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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Fired a round, convoy
It is too premature to comment right away. There was no specific threat but swamiji already has been provided security. We will examine all the witnesses who were there," IGP Central Range, Kamal Panth said.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (Ramanagaram district) Deveraj said an unidentified person fired a round at the convoy. He said the identity of the person is yet to be ascertained.
"I am absolutely safe," the 54-year-old founder of the Art of Living said shortly after the incident.
Please explain to me the emboldened parts.
Though I guess "convoy" means "the godman vehicle along with group of vehicles which followed his"
Source : http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/no-leads-in-sri-sri-ravi-shankar-case-28786.php?u=0829
Deputy Superintendent of Police (Ramanagaram district) Deveraj said an unidentified person fired a round at the convoy. He said the identity of the person is yet to be ascertained.
"I am absolutely safe," the 54-year-old founder of the Art of Living said shortly after the incident.
Please explain to me the emboldened parts.
Though I guess "convoy" means "the godman vehicle along with group of vehicles which followed his"
Source : http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/no-leads-in-sri-sri-ravi-shankar-case-28786.php?u=0829
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Hi Gary, You are right about the "convoy" . It refers to the motorcade. A "round" here means a cartridge of bullets.
- Hi Gary, You are right about the "convoy" .
- It refers to the motorcade.
- A "round" here means a cartridge of bullets.
- So, you see, a cartridge of bullets was emptied on the convoy of the Swamiji.
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Hi Gary,
You are right about the "convoy" . It refers to the motorcade.
A "round" here means a cartridge of bullets.
So, you see, a cartridge of bullets was emptied on the convoy of the Swamiji.
You are right about the "convoy" . It refers to the motorcade.
A "round" here means a cartridge of bullets.
So, you see, a cartridge of bullets was emptied on the convoy of the Swamiji.
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Hi, Deb,
Are you sure about this? I used to think the same thing, but a year ago someone posted some diagrams in a thread about firearms, and I now have the impression that a round (unlike a round of drinks) is a single cartridge, which is a single bullet. Are you perhaps thinking of a clip, which contains several cartridges?
I'm no expert on this. I only fired a gun once in m
Are you sure about this? I used to think the same thing, but a year ago someone posted some diagrams in a thread about firearms, and I now have the impression that a round (unlike a round of drinks) is a single cartridge, which is a single bullet. Are you perhaps thinking of a clip, which contains several cartridges?
I'm no expert on this. I only fired a gun once in m
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According to wikipedia "round" and "cartridge" refer to the same thing.
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According to the Cambridge Dictionary, a 'round' is 'a bullet or other single form of ammunition'.
And this is the definition of 'round' in Webster's Dictionary:
a: one shot fired by a weapon or by each man in a military unit b: a unit of ammunition consisting of the parts necessary to fire one shot
And this is the definition of 'round' in Webster's Dictionary:
a: one shot fired by a weapon or by each man in a military unit b: a unit of ammunition consisting of the parts necessary to fire one shot
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Yankee a: one shot fired by a weapon or by each man in a military unitWow, that seems like a rather large "or," Amy!
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