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
Hesiodos	-	Ancient Greek
RÜStem	-	Turkish
Eden	['i:dn]
Stefan	SHTE-fahn (German), STAY-fahn (Dutch), STE-fahn (Polish)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Polish, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian
Millicent	MIL-ə-sənt	English
Annunziata	ahn-noon-TSYAH-tah	Italian