See break the ice in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "If it be so ſir, that you are the man Muſt ſteed us all, and me amongſt the reſt: And if you breake the ice and do this ſeeke, Atchieve the elder: ſet the yonger free, For our acceſſe, whose hap ſhall be to have her, will not so graceleſſe be, to be ingrate.",
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to start to get to know people, by avoiding awkwardness",
"word": "vapauttaa (tunnelmaa)"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to start to get to know people, by avoiding awkwardness",
"word": "briser la glace"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to start to get to know people, by avoiding awkwardness",
"word": "romper o xeo"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to start to get to know people, by avoiding awkwardness",
"word": "das Eis brechen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "spázo ton págo",
"sense": "to start to get to know people, by avoiding awkwardness",
"tags": [
"formal"
],
"word": "σπάζω τον πάγο"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "spáo ton págo",
"sense": "to start to get to know people, by avoiding awkwardness",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "σπάω τον πάγο"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "bāt-cīt kī aupcāriktā haṭānā",
"sense": "to start to get to know people, by avoiding awkwardness",
"word": "बात-चीत की औपचारिकता हटाना"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to start to get to know people, by avoiding awkwardness",
"word": "megtöri a jeget"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to start to get to know people, by avoiding awkwardness",
"word": "rompere il ghiaccio"
},
{
"alt": "くちびをきる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kuchibi o kiru",
"sense": "to start to get to know people, by avoiding awkwardness",
"word": "口火を切る"
},
{
"alt": "いいだす",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "iidasu",
"sense": "to start to get to know people, by avoiding awkwardness",
"word": "言い出す"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to start to get to know people, by avoiding awkwardness",
"word": "spert pirmo soli"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to start to get to know people, by avoiding awkwardness",
"word": "bryte isen"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to start to get to know people, by avoiding awkwardness",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "przełamać lody"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to start to get to know people, by avoiding awkwardness",
"word": "quebrar o gelo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to start to get to know people, by avoiding awkwardness",
"word": "sparge gheața"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sdélatʹ pérvyj šag",
"sense": "to start to get to know people, by avoiding awkwardness",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "сде́лать пе́рвый шаг"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "položítʹ načálo",
"sense": "to start to get to know people, by avoiding awkwardness",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "положи́ть нача́ло"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to start to get to know people, by avoiding awkwardness",
"word": "romper el hielo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to start to get to know people, by avoiding awkwardness",
"word": "bryta isen"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "to start to get to know people, by avoiding awkwardness",
"word": "ละลายพฤติกรรม"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to start to get to know people, by avoiding awkwardness",
"word": "buzları eritmek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to start to get to know people, by avoiding awkwardness",
"word": "kabuğundan çıkmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to start to get to know people, by avoiding awkwardness",
"word": "kabuğunu kırmak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "lamaty lid",
"sense": "to start to get to know people, by avoiding awkwardness",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ламати лід"
}
],
"word": "break the ice"
}
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