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• gwenwynig - poisonous, venomous, toxic
• mynd i’r afael â - to come to grips with, to address
• holi - to question, to inquire, to ask
• hwb - a push, a thrust, a lift up, a push forward
• rhoi hwb - to give a boost to
• hanfodol - crucial, essential, vital
• bygythiad - a threat, a menace
• ymgynghori - to consult, to confer
• terfynol - final
• cynnig - an offer, a proposal, a motion, to offer, to aim, to threaten (I knew about the "an/to offer" meaning, but not the others)
• uno - to amalgamate, to unite, to join
• diswyddiad - a redundancy, a job cut
• wrth gefn - in reserve
• arian wrth gefn - monetary reserves
• buddsoddiad - an investment
• cael gwared ar - to get rid of
• llefarydd - a spokesperson
• diwygio - to amend, to reform, to revise
• gweithredu - to operate, to act, to implement, to accomplish

Overview with where I am with my language books:

• Bora Brav - unit 1/7
• Basic Irish - unit 15/25
• Gaeilge Gan Stró Lower Intermediate - unit 5/15
• Intermediate Welsh - unit 13/40

As you can see from this entry, I've only completed one more unit of Basic Irish and one more unit of Gaeilge Gan Stró this month.

Bora Brav has sort of been put on hold while I focus on my Welsh, Irish, and Chinese for university. I'll have my fourth (and final) Chinese exam in less than a week, so I'm going to mostly focus on that and Irish, as I have an Irish speaking exam in the next two weeks.

I had hoped to finish Basic Irish by the end of 2024, but I'm not sure how realistic that goal is now considering I've still got 10 units left, and the next two weeks at university are going to be spent focusing on my speaking exam, rather than a lot of grammar-based material. I suppose it depends how much I get done over the Christmas holiday. I have an Irish written exam in January to revise for, so maybe I can work on Basic Irish to help me revise for that. I could adjust my goal to finish Basic Irish by the time I start back in lessons at the end of January, rather than by the end of December.

I think our lecturer wanted to finish Gaeilge Gan Stró unit 7 before Christmas, but I think we'll only do maybe some of unit 6. I'm not doing (modern) Irish in university after Christmas so I'm not sure if I'll continue with the book on my own; it doesn't hold my attention as much as Basic Irish. But I might go and sit in on other Irish classes that are going on (depending on my energy levels), so it depends on what their progress is with the book.

Intermediate Welsh is also being put on hold for now, since I don't have any Welsh exams this semester to worry about, and I'm half way through my only home assignment.

For Chinese, I might start looking at my HSK1 workbooks, and/or maybe Chinese For Dummies. I'm hoping to do the Beginners Part 2 class next semester, so I don't want to forget it all over the holiday.

For Welsh and Irish, I'm going to focus on transferring my rough class notes from my notebooks into my neater, better-organised revision notebook. Especially for Irish, since that'll help with the written exam revision. I also want to make some sort of study challenge for over the holidays, since I won't have my usual university timetable to stick to, and I find it quite difficult to manage without some sort of schedule.