conversation starter
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iniciador de conversación
- Often it's meant as a conversation starter or an ice breaker.
It's most likely right now just more of a conversation starter amongst Republicans.
- It's most likely right now just more of a conversation starter amongst Republicans.
- So it's always very good conversation starter if nothing else.
- I heard you're working on this is a great conversation starter or how's it been going with XYZ?
- But like the expectation of that, I think it was having a bunch of conversation starters was was like my comfort blanket.
Examples
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If you find yourself tongue-tied around colleagues, brush up on these conversation starters so there won't be any awkward silences.
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CEH can definitely be a conversation starter with potential clients or employers.
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I just use it as a conversation starter.
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How about this conversation starter?
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The discussion leader of the group could be provided with a series of questions to use as conversation starters.
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Asking one another, "How do you want to change the world?" would be a reasonable conversation starter.
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The weekend is another great conversation starter because it can lead to many different topics.
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They're a great conversation starter.
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The Family Table offers healthy recipes, conversation starters, and ideas for involving everyone in meal planning and cooking.
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Four recent picture books about groundbreaking African Americans are good conversation starters for kids during Black History Month.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
conversation + starter
The meaning 'something that initiates a conversation' is directly and transparently derived from the constituents 'conversation' (a dialogue) and 'starter' (one that starts). This is a straightforward English compound/nominalization pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Conversation starter comes from the simple image of a small thing that 'starts' a conversation, the starter that makes people begin to talk, like a funny question or an interesting object. So, a conversation starter means anything you use to 'begin to talk' with someone.