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
Hiroko	hee-ṙo-ko	Japanese
Tafari	-	Eastern African, Amharic
Slava	-	Russian, Slovene, Croatian
FÁBio	-	Portuguese
Marquita	-	African American
Severino	se-ve-REE-no (Italian, Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese