bullet-proof vest
The experts respond to the following questions: will schools ever be free of weapons; will card access systems become common in public schools; will metal detectors solve school security problems; and will students ever be issued bullet-proof vests along with textbooks?.
correr como una bala
run like + the wind
run like + the clappers
A wolf can run like the wind or be as still as a stone.
They can run like the clappers, to boot, and have very few predators.
herida de bala
gunshot wound
Unfortunately in this day in age, most gunshot wounds are not hunting related at all.
ir como una bala
zip
bucket
When you get the hang of filleting, you can zip through a pile of fish pretty quickly.
The driver whipped the horses into action, and I gripped the side rails of the chariot as we bucketed through the streets of Gebtu.
lluvia de balas
hail of bullets
A bridegroom was killed yesterday by undercover police officers in a hail of 50 bullets as he left his stag party.
pasar como una bala
whiz(z)
streak
zip + past
Scientist say that the mystery object from space that whizzed close by Earth yesterday was quite possibly an alien probe sent from another planet to study Earth.
The shouts and the fires grew dimmer behind them as they streaked down the valley at a suicidal pace, rattling and crashing over the bumps.
She abruptly jumped back as a car zipped past.
salir disparado como una bala
shoot off
fly off
dart out (of)
The witness said that the cockpit of the ill-fated Boeing 737 shot off 'like a meteorite' when the plane hit the ground on its belly.
In fact, compact vehicles are flying off dealer lots at a clip not seen since the gas price hike during the summer of 2008.
It was there that my husband about jumped out of his skin when he saw a shadowy figure suddenly dart out of the kitchen.
