Chip on shoulder or what?

You can have pulpable, a word describing an object which can be ground or shred into a pulp.

Or you can have palpable, a word describing an object which can be touched.

I think that neither of these two words is appropriate to be used to describe benefits.

He’s on a roll, promising all sorts to every Chinese in the vicinity at the moment.

We’ll pick the bill later.

That mouth can pulp pretty much anything.

Exactly. If the Americans and the Japanese – both of them long-haul tourists with a lot of money to spend and very willing to see different destinations – did not make it to Malta, then the Chinese will not either.

The first preference of any Chinese tourist living in the Eastern and Southern provinces would be to travel to Beijing and Shanghai.

Then to the regional destinations where among other attractions, they have many relatives: Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea and Japan.

Then, America would be the next destination they would want to visit: it is just across the Pacific Ocean.

In the Eastern and Southern provinces, it is unlikely that the Chinese have ever heard about Malta.

Bl-akbar serjeta’, siehbi – u nghidlek ghaliex.

L-ewwel, ghaliex hekk qalulu biex jghid dawk ta’ Bejing, wara li mlewh milja papra mixwija.

It-tieni, anki kieku ma qalulux hekk, ghaliex hu nnifsu ma jafx jghid mod iehor.

It-tielet, ghaliex l-idjoti li jhobbu jsegwuh hekk biss jiehdu gost jisimghuh jghid – inkella ma jkollhomx ghal xiex icapculu.

Tangible is still wrong. He means he’s making the most of it, as his wife said they would.