Yeah but..also: Do you think he would pass it...if he took it? Maybe he has still not decided to enrol in English 101.

Well yes, male refers to men; the male of any species. But also it can refer to the pokey bit of an electrical plug e.g. headphone plugs have a 'male' jack which plugs into a corresponding 'female' hole... lol ;) Why can't you

Yes, I don't see any reason why not. There are different ways to label bathroom doors: Male/Female Men/Women Gentlemen/Ladies I'm sure there are more..

Basically, yes. To expand on this: 'Most of his novels use political conflicts in Chinese history as a base, setting or theme for the story'

Sounds like 'three eleven-hour days' to me...as in three x eleven hour days . What's the rest of the context??

'combining' resources or skills so maybe ..."combining the cutting edge technologies..." but not as good as 'pooling' 'Pooling' means everybody puts their stuff/technology/skills/resources into a 'pool'

In this case 'bear 'is used like 'carry'. In other words...'you need to carry the petrol costs' the same way you would carry a load or other burden e.g. financial.

I think its something like this... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-451569/Pie-sky-The-150ft-high-restaurant.html

Specifically it means that you are being honest when you say..'that was a mistake' rather that hiding some intentional malice or recklessness. More generally it refers to a mistake that was unintentional and was committed free of malice.