| Even making a joke of it initially may break the ice and make you come across somewhat less adversarial. |
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| What better way to break the ice with a roomful of total strangers in a foreign country whose language you don't know? |
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| If you understand a culture, you can break the ice in conversation, make a joke, or construct a speech better. |
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| It will help break the ice by throwing people together for some healthy competition. |
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| It was obvious that we didn't want to break the ice, fearing that a dreaded secret would be revealed to the other. |
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| I thought if I had one at home I could use it as a conversation piece, to break the ice at parties. |
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| In an attempt to break the ice, I rack my brain to continue the conversation. |
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| Equally at home in water or on land, the Newfoundland was large enough to pull in a drowning man or to break the ice to retrieve him. |
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| I offered, trying to keep the conversation to a minimum and break the ice at the same time. |
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| Jackson told cornball jokes to break the ice and fooled around on stage with various silly props. |
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| Arts is running its Camp Fortune Cabin Party once again to break the ice for the week and get everyone in a bumping mood. |
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| On this occasion, his apparent attempts to break the ice resulted in the inmates laughing, quietening down, and trying to negotiate with him. |
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| Nevertheless, some degree of superficial chitchat is common and can help break the ice. |
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| The Belgian Presidency was keen to break the ice in relations with Cuba and to open up channels for dialogue. |
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| For most people, weather is just something to talk about to break the ice in mundane conversations. |
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| Most people in rez don't know anyone else, so they'll be thrilled that you've taken the time to break the ice. |
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| The crew used Canadian technology with NRC roots, the Canadarm, as a club to break the ice off the shuttle. |
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| This has led to a situation where we have had to establish a special fleet to break the ice. |
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| A fun way to break the ice at a party or just to pass the time with friends! |
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| It helps break the ice and boosts the feeling of belonging to both the group and the school. |
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| The bartender decided to break the ice and make a little conversation. |
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| He had to break the ice before she would really engage in a conversation. |
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| Perhaps next time, we should break the ice and make proper conversation. |
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| So, I think we can start to break the ice right away. |
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| Due to the design of the supports, which are cone-shaped at the waterline to help bend and break the ice, the ice cracked and flowed around the supports. |
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| Winds and storm can break the ice up, causing it to melt faster. |
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| If ice is fragile, try to break the ice piece by piece up to the edge. |
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| At 0107, just before L'Acadien II encountered and struck a large piece of ridged, first-year ice square on the stem, the fishing vessel's engine was put full-ahead in an attempt to break the ice. |
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| In winter special icebreaker boats with reinforced hulls would be used to break the ice. |
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| Ice scrapers are tools designed to break the ice free and clear the windows, though removing the ice can be a long and laborious process. |
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| The NATO Science Programme is an ideal mechanism to break the ice. |
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| Nowadays, explosives dropped from aircraft are used to break the ice dams before they become dangerous. |
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| It offers a chance for those involved to meet on a more personal level, to relax and break the ice, get to know each other better and thereby build up trust. |
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| The Ivan Papanin, used to transport the equipment and material needed to build the station, is an Ice-class cargo ship. To reach Antarctica, the ship had to break the ice that covers the ocean several times. |
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| The dances, which include some Salsa, Tango, Mambo, Merengue and Bhangra and even some hip-hop, aren't too exhausting or complicated, and they certainly help break the ice. |
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| The fun get-togethers will be informal with activities to break the ice. |
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