#316Listening: Fill in the BlanksAcademic,CoreMedium

Miscommunication

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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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We miscommunicate more commonly than we communicate accurately . Often, the words we have are at least somewhat inadequate to express how we feel. The first words we think of are often poor reflections 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 replying to whatever we have just said. Most conversations happen too fast to allow us to figure out what we really meant to say.
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