他挖了几锹土之后，用他最纯正的约克郡方言，兴高采烈地对狄肯说话。

After he had turned a few trowelfuls of soil he spoke exultantly to Dickon in his best Yorkshire.

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他用锹挖地。

He dug the ground with a spade.

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然而，几锹土下去之后，驴子平静了下来。

Then, a few shovel-fulls later, he quieted down completely.

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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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