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Meanings of flatmate in English

Russian
сосед по комнате
Portuguese
colega de quarto
Spanish
roomie
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Person with whom one shares a living facility.

сосед по комнате
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Examples for "roommate"
Examples for "roommate"
1
Sue's thoughts were brought back to the present by her roommate's question.
All the pretty dead girls
2
I thought it was the roommate of our friend with the eyes.
Under the Andes
3
A 3rd roommate arrived the day before Nina was to go home.
The new yorker
4
Can't wait to see everyone! Ivory's roommate Jen had met Aubrey once.
Are you there, vodka? it's me, chelsea
5
Her roommate's words rang in her mind all through the magician's performance.
The manning grooms: bride on the loose\same time, next year
1
He had used it to make a welcome mat for his roomie.
The Big U
2
Oh, not kicked out because he was a bad roomie or whatever.
The double bind
3
Can you imagine anything much more distracting than your roomie having a Wii?
Wired
4
She liked being the roomie of a famous, if unemployable, man.
Dayworld Breakup
5
That same week he'd asked me to be his roomie.
Cross Bones
1
While a spouse pays no inheritance tax on the death of a partner, a cohabitee does.
The Guardian
2
A cohabitee, even with children, may have no financial claim against an ex-partner's house, no matter how long they have been together.
The Guardian
3
For the first time, the law on barring and protection orders is extended to include cohabitees and their children.
The Irish Times
4
In fact, the vast majority of breakups involving children in recent years has occurred among cohabitees instead of married couples.
The South African
5
The relevant provision does not affect married couples, only unmarried cohabitees who co-own a property with the deeds in their joint names.
The Irish Times
1
But the more she surfed the other four-thefurther she dug into their histories-thestranger the Princeton suitemate scandals became.
Caught
2
Gwen got high at parties and on weekends-butnot before or instead of classes or as a daily ritual like some of her suitemates did.
Stash
Usage of flatmate in English
1
My flatmate is from Iceland, and he suddenly had to go home.
The Guardian
2
My flatmate met hers first And I got off with his friend.
The Guardian
3
In the movies, gunmen always rob liquor stores, my flatmate had said.
Radio NZ
4
Years ago I lived with a woman in a flatmate situation.
The Irish Times
5
A flatmate in Streatham, south London, said she had moved out.
The Guardian
6
So she asks her flatmate; did anything strange happen that night?
Radio NZ
7
I do not remember arriving at Tink's house, nor where her flatmate went.
Smoke and mirrors: short fictions and illusions
8
However, he would now like to have a flatmate in the spare room.
The Irish Times
9
There were prettier women-Diana ,myflatmate, was certainly far more beautiful.
An impartial witness: a bess crawford mystery
10
So she went home and told her flatmate to audition instead.
The Guardian
11
She could hear the shower, which meant that her flatmate was already up.
Anansi Boys
12
It is a private lease between my flatmate and me and our landlord.
The Irish Times
13
We took the train; my old flatmate picked us up at the station.
The Irish Times
14
Napkins made me think of my friend Patton, Ben's old flatmate.
Twenty fragments of a ravenous youth
15
Her old flatmate is on the run from people he has ripped off.
The Guardian
16
Some years ago my brother was flatmate to a sniper.
The Irish Times
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Spanish
roomie
Flatmate through the time
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