Breaking the ice means saying or doing something to stop feeling shy or uncomfortable around someone you don't know well.

“打破沉默”指的是在一个你不太了解的人身边说或做某事来让自己不再感到害羞或不舒服。

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She would go and find out whether the pain in her leg was something that could be easily treated or would stop her from doing something she loved most: running with the school track team.

她会去弄清楚她腿上的疼痛是否容易治疗，或者是否会阻止她去做她最喜欢的事情：和学校的田径队一起跑步。

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We can all recall lies our parents told us to get us to do something, or to stop doing something.

我们都能回忆起父母对自己说过的一些谎话，通常是叫我们去做某事或是停止做某事。

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Another often-used argument was that what we were proposing would not stop all criminals from securing or using firearms, and therefore it was not something worth doing.

CNN: In gun control debate, logic goes out the window