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asio – to bring together, to dovetail astudfa – study room astudio – to look at, to examine; a a.-ir – under scrutiny/review/study; a.’n ofalus – to scrutinise; a.’r cyfryngau – media studies at: aethant ati – they set about; mynd/bwrw ati – to proceed to; ac ati – and so on, etc; at hynny – moreover, what is more atal – to halt, to arrest, to call a halt to ateb: a. dros dro – a temporary expedient; fel a. i’r ddadl/i a. y ddadl – as a counter to the argument; a.-ion i holiadur – questionnaire returns; a. anghenion – to meet needs; a. eu diben – to serve their purpose atebol – accountable atebolrwydd – accountability ategu – to supplement, to complement, to reinforce, to back up, to uphold, to corroborate; i a. dadl – in support of an argument ategol – follow-up, supportive atgyweirio – to mend atodi – to annexe atodiad – addition, adjunct atodlen – appendix, annexe atodol – ancilliary, follow-up, subsidiary, back(-)up awch – urge; darllen gydag a. – to read avidly awchu: a. am gael anifail anwes – to be desperate for a pet awchus – avid, voracious; bwyta’n a. – to eat greedily awdur – writer awdurdodi – to sanction awdurdodol – authoritarian awen: cymryd yr a.-au – to take control/the lead awgrym – indication awgrymog – significant, loaded with significance; sylw a. – a tantalising observation/comment awgrymu – to imply, to point to; allech chi a. syniad? – could you come up with an idea? awr: yn a. ac yn y man – periodically, sporadically, once in a while, now and then; yn a. – at this point; bob a. o’r dydd a’r nos/24 awr y dydd – round the clock awyddus – anxious, keen; maent yn a. dros ben i weld ... – they very much want to see... awyr: a. agored – outdoor bach: b. iawn – negligible; yn y bore b. – (very) early in the morning bachog – pithy, catchy, snappy, punchy; ymadrodd b. – a neat phrase bachu: b. ar y cyfle – to seize the opportunity bai: byddwn ar fai – it would be remiss of me, I would be in the wrong; nid ar ... y mae’r b. am – ... cannot be blamed for; rhoi/bwrw’r b. ar – to blame baich: bod yn fwy o faich na – to be more demanding than balch: bod yn falch o – to take pride in, to be pleased/relieved to; bod yn falch o gael (y) cyfle i – to value the opportunity to balchder: bod yn destun b. i – to be a matter of gratification to ban: o bedwar b. y byd – from around the world, from every corner/all four corners of the earth barcud: cadw llygad b. ar – to keep a close eye/watch on, to keep a watchful eye on, to monitor closely/ rigorously barddiaeth (?) – poetism barn: bod o’r farn fod/mai – to be of the view that; yr oeddent o’r un farn â mi – they shared my opinion barnu – to deem; a b. wrth – when judged by; gan farnu – taking the view that; b. drostynt eu hunain a ddylent – to use their own judgement as to whether they should; a b. wrth – judging by bathu – to devise bawd: bod o dan y fawd – to be hen-pecked becso: paid â gadael i hwnnw dy fecso di – don’t let it get to you beichiogi – to become/fall pregnant beichus – demanding bendigedig – splendid, wonderful, marvellous bendithiol – beneficial berw – commotion; bod yn ferw o weithgarwch/yn ferw gwyllt/yn ferw o brysurdeb – to be a hive of activity 6
laen: o’r radd flaenaf – top flight, of the highest calibre; bod ymhell/dipyn ar y b. – to out-distance, to outrun; bod ar y b. i – to be in advance of/ahead/in front of, to have overtaken, to triumph over; yn mynd yn eu b. – underway; mynd yn eu blaen – to progress; o’r b. – before, previously; cadw’r ystyriaethau hyn ar flaen y meddwl – to keep such considerations to the fore; o’u b. – facing them; bod ar flaen y gad – to lead the way, to pioneer; y dydd o’r b. – the other day; ar flaenau eu traed – on tiptoe, on the tips of their toes; symud proses yn ei b. – to move a process along; wrth iddynt fynd yn eu b. – as they go along; ac yn y b. – and so on, and so forth, and so on and so forth, etc blaengarwch – initiative blaenllaw – leading; lle b. – prominence; ystyriaeth flaenllaw – a prime consideration; mwyaf b. – leading, foremost blaenori: gweithgarwch sy’n b. gwaith rhif – pre-number activity; Dyfed (neu’r siroedd a’i b.