Usage examples of "pala mecánica" in Spanish with translation to English

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¿Acaso tienes una pala que me puedas prestar? Do you have a shovel I can borrow?
La investigación científica no es una rutina mecánica, sino una lucha continua por parte del científico. Scientific research is not a mechanical routine, but a continuing struggle on the part of the scientist.
¡Arroja la pala! Throw the shovel!
El objetivo del jazz es la reproducción mecánica de un momento regresivo, un simbolismo de la castración. 'Renuncia a tu masculinidad, déjate castrar', el sonido de eunuco de la banda de jazz se mofa y proclama a la vez, 'y serás recompensado, aceptado en una fraternidad que comparte contigo el misterio de la impotencia, un misterio revelado en el momento del rito de iniciación'. The aim of jazz is the mechanical reproduction of a regressive moment, a castration symbolism. 'Give up your masculinity, let yourself be castrated,' the eunuchlike sound of the jazz band both mocks and proclaims, 'and you will be rewarded, accepted into a fraternity which shares the mystery of impotence with you, a mystery revealed at the moment of the initiation rite.
Me tomará algún tiempo quitar con la pala toda la nieve del tejado. It'll take some time to shovel all the snow off the roof.
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