At the door I met Mr. Wheeler returning, and he started talking again.

在门口，我碰上了威勒回来了，他拽着我又开了话子。

But if you can ask for what's below the surface of what they just said, you might unlock some door for them

不过，你要是直接问他们话中的深意，你可开了他们的话子。

But when she gets on stage she opens up and becomes very very talkative.

但当她上台时，她开了话子，变得非常非常爱话。

But B, if he does say that, it then opens the floor.

但如果他真的这么，那等于开了话子。

It opens the door for discussion about multiple aspects of someone's life, work, family, et cetera.

它为探讨某人生活的多个方面——工作、家庭等——开了话子。

Open it up to foods of all kinds.

开话子谈一谈美食。

She doesn’t half talk once she gets started.

【half】她只要一开话子个没完。

I open up, I sound more conversational like myself, I give more depth to my answers, richness to my thoughts.

我开话子， 语气变得更像我自己，对话般自然， 我回答得更深入， 思维也更丰富。

That comment though about, oh, it's just like being 12 again, feels a little bit like an acknowledgement, an opening.

那段， 哦， 像又回到了12岁，感觉有点像是在承认什么，像是开了话子。

And when D.S. Sager pressed Peter further, the floodgates opened and Peter eventually confessed to 30 fires that killed 26 people.

当D.S. 萨格进一步追问彼得时，他终于开了话子，最终承认了30起导致26人死亡的火灾。

A lot of the times people really like talking about their interests and hobbies, so this can get somebody to open up.

很多时候，人们真的很喜欢谈他们的兴趣和爱好，所以这可以让人开话子。

I find people love talking about travel, so I find that when you talk about travel it can really open up conversation.

我发现人们喜欢谈旅行，所以当我谈到旅行时，真的开话子。

But if you can ask for what's below the surface of what they just said, you might unlock some door for them, and invite them to go through it with you.

不过，你要是直接问他们话中的深意，你可开了他们的话子，他们便开始你问的问题讲更多。

You know, their younger kid was more engaged and warm and friendlier and more conversational and suddenly their kid turns into a teenager and they become quieter or squirrely or hard to get to open up.

你知道吗，他们的小孩子原来更活跃、更热情、更友好、更爱聊天，但突然间孩子变成了 teenager，变得沉默寡言或难以接近，或者很难开话子。

Their owners are almost universally thrilled to talk about them - as an astronomer, I can assure that the problem with astronomers isn't getting them to talk, it's shutting them up - so you'll get lots of great first-hand advice and experience.

他们的拥有者多半非常乐意谈它们——作为一名天文学家，我估计最难的问题不是让天文学家开话子，而是让他们闭嘴——所以你会得到很多很棒的第一手建议和经验。

I would say generally with British people, they can seem very cold and closed, but for most people, again generally, once you ask them a question or you initiate, which means start a conversation, they can open up quite quickly.

我认为一般来，英国人可看起来很冷淡和封闭，但大多数情况下，一旦你问他们一个问题或主动开始对话，他们很快会开话子。

I wondered fleetingly whether Sam's reluctance to talk about his wife mirrored my own, the knowledge that the moment you opened the box, let out even a whisper of your sadness, it would mushroom into a cloud that overwhelmed all other conversation.

我瞬间想到， 山姆不愿谈他妻子的态度是否和我自己一样。你知道，一旦开了话子， 哪怕只是轻声诉你的悲伤，它也会迅速膨胀成一片云朵， 压倒所有其他话题。