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cas: casáu â chas perffaith – to absolutely/really hate; mae c. cadw da arni – she’s well-preserved casbethau – dislikes casglu: c. gwybodaeth – to accumulate data; mae’n deg c.- it is fair to conclude; c. ynghyd – to assemble cath: mynd fel c. i gythraul – like a bat out of hell, hell for leather; yr oeddent yn ffraeo/cwympo ma’s fel c. a chi – they were at each other’s throats cathl: c. symffonig – symphonic poem cau: c. allan – to exclude cawl: gwneud c. o bethau – to make a mess of things caws: y drwg yn y c. – the nigger in the woodpile; yr oedd rhyw ddrwg yn y c. – there was something fishy about it/going on cefn: wrth gefn – in reserve; cynllun wrth gefn – contingency plan, a plan to fall back on; c. trymedd nos – in the dead of night; c. dydd golau – in broad daylight; bod yn gefn (mawr) i ... – to (provide)/ to be a (great) support to ..., to stand ... in (very) good stead, to help ... (a great deal/very much), to be of (considerable/ great) assistance to ..., to be there for ... (=someone), to be a tower of strength to ...; c. gefn – back to back; troi c. ar – to abandon; unrhyw droi c. ar yr arferion presennol – any departure from present practice; ar gefn y cerdyn – on the reverse of the card; bod ar gefn rhywun – to harrass someone; bod â chwestiwn wrth gefn – to have a question up one’s sleeve cefndir: amlinellu’r c. – to set the scene cefnog – well-off cefnogaeth – backing cefnogol – supportive of cefnogwr – fan cefnu: c. ar – to abandon cegin: staff y gegin – canteen staff cegrwth – open-mouthed ceidwad: c. y pwrs – bursar ceiniog: diwedd y gân yw’r geiniog – it all comes down to money; cynllun c. a dimai – a tuppenny halfpenny plan/scheme; c. a dimai – a pretty penny, a bob or two; dim c. – not a bean ceisio – to strive, to aim at, with the objective/aim of, to aim to, to solicit; er mwyn c. – with a view to; ceisir – to be attempted, there is an attempt to, an attempt is being made to; c. cael gan y ... i ... – the ... are encouraged to ...; c.(‘u gorau glas i) – to be at pains to celain: yn farw gelain – stone dead celfi – furnishings celfydd – well-, good, to good effect, well-structured, skilful, judicious, deft, well-crafted celwydd: stori c. golau – a tall tale cell: cof y c.-oedd – cellular memory cerydd – reprimand ceryddu – to reprimand, to censure cesail: dan ei gesail – under his arm ci: mynd rhwng y cwn a’r brain – to go to rack and ruin; yr oeddent yn ffraeo/cwymo ma’s fel cath a chi – they were at each other’s throats cicio: c.’n sodlau – to hang around cig: pobl o gig a gwaed – real people cignoeth – uncompromising cil: agor c. y drws – to open the door a little; cnoi c. ar – to ponder cilio – to drop out, to shrink, to fade (away), to diminish, to decrease cilydd: at ei gilydd – generally, on the whole, in the main, substantially, on balance, broadly, by and large, in most respects, overall; rhyw agwedd neu’i gilydd – a particular aspect; fel ei g gilydd – alike; parchu ei g gilydd – mutual respect; mae rhai’n well na’i g gilydd – some are better than others; gyda’i g gilydd – taken together, collectively, combined; i gyd gyda’i g gilydd – all in one go cipio – to seize; c.’r penawdau – to hit/make the headlines; c. oddi ar ... – to wrest from ... claear: ymateb c. – a half-hearted response clamp: c. o ... – an enormous/(very/great) big/large/whopping great big ... clebran – (to indulge in) small talk clem – idea, gumption clir – clear-cut; gweld yn glir – to see distinctly; dangos yn glir – readily illustrates; gweld y ffordd yn glir – to see fit to; dylid nodi’n glir – should be expressly identified; meddwl yn glir – to think straight clo: maen c. – keystone; dan glo – locked (up) cloch: uchel eu c. – noisy clochdar – to be on one’s high horse 12
clod: bod yn glod i – to reflect well/creditably on; mae’n glod i ... – it is a tribute to ... clodwiw – commendable, meritorious, honourable cloffi: c. rhwng dau feddwl – to hesitate, to waver, to be undecided, to be in two minds cloi: i gloi – in conclusion, to end cloriannu – to evaluate, to appraise clòs – close-knit closio: c. at – to draw nearer to cludo – to convey clyd – snug clyfar: rhywun c./c.