He handed in the essay two days later than his classmates,but it was still _____the time limit set by the teacher.
After a day's hard labor on the farm, my parents came home late, __________.
The popular cartoon Mulan is a (an) __________ of a Chinese poem for children.
The international society __________ the country for declaring wars.
__________ my dog wanted to come into the garden, it would bark until someone opened the gate.
The TV set is already ten years old, so the sound is not as good as before and to make matters worse, the pictures suddenly began to __________ yesterday.