He is such a fat-ass he can barely put his feet together.

The extreme humidity decayed the wooden sculptures in the museum's collection in a matter of years.

My purpose is to […] traverse the nature, principles, and properties of this detestable vice—ingratitude.

The lack of knowledge of Chinese was regarded as a major obstacle for the imposition of Chinese rule, and already in 1912 the head of the Chinese government of Simao and Puer reported to the provincial government about the urgent need for developing Chinese education in Sipsong Panna (Xiao 1993: 125).]