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Katrinarc Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Snoking ranks

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But California was where the cult of the perfect body began and remained most frenzied: the birthplace of triathletes, personal trainers and the 24-hour gym; a place where celebrities have their Ferraris valet-parket at trendy sports clubs and smoking ranks higher in the list of no-no's than drowning kittens.
  

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Definition of RANK ... intransitive verb 1 : to form or move in ranks 2 : to take or have a position in relation to others <ranks first in her class> smoking ranks higher in the list of no-no's than drowning kittens. in the list of things that are regarded as 'absolutely not to be done', the practice of smoking is placed closer to the top of the list than the practice of killing kittens by drowning them.

  • Definition of RANK ...
  • intransitive verb 1 : to form or move in ranks 2 : to take or have a position in relation to others <ranks first in her class> smoking ranks higher in the list of no-no's than drowning kittens.
  • in the list of things that are regarded as 'absolutely not to be done', the practice of smoking is placed closer to the top of the list than the practice of killing kittens by drowning them.
  • Does that make it more clear?
  • CJ
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Definition of RANK
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intransitive verb
1
: to form or move in ranks
2
: to take or have a position in relation to others <ranks first in her class>

smoking ranks higher in the list of no-no's than drowning kittens.

... in the list of things that are regarded as 'absolutely not to be done', the practice of smoking is placed closer to

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