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make conversation

[make conversation] {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./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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 […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

break the ice

[break the ice] {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To conquer the first difficulties in starting a conversation, getting a party going, or making an acquaintance. * /To break the ice Ted […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Bernard de Fontenelle

(1657-1757) I hate war: it ruins conversation. www.sky-net-eye.com

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