MONIQUE: I can step on a pinecone and the cracking of it can sound like ice breaking.

我可以踩在松果上，裂开的声音就像是冰的破碎。

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Many professional organizations host socials, giving people from different companies a chance to rub elbows over cocktails and ice breaking activities.

许多专业的组织都会组织社交活动，让来自不同公司的人有一个机会通过破冰活动来认识其他人。

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From my fluent first impressions, people were complimenting me on how natural my Portuguese was, even though I had only greeted them, introduced myself and used a few ice breaking techniques.

从我给人们留下流利的第一印象可以看出，虽然我只是用了几个简单的问好，自我介绍和打破尴尬气氛的技巧，人们还是恭维我，说我的葡萄牙语好。

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The YY listing is seen as an ice-breaking move to revive the U.S. IPO market for Chinese companies.

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According to both groups of researchers, most areas of the world had higher than average temperatures in 2012 while the Arctic experienced a record breaking ice melt.

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Despite not being taken past 30 on serve the Scot still required a tie-break but he remained ice cool, breaking immediately and consolidating with a huge ace.

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