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Meanings of make the bed in English

Spanish
hacer la cama
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Arranging the bedsheets and other bedding on a bed, to prepare it for use.

hacer la cama
Usage of make the bed in