open a conversation Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
carry the conversation
continue the conversation, continue talking to you Visiting with Sally is easy. She carries the conversation!
strike up a conversation
begin a conversation with a stranger Uncle Ho is sociable. He strikes up a conversation with anyone.
conversation piece|conversation|piece
n. Something that interests people and makes them talk about it; something that looks unusual, comical, or strange.
Uncle Fred has a glass monkey on top of his piano that he keeps for a conversation piece.
make conversation|conversation|make
v. phr. To talk with someone just so that there will be talk.
John made conversation with the stranger so that he would not feel left out. Mary didn't really mean what she said about Joan. She was only making conversation.
conversation
conversation In addition to the idiom beginning with
conversation, also see
make conversation.
conversation piece
conversation piece An unusual object that arouses comment or interest, as in
That bust of Aunt Nettie is ugly but it's an excellent conversation piece. In the early 1700s this same term was used for a particular kind of painting that represented a group, often a family, arranged as though they were conversing with one another. Later in the century the term was extended to any object that stimulates conversation.
make conversation
make conversation Engage someone in talking purely for its own sake, make small talk, as in
She had a real talent for making conversation with strangers. [c. 1920]
open a chat (with one)
To activate a speaking with one; to bang up a chat with one. I aloof acquisition it so adamantine to accessible a chat with addition I don't know. They kept accepting disconnected every time they approved aperture a conversation.Learn more: conversation, openopen a conversation
to alpha a conversation. (Learn added strike up a conversation.) I approved to accessible a chat with him, but he had annihilation to say. She opened a chat with an analysis into my health, which got me talking about my admired subject.Learn more: conversation, open
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