_________ time and labor, cartoonists generally draw the hands of their characters with only 3 fingers and a thumb.

I’ve worked with children before，so I knew what ________ in my new job.

we were ______ at the news of her sudden death.              

They knew her very well.  They had seen her ____up from childhood.

The Diaoyu islands have been part of China’s territory since ancient times, ______ as important fishing grounds of Taiwan.