English in a Minute: Phrases with ice

Learning English Vocabulary

BBC

Language Learning, Education

4.5 • 523 Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2025

⏱️ 1 minutes

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Don't put your learning on ice – learn these phrases today!

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0:00.0	You're listening to BBC learning English.com.
0:05.0	Ice. What phrases can we use with ice?
0:12.1	If you break the ice, you do or say something to make the atmosphere less tense.
0:19.1	It could be tense because everyone is strangers or because of something
0:23.1	like an argument. I know you two still aren't talking. Should we go for a coffee to break the ice?
0:30.3	A game that breaks the ice is called an icebreaker. These are often used at the start of courses
0:36.3	to help everyone get to know each other.
0:39.3	If you're skating on thin ice, you're doing something risky which could have negative consequences.
0:45.3	You're skating on thin ice by not doing your homework. She's going to be so mad with you.
0:51.3	If you put a plan on ice, you decide to delay the plan. We were going to
0:56.6	go ice skating, but we've put the plan on ice because my sister's broken her leg.

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