la pala in inglese:

Children were digging holes in the sand with their shovels.

Ian helped his mother shovel snow off the driveway.

They were clearing the snow from the sidewalk with a shovel.

to shovel food into one's mouth, to shovel the snow [away]

Take a shovel and dig a gole

He was hired to shovel coal on a train.

There should be a shovel in the shed

He staked a claim and went to work with pick and shovel.

Pretty soon along came a steam shovel and dug a road through the hill covered with daisies.

Throw the shovel!