1. She rehearsed her speech until she was word-perfect.

2. By the evening of the performance, she was word-perfect.

3. His speech was word-perfect.

4. Burton arrived at the first rehearsal word-perfect and with the part already sewn on him like a skin.

5. She was word-perfect in the part she had to play; knew she could perform without betraying her nervousness.

6. Glen's speech was word-perfect.

7. Taylor, Berlin was a consummate telly-don, always available for a word-perfect interview in grainy black-and-white with Bernard Levin or Bryan Magee on the meaning of life or the way of the world.