strike up a conversation

to start a conversation (with someone). I struck up an interesting conversation with someone on the bus yesterday. It's easy to strike up a conversation with someone when you're traveling.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Orna (2)	-	Hebrew
Zdeno	-	Slovak
NoÊMia	-	Portuguese
Alise (1)	-	Latvian
Martha	MAHR-thə (English)	English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, German, Greek, Biblical, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Lat
SÉBastienne	-	French