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Police Academy 27th Jan 2016

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