Corporate communication vocabulary and idioms

Good presenters rarely ramble. They usually try to be as ____ as possible.

• inarticulate

• hesitant

• succinct

Her arguments were so ____ that we all agreed to her proposal.

• fluent

• extrovert

• persuasive

The audience were very ____ and carried him through his difficult presentation.

• responsive

• eloquent

• coherent

She is a very ____ person. She always keeps her attention fixed on what she wants to achieve.

• sensitive

• focused

• fluent

He never says what he thinks or shows what he feels. How can anybody be so ____ ?

• rambling

• fluent

• reserved

Everybody seems so ____ here. They behave and speak freely, and do not really care what other people think.

• incoherent

• articulate

• uninhibited

We know that not all politicians are ____. Some of them even use an autocue.

• eloquent

• inhibited

• hesitant

They sent us a very long reply with all the details. But to put it in a n____, that's it, we've won the contract!

I wish my boss would stop beating about the b___ and tell me clearly whether or not I stand a chance of being promoted soon.

She expected profit figures and I was going on about sales figures. Once again, we were just talking at cross p____ .