You can do errands without the dead weight. I once had a roommate complain that she just wanted someone with whom to run errands on the weekends.

曾经我有一个室友向我抱怨说，她只是需要有个人在周末陪她跑步。

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Just wanted to tell everyone I have a new roommate.

跟你们说啊，我现在有了一个新室友。

youdao

Or you can see flyers around on campus like roommate wanted, that kind of stuff, so yeah.

你也可以看看校园里的传单，像是找同租室友之类的。

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