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emmaprad · 05-09-2007, 09:12 PM

Hi everybody.
This is a phrase from an interview, I think it's rather informal.

"I guess he's a policeman, but it seems to me is one rank up from dogcatcher."

I've some problems to understand "is one rank up from".
Which construction is it? Which is the meaning?
Thanks a lot
Emma

05-09-2007, 09:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
emmaprad Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 30 emmaprad is an unknown character at this point	A construction I can't understand... maybe colloquial Hi everybody. This is a phrase from an interview, I think it's rather informal. "I guess he's a policeman, but it seems to me is one rank up from dogcatcher." I've some problems to understand "is one rank up from". Which construction is it? Which is the meaning? Thanks a lot Emma
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