Fill in the blanks with the expressions given below. Change the form where necessary. Each expression can be used only once. 1. I never really felt I ____ the company, although I had worked there for five years. 2. Alcoholism has ____ a disease since 1951. 3. The stock lost 60 cents a share, ____ last year, when it gained 21 cents. 4. Margarine can ____ butter in this recipe. 5. How can we ____ the barriers of fear and hostility which divide the two communities. 6. The town has ____ by rebel group fora week now. 7. Her version of events was accepted ____. 8. The Woodland Trust ____ preserving our native woodland.