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Police Academy 27th Jan 2016

28-01-2016 by Gary

Here's the list of vocabulary that occured in this session washed don by St Veran and Petit Chablis thanks to Claudine and J.P. :

to fathom out
to give a wide berth
to spin a yarn
bald
budge
to pry
suction cup
hickey
to nail your colours to the mast
a remnant
skull & crossbones = Jolly Roger
feeling blue
cleavage
light drop keel
ballast
all hands on deck
to take the wind out of someone's sails
there's no room to swing a cat (o'nine tails)
to leave someone high and dry
to be in the doldrums
son of a gun

Next Wednesday, 3rd February will find us back at the former Police Academy in room B4 just on the other side of the corridor.

The theme of the day is the blues. There's a lot of relevant information to be found at the following link :

http://www.history-of-rock.com/blues.htm

The 4 links below are the Story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe who had a large influence on modern rock music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuVzm86oB1Y&list=PLpFyTotXjhv8qQO57c6WnnpTtXQq7HTWC&index=1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvmFcq5OF-k&list=PLpFyTotXjhv8qQO57c6WnnpTtXQq7HTWC&index=2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd9G7qHNv_k&list=PLpFyTotXjhv8qQO57c6WnnpTtXQq7HTWC&index=3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2HlpDEg9F4&index=4&list=PLpFyTotXjhv8qQO57c6WnnpTtXQq7HTWC

Look around the net and research a blues musicien that you find interesting. Then tell us why.

See you Wednesday

Gary