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[missdaredevil]

1.What is a *syndicated* talk show?

2. to reel
stagger backward: to move in a sudden and uncontrolled fashion, especially backward as if struck by a blow

Is that commonly used?

3.Could anyone use exonerate in a sentence?

4. What is a *unabomber*?

5.vertigo= a condition in which somebody feels a sensation of whirling or tilting that causes a loss of balance

6. What is *de ja voodoo*, voodoo doll?

Could anyone explains more?



6.I'm *running* late=I'm being late?



Thanks

[CP]

1. It means that it is produced like a product that is sold to any radio / television station or network that wants to buy it. It is not just heard on the local station.

2. It's fairly common. It can be used literally, when someone is physically knocked backward, or figuratively: "The sudden breakup with his girlfriend sent Joe reeling." "The economy of Germany is still reeling from the days before the fall of the Berlin Wall."

3. "O.J. Simpson was exonerated of the charge of murder in his criminal trial, but he lost the civil trial for wrongful death."

4. The Unabomer (sometimes spelled "Unabomber") is the name given to the person responsible for mailing explosive devices to people for about 20 years until he was caught. His name is Ted Kaczynski, and he is in prison now. The Federal Bureau of Investigation at first thought that the mail bombings were related to a United Airlines bombing, so it opened a file called "Unabom," short for "United Airlines bombing." It turned out that Kaczynski had nothing to do with the UA bombing, but he did send many mail bombs to academics and businessmen. When his long "manifesto" explaining his political views was published, his brother recognized it as Ted's writing, and he turned him in. He was living in a tiny shack in the wilderness, and he pleaded guilty to some charge, receiving a life sentence without possibility of parole.

5. Vertigo can be caused by a problem with the inner ear. It is sometimes called dizziness, but it is an extreme dizziness that can really incapacitate the person who has it.

6. Where did you see it? Do you have a quote? There is a band called Deja Voodoo -- a pun on the term "deja vu." Is that what you mean?
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[CP]

6, Jr.: When a train is behind schedule, it is running late. When a person is behind schedule, he or she might say, "I'm running late."

"Can you start the meeting without me? I'm running late."
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[missdaredevil]

Thank you so much, Cp, for the super detailed explanations!

[missdaredevil]

[LucentShade]

A manifesto, as you might be able to guess from CP's response, is something that can be written and published. The term "manifesto" usually refers to a long essay that tells its author's thought about some serious political, economic, or religious issue. The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Freidrich Engels is one famous example.

I don't want to sound annoyed, but some of these question could be easily answered by going to some search engine like google.com and typing words like "unabomber" or "manifesto." In fact,

[missdaredevil]

Hello to LucentShade,
I only use Encarta online dictionary. Most words that I look for are relatively new to the dictionary, such as "unabomer". Next time, I will try to google the words before i post the questions.
Regarding the word "manifesto", I did look up the word myself. But in CP's example sentence, it sounds more like a *written statement for the purpose of defending themselves*. By the way, is that what it meant in the context of my example sentence?
Thanks for the suggestion.