-ach na’i gilydd – clever(-)clogs, smartypants clymu – to link; mae eisiau c. dy ben di – you need your head examined clyw: ymwybyddiaeth c. – aural awareness clywed: yr oedd yn flin gennyf glywed – I was sorry to learn that cneuen: yn iach fel c. – fighting fit cnoc: heb wneud c. o waith – without doing a stroke of work; oes c. arnat ti? – are you mad/nuts/bonkers/off your head/rocker/out of your mind? cnoi: c. cil ar – to ponder coblyn: c. o gur pen – a splitting headache coch: bod heb yr un ddimai goch – to be without a brass farthing, to be skint; mae eu Ffrangeg yn goch – their French is dreadful/awful/appalling/poor/terrible/a disgrace; un c. yw ef! – he’s hopeless/useless!, he’s (a real) good for nothing!, he’s a right one! cochl: dan gochl – under the pretext/pretence of codi – to arise, to occur, to emerge, to build, to crop/get up; c. o – to stem/derive from, to be due to; c. yn sgil/ oherwydd – (to be) brought about by; c. nodiadau – to take notes; c. medrau – to acquire skills; bydd rhai agweddau’n c. yn – some aspects feature in; c. amheuon ynghylch – to cast doubts on; problem sydd wedi c. – a problem which has surfaced/manifested itself; c. eto – to recur; c. i – to increase to; c. llaw – to wave; sefyllfa sy’n c.’n amlach – a situation which is becoming increasingly (more) common, an increasingly common situation; y materion cyfreithiol sy’n c. – the legal issues involved; mae storm yn c. – a storm is brewing, there’s a storm brewing; nid yw’n c. calon (dyn) – it is depressing; c. bwganod – to sensationalise; wrth i’r cyfle godi – as the opportunity/opportunities present(ed) itself/ themselves; c. gwybodaeth – to extract/ glean information; c. awydd – to wake/engender/stimulate/ generate interest; c. uwchlaw – to transcend; c. i’r wyneb – to surface; c.’r rhifau – to up the numbers coeden: dod â hwy at eu coed- to bring them to their senses, to make them see sense, to come (a)round coel – credence; os gellir rhoi rhoi c. ar ... – if ... is to be believed coelbren: bwrw c. – to draw lots coes: tynnu c. – to tease, to kid; cymryd y goes – to beat it coeth – well-structured, rich cof – recollection(s); dysgu ar y c. – to memorise, to learn by rote; ers cyn c. – from time immemorial; mynd o’u c. – to go wild/insane; brith gof – a vague memory; c. y celloedd – cellular memory; y c. sydd gen i yw ... – my recollection is that ...; c. mewn cof – to bear in mind cofio: o gofio – in view of, since, is taken into account, given (that); cofia di/cofiwch chi – mind you; cofia/cofiwch alw – (please) (do) call; mae’n c. atoch – he/she sends you his/her (kind) regards cofnodol: ysgrifennu c. – transactional writing coffa: c. da amdanynt – of blessed memory coleddu: c. datblygiadau – to embrace developments; c. safbwynt – to hold a point of view; y gwerthoedd y maent yn eu c. – the values hold dear coll: ar goll – lost, missing colled: bod ar eu c. – to lose out; oes c. arnat ti? – are you mad/nuts/bonkers/off your head/rocker/out of your mind? colli – to miss; bydd y plentyn yn c.’r profiad – the child is denied the experience; c. ffydd yn – to become disillusioned with; c. arnynt eu hunain – to lose their senses, to take leave of their senses, to lose control, to become (mentally) deranged; cyfle arall wedi mynd i’w golli – another chance gone (a-)begging copa: pob c. walltog – each and every one, every jack one, the (whole) lot corddi – to stir up corn: bod yn feistr c. ar – to be a complete master of, to show/display/ demonstrate a complete mastery of, to have completely/totally mastered, to dominate; ar gorn – on account of; wedi eu rhewi’n gorn – frozen stiff; yn farw c. – absolutely/completely dead/lifeless coron: yn goron ar y cyfan – to cap it all 13
Page 1 and 2: a: a’r canlyniad yw eu bod yn ...
Page 3 and 4: amheus - dubious, questionable, of
Page 5 and 6: arbed: cwpon a. arian - money-off c
Page 7 and 8: laen: o’r radd flaenaf - top flig
Page 9 and 10: ychan: camp nid b. - no mean feat b
Page 11: calonogi - to boost (some)one’s m
Page 15 and 16: crynswth: yn eu c. - as a whole cud
Page 17 and 18: cyfnewid - to switch: yn gyufnewid
Page 19 and 20: cyni - hardship cynifer: c. â - no
Page 21 and 22: da - pleasing, gratifying, sound, d
Page 23 and 24: di-dor - continuous, seamless didos
Page 25 and 26: d. i - to only just miss/avoid; cyn
Page 27 and 28: dwyieithog: yn ddwyieithog - in (a)
Page 29 and 30: enaid: e. hoff cytûn - soulmate; d
Page 31 and 32: gallu - competence, capacity, to be
Page 33 and 34: gosod - to set; set (ans.), to pitc
Page 35 and 36: gwellhad - recovery; ar wellhad - i
Page 37 and 38: heddiw - now, in contemporary life,
Page 39 and 40: ife: i. (wir)? - really? ildio - to
Page 41 and 42: llwyddiant: i asesu (hyd a lled) eu
Page 43 and 44: melltith - scourge mennu: nid yw’
Page 45 and 46: nodedig - prestigious; enghraifft n
Page 47 and 48: pellhau - to drift apaprt, to move
Page 49 and 50: posibiliadau - potensial posibl - a
Page 51 and 52: which, on the issue of; y rh. fwyaf
Page 53 and 54: seinegol - phonic selog: s.-ion - s
Page 55 and 56: tan - pending tân: bod ar dân eis
Page 57 and 58: tristwch: gyda thristwch - with reg
Page 59 and 60: uno - to fuse unodi - to identify u
Page 61 and 62: ymhen: y. amser - in time, eventual

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