to quarry; to cut (timber); to cut and carry off
to begin to talk; to break the ice; to broach
to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.)
to select and extract (from a media file); to splice out
彼に話を切り出した。
I brought up the topic to him.
早速本題を切り出す。
I get right to the main point.
農場から木材を切り出してください。
Please cut and carry off timber from the farm.