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  1. bullet casings vs. shell casings | WordReference Forums

    Jul 17, 2007 · There's a crime scene where the police find the following items: "expended bullets from a 12-gauge shotgun, .45 calibre bullet casings, and 223 shell casings." Now, what is the difference …

  2. shell casing - WordReference Forums

    Jul 9, 2008 · Hola: ¿Cuando hablan de "shell casings" se refieren a los casquillos? ¿Y shell casings y cartridge case es lo mismo? Estoy un poco confundida con eso. Estoy traduciendo un programa …

  3. shell / shell casing - WordReference Forums

    Mar 12, 2013 · It believe shell or shell casing can be any type of bullet casing even a small hand gun. Hope this helps!

  4. spent ammunition? - WordReference Forums

    Sep 18, 2011 · The propellant (powder) has been ignited and vaporized, the projectile (artillery shell or, for a firearm, the bullet), and all the remains is the casing that contained the powder. Usually, that's …

  5. Live and spent bullet - WordReference Forums

    May 10, 2020 · "Doctor said you took four bullets. Only one was live, one was ricochet... Two were already spent. Peaky Blinders S04E02 Only one was live Two were already spent What do "live" and …

  6. "That movie was a bomb." | WordReference Forums

    Oct 27, 2006 · The shell is the part of a bomb (or unit of artillery ordinance) that is released from the casing. In olden days cannons spewed both shot (solid matter) and shell (hollow projectiles, packed …

  7. se fendre d'un message - WordReference Forums

    Sep 11, 2022 · Le maire insoumis Patrick Proisy s’est fendu d’un long message, ce dimanche matin, pour justifier, sur Twitter, un choix qu’il défend comme « logique. » J’ai cherché mais je n’ai pas …

  8. "it has been (a) long (time) (since)..." - variations

    Sep 20, 2008 · I suspect there won't be a right-wrong answer to this (just differing usage) but I would equate the 2 sentences The last time we talked was 2 years ago. It has been a long time since we …

  9. casing / housing | WordReference Forums

    Jan 3, 2011 · Hello, what do we call the outside, plastic part of the computer? In a dictionary I found many words like "casing, housing, box, case" but I don't know which one is correct in this case.

  10. Almonds with shell, almonds without shell - WordReference Forums

    Oct 1, 2020 · Because the top four are with (hard) shell. They should be "shelled almonds". The remaining ones are without (hard) shell. They should be "unshelled almonds". There are many ways …