How much would a spade cost—a little one?

一把铲子要多少钱——一把小的？

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

“土葬”中有一把铁锹，就是用来埋葬这对夫妇的小孩的铁锹。

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You must play a spade if you have one.

你如果有黑桃牌，就必须打出来。

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

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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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It is time to call a spade a spade and demand compliance with this law.

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But, it seems that, in fifty years, nobody has appeared to call a spade a spade.

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IR I agree that we should call a spade a spade and a phoney democracy a phoney democracy.

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