New Words

mountain bike [countable]

a strong bicycle with a lot of gears and wide tyres, specially designed for riding up hills and on rough ground

 

 

 

cru‧ci‧fix [countable]

a cross with a figure of Christ on it
crucifix  and cross jewelry

 

 

 

 

 

 

peb‧ble [countable]

a small smooth stone found especially on a beach or on the bottom of a river:

The beach was covered with smooth white pebbles.

—pebbly  adjective:

a pebbly beach

not be the only pebble on the beach (idiom) to not be the only person who is important in a situation or in a group Laura always expects to get her own way. It's time she learned that she's not the only pebble on the beach.

 

dom‧i‧no plural dominoes

1 [countable]one of a set of small flat pieces of wood, plastic etc, with different numbers of spots, used for playing a game

2 dominoes [uncountable]

the game played using dominoes

3 domino effect

a situation in which one event or action causes several other things to happen one after the other