"Chef my ass" and "chef my foot" mean the same thing.

Now you get what "ass" and "foot" indicate in English. And is it unpleasant to "put one's foot in one's mouth"? You bet.

A man shouldn't pester a woman when he's courting her.

Hollywood glares too much.

Personally I think tomes provide more substance than typical American flicks.

Dirges of love are omnipresent in pop music.

Man, this Otakuthon (as in Montreal) and Fan Expo (as in Toronto) thing is a huge subculture.

Christians read some scripture on Sundays.

It's a good practice for people's minds and hearts.

Andy Lau, the actor and pop singer, once mentioned that the Hong Kong Philharmonic (Orchestra) never rehearses over 20 hours.

The meanings of "maggot" and "Margaret" differ so much.

Garments provide enough for me.

No accessory garb is needed. No, thanks.

Obviously, the media in China are full of propagandas and trial balloons.

Wow, there are around 12 million of Coptic Christians in Egypt.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coptic_Orthodox_Church_of_Alexandria .

One of my close classmates at senior high school has got a moon face.

Well, here lies some confusion for me in English. It seems that being moonfaced is not a medical sign, whereas a moon face is. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_face .

In a public system, money shouldn't be capable of making queue-jumping happen.

Trust is hard to earn, but mistrust is easy to produce.

The memorial services held for WWII are typically decent.

Is the U.S.A. an increasingly disjointed society?

Oh, the endless pursuit of trying to one up on your competitors.

The black lady flew off the handle in front of others.

G. X.'s decision surprised me to no end.

Coffee houses typically brim with loud songs.

Some people conceive of money as treasure, some others conceive of time as treasure.

Levi's Red Tab is interesting.

See http://levistrauss.com/blogs/tab-your-um-pocket-its-75 .

Wrong is the supposal that the American way of life is always good.

See what you get when you grow old in the American society. And see what you lose while you chase the possession of more materials too much.

J's looking for the cloven hoof of those women.

Well, speakers of Romance languages and those of Germanic languages often build countries neighbouring each other.

Examples: The U.S.A. and Mexico, and France and Germany.

Challenges in life are never as dull as dishwater for a Chinese immigrant in Montreal.

One shouldn't foist things on others.

Those women leave J cold.

Don't stare at people. But you can glance. :-)

A dearth of jobs makes the current young generation professionally lost.

The word "parliament" is so British, and "congress" so American.

Maggots are different from worms.

This economy hasn't known mirth for 5 years already.

It appears that deceits have run so rampant in China's bureaucratic system. Ouch.

We'll be watching the auspicious India.

There are so many glitches in the American culture. Boy, sometimes I wanna quit it.

If you think about the name of Imperial College London, then you can conjecture how lofty and advanced its capabilities and spirit are.

The United States has been constantly involved in wars, either here or there in the world.

Is the top country, whichever it be, destined, or doomed, if you will, to be a warlike state and bear the responsibilities of wars across the world?

Life is often conceived of as a journey, as a road.

Those pitted dates are a little too sweet for my taste.

I need to wash them down with cups of tea.

Being low-key means to shun the glare of publicity.

How many relatively young women who are married to quite old men are there for the sake of becoming a jointress one day?

J and L shot each other a quick glance.

My remembrance of childhood is long gone.

When are Microsoft's financials going to really deteriorate?

One problem in Western countries is that once some behaviours get legalized, they don't get regarded as deceits, even if they are actually deceptions on moral grounds.

It's sort of sad to see almost all of my compadres aren't succeeding at career-building for the time being.

It's sad that the American mainstream culture and cuisine has made more and more harpies and broads.

L deigned to do some of the work that his subordinates used to task on.

There are many glitches in Android OS. But more and more people still like it.

J's eyes revealed a brow of sadness.

Heed my warning, son. Canada and the U.S. are spoilers of girls, especially those of Gen Y.

Why are there more and more young women in China unable to conceive?

For all these years during my whole life, I've worked and searched my ass off.

Is it for nothing? Come on.

A good man doesn't sell another person short. And he doesn't sell himself short.

One's made her/his bed and she/he must lie in it.

It seems that Canada and U.K. have an amicable relationship.

Does consumerism befit the female mentality?

Endives seem to taste too bitter.

Employment is consensual.

How many harpies are there in the world?

Dimwits disrespect others for nothing.

Unto the end of our life each one of us goes.

A mature man gets less deceived than a green one.

This modern society has become almost unable to fit marriage.

How many percentage of men are housebroken in Canada? :-)

As years pass by, things that I never conceived are happening.

A lot is said about one's future by his embrace and exploration of new things and ideas.

Well, it's said that Demi Moore likes toyboys.

I would say it takes at least 10 years for a Mainland Chinese immigrant to acquaint himself with the Western society.

Unfortunately, the Western society has increasingly become a sadder one.

Memory is like a laundry hamper.

You put your life's mistakes in it, and then take them out and wash them.

One's available time usually doesn't consent to his ambitions and goals.

Sometimes music really chimes in with life.

Life is short. If one has conceit, then his world is deemed to be small.

The world seems to be always in the embrace of crises.

Doesn't every man want to try a stepford wife? :-)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stepford_Wives .

Dumb animals cannot communicate and develop their needs, thoughts, and feelings through language.

How unfortunate they are.

Women who are dressed to the nines know what they are doing and after. Men should know that, too.

It seems that knowing to be feminine is a gift.

J wants to impart so many words to L.

What's in the Muslim world over yonder?

I for one really don't know how China, after its emergence as a global economic superpower, if you will, can really chime in with its values in the international dialogue.

You can sense if a girl has conceit and vanity.

There's no perfect country in this world which suits every need of every person.

I like Canada, in part.

Wow, Southeast Asia's population embraces 600 million people.

刘备 is a gracious figure in ancient Chinese history, isn't he?

Probably unprecedented happiness awaits J down the road, after all those somewhat dark and struggling years.

The hallowed English language is the universal language across the world. But it isn't the prettiest.

Taking on extra work needs a lot of time.

Do the Chinese, as a people, know how to live a wholesome life?

I don't think that in the society at large, men and women chime well together nowadays.

One must always be prepared to brace himself for yet another disappointment in life.

If a country makes its own citizens feel many of their rights reduced or taken away, then they probably would flee abroad.

Life will have unprecedented chapters.

"A mote it is to trouble the mind's eye."

In almost every excellent movie, their music chimes well with their stories and emotions.

Western politicians must be almost always prepared to be braced and grilled in their parliaments.

People had better ignore the crowing of some economists in China.

Some of them don't have a clue, and some others are bought off, I'm afraid.

Across the Middle East and North Africa, Muslim sovereignties get chided for lack of democracy, by their own people.

Will this new wave of democratization in the Islam world unleash new economic gains for the whole world?

Compared to traditional Mainland Chinese, Americans and Canadians are apt to be extravagant consumers.

One of their fundamental assumptions seems to be that happiness can be bought with money.