Miscommunication
Official Audio Prompt
We miscommunicate more commonly than we communicate [blank] . Often, the words we have are at least [blank] inadequate to express how we feel. The first words we think of are often poor [blank] of what we really mean. We might at times even want to take our words back for a second attempt. But once those words have left our mouths, our partners are already [blank] to whatever we have just said. Most conversations happen too fast to allow us to [blank] out what we really meant to say.
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