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Can I use "some irritating dorm staff/trifles" to refer to some small conflicts happening in a dorm? Or do you have more natural expressions?
Can I use "some irritating dorm staff/trifles" to refer to some small conflicts happening in a dorm? Or do you have more natural expressions?
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- Simplified Chinese (China)
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@edwardws: Like a small quarrel between two roommates🤔
- English (US)
@Conniiiiiie "staff" I would interpret as meaning "employees." Did you mean "stuff"? I also don't think "trifles" really sounds natural in this context.
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Oh😖It's a typo. Then can I use "dorm stuff"?🤓
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@Conniiiiiie it could work. Try "dorm drama" or "roommate drama"
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