cañón-1
cannon ; gun ; muzzle ; barrel ; heavy gun.
This book identifies the tonnage and cannon of many ships involved in the Brazilian war of independence from Portugal.
Examples range from guns - revolvers, pistols, carbines, and assault rifles - to grenade launchers, anti-tank guns, rocket launchers, and anti-aircraft missile launchers.
She looked up and saw the muzzle of a rifle pointed at her.
This muzzle-loading rifle has vents cut into the barrel near its muzzle.
The crash of artillery followed instantly from two heavy guns in front, and the shells tore through our ranks with awful effect.
al pie del cañón
at work
on-the-job
Then there was the continual drunkenness at work of the journeyman Hans van Leuven alias Elzevier (who was the father of the founder of the famous Elzevier Press).
This article compares serials cataloguing education in 1977/78 and 1984/85 as well as describing on-the-job training from the perspectives of the trainee and trainer.
cañón antiaéreo
anti-aircraft gun
Rebels armed with anti-aircraft guns and Soviet rifles were outgunned by the heavily armed pro-Gadhafi forces.
cañón de agua
water cannon
Iran has imported high-tech armored anti-riot vehicles equipped with water cannons that can douse people with boiling water or tear gas.
cañón de campaña
field gun
A heart on a pink background thus indicates 'romance' (rather than medicine) and a magnifying glass or a gun might indicate a detective story though a gun might mean a 'western' if it is a revolver and a war story if it is a field gun.
cañón de proyección
cannon projector
If you take a look at some of the pics, you'll see they just use a special lens on a cannon projector.
cañón pesado
heavy gun
The crash of artillery followed instantly from two heavy guns in front, and the shells tore through our ranks with awful effect.
carne de cañón
cannon fodder
easy prey
The writer challenges that idea that the auxiliary infantryman of the Roman army was merely expendable 'cannon fodder'.
However, the apical part of the leaves seems not to provide ovipositing females with enough protection against birds, making them easy preys.
cubierta de cañones
cannon deck
Another nautical phrase is 'no room to swing a cat' and refers to the fact that on the cannon decks of most naval ships there was no room to administer punishment by use of the cat o'nine tails.
escopeta de dos cañones
double-barrelled shotgun
Even in the UK, a double-barrelled shotgun can be bought without much hassle.
estallido de cañones
crash of guns
In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield.
fuego de cañones
crash of guns
cannonade
In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield.
The cannonade was heard as far away as Pittsburgh, about two hundred miles to the west and over several mountain ranges.
morir al pie del cañón
die in + harness
die in + Posesivo + boots
die with + Posesivo + boots on
die with + Posesivo + clogs on
One in ten expects to be so skint in old age, they plan on dying in harness.
Nancy was beginning to tire of the workload and, as she kiddingly told her husband, George, worried that she'd 'die in her boots at Stoneymead'.
She said she was grieving, but that she was proud that her son died with his boots on.
He applied for an engagement at a variety theatre, saying, 'I know I am dying, and I want to die with my clogs on'.
pasárselo cañón
have + a whale of a time
have + a great time
have + the time of + Posesivo + life
have + a ball
live it up
have + a field day
She was having a whale of a time, spoilt rotten by her friends, and so enamoured of the beach that she wanted to stay there for ever.
The author describes a three-day outing to Wales in which he hiked, camped, participated in rock climbing and abseiling, and had a great time.
We had her out with 2 other dogs and she had the time of her life playing.
We had a ball at the weekend event, especially while hanging out with friends such as Willis.
She's traveled the world, from helping orphans in Hawaii to living it up in Nepal.
We had a field day buying all sorts of nice things for her and came out with some very heavy bags.
rifle de dos cañones
double-barrelled rifle
Each hunter cannot have more than 150 pieces of ammunition for a double- barrelled rifle or 25 pieces of ammunition for carbine rifles.
seguir al pie del cañón
soldier on
be (still) working away
be (still) toiling away
be (still) hard at it
keep on + trucking
Russell soldiered on in 'Principles of Mathematics', he pleaded a distinction between analysis by way of philosophical definitions and analysis by way of mathematical definitions.
I really admire her passion and love for her life's work, she is 96 and still working away.
Even after 23 years after India declared child labour as illegal, official figures show 12 million youngsters are still toiling away.
I've crossed swords with him before, and the only thing that's remarkable is that he's still hard at it, peddling his view of the future of IT.
Seeing Dean keep on trucking in the face of adversity makes me so proud to have met him.
