"President Obama was the first one to call a spade a spade, basically to say it was an invasion.

VOA: standard.2010.07.05

There's the spade in "Home Burial," the spade that's used to bury the couple's little child.

在“叶落归根“中有锹“,用来埋藏这对夫妇的小孩的。

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She shoved a tiny spade into my hands.

她把一个小铲子塞到我手里。

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