Reps making notes, unusually willing to communicate (2,8,5)
I believe the answer is:
on speaking terms
'willing to communicate' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'reps making notes unusually' is the wordplay.
'unusually' indicates an anagram.
'reps'+'making'+'notes'='repsmakingnotes'
'repsmakingnotes' with letters rearranged gives 'ON SPEAKING TERMS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for on speaking terms that I've seen before include "about rate for lecture" , "about fee for lecture" , "Prepared to have words" , "Well-enough acquainted to converse" , "friendly enough" .)