-ai/odd) – Dyfed (or its precursor counties) blaenoriaeth – a primary objective; cael b. – to take precedence blaenoriaethu – to prioritise blas: cael b. ar – to enjoy blasu – to savour; cyrsiau b. – taster courses blêr – slipshod blewyn: o drwch (y) b. – by a whisker, marginally; sydd wedi llwyddo o drwch b. – who/which/that has/have barely/only just succeeded; ennill o drwch b. – to win by the smallest/slenderest/narrowest of margins; siarad heb flewyn ar eu tafod – to speak frankly/without mincing matters/in (very) forthright terms; blin: bod yn flin fel tincer – to be in a foul mood/temper blino: paid â gadael i hwnnw dy flino di – don’t let it get to you; wedi b.’n lân – exhausted, worn out bloc: b.-iau dewis – option blocks blodeuo – to blossom blwyddyn: cwrs b. – a one-year course bod – to constitute, to form, to be located/situated, to form, to represent, to occur, to serve as/to; b. â/ag – to have, to possess; nid dadlau yr ydym/(yd)wyf o blaid – that is not to argue in favour of; nag yw – than is the case (when); b. yn broblem – to pose a problem; b.-au dynol – humans; ymhell o fod yn hawdd/rhwydd – far from easy; digwyddiadau a fu – events that have taken place; pa mor bwysig yw chwilio – how important it is to look/search for, the importance of looking/searching for; ni fydd yn syndod – it will come as no surprise; boed i hynny barhau – long may that continue; os oes/bydd angen – if/where the need arises; pan fo/fydd angen – when the need arises; a oedd i fod i – which was/were supposed/due to; yr oedi a fu – the delay experienced; nid oes ganddynt – they lack; b. heb – to lack; nid oes fawr o ddiben iddynt – they serve little purpose; b. yn broblem/yn fygythiad – to pose a problem/threat; beth sy(dd)/beth sy’n b.? – what’s up/wrong?; doedd dim ... i fod – ... was not an option bodloni: b. ar – to settle for; rhaid b. ar ... – ... will have to suffice; b.-wyd ar – there was merely, they contented themselves with; b. meini prawf – to meet/fulfil criteria; b. gofynion – to suit requirements; b.’r safon – to be up to standard bodoli: yn b. – existing, extant bodd: bod wrth fodd calon pawb – to be universally acclaimed; yr oeddent wrth eu b. – they were delighted/ thrilled/very happy (indeed); maent wrth eu b. mewn cyfweliad – they thoroughly enjoy an interview; gobeithio y cewch chi noson wrth eich b. – (we) hope you have a great night out boddfa: bod yn foddfa o chwys – to be sweating profusely boddhaol: darllen yn foddhaol – to read competently (?) boddi – to swamp; b. yn ymyl y lan – to just lose/miss out bôn: yn y b. – basically; nerth b. braich – physical/brute strength; mae angen ei newid o’r bôn i’r brig – it needs/requires fundamental change bondigrybwyll – ubiquitous boneddigaidd – respectful bore: yn fore – early; ben b. – at the crack of dawn boregodwr – an early riser/bird botwm: (peidio â) mali b. corn am – to care little for braenaru: b.’r tir – to prepare the ground, to do the groundwork braf – pleasing; mae hi mor b. eu gweld – it’s so good to see them; mae hi’n b. iawn eu gweld – it’s great to see them; newid b. – a refreshing change braidd – somewhat; b. yn flêr – a bit scruffy bras: syniad b. – a crude indication; canllawiau b. – broad guidelines; rhaglen fras – a draft programme; yn fras – broadly speaking brasgyfeirio: b. at – to make token reference to 7
Page 1 and 2: a: a’r canlyniad yw eu bod yn ...
Page 3 and 4: amheus - dubious, questionable, of
Page 5: arbed: cwpon a. arian - money-off c
Page 9 and 10: ychan: camp nid b. - no mean feat b
Page 11 and 12: calonogi - to boost (some)one’s m
Page 13 and 14: clod: bod yn glod i - to reflect we
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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