Usage examples of "pistols" in English with translation to Spanish

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I remember very clearly that he threw two pistols into the river. Yo recuerdo muy claramente que él arrojó dos pistolas al río.

Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunderstorm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols. El tiempo no tiene divisiones para marcar su paso, nunca hay una tormenta o un soplar de trompetas para indicar el comienzo de un nuevo mes o año. Incluso cuando empieza un nuevo siglo sólo somos nosotros, los mortales, los que tocamos las campanas y disparamos con nuestras pistolas.

He reached for the pistol. Él echó mano de la pistola.

Tom told me to load my pistol. Tom me dijo que cargara mi revólver.

She shot him with a pistol. Ella le disparó con una pistola.

Tom aimed his pistol at the target. Tom apuntó su pistola al blanco.

Never trust a woman with a pistol in hand. Nunca confíes en una mujer que tenga una pistola en la mano.

Tom was aiming his pistol at Mary when John shot him. Tom estaba apuntando con su pistola a Mary cuando John le disparó.

An admiring fan once asked Christopher Columbus how he managed to procure funding for all of his amazing journeys. Columbus then took the fan to an abandoned alley, took out a pistol, and said "That's how". Un admirador una vez le preguntó a Cristóbal Colón cómo conseguía reunir fondos para todos sus asombrosos viajes. Colón entonces le llevó a un callejón abandonado, sacó una pistola y le dijo "Así".

Once, when I went to my friend Kawai's house, he fired a pistol. He thought it was not loaded and pointed it at my mouth, but it was and the bullet grazed my ear before hitting the closet. Una vez, cuando fui a la casa de mi amigo Kawai, éste disparó una pistola. Pensó que no estaba cargada y me apuntó a la boca, pero lo estaba y la bala rozó mi oreja antes de impactar contra el armario.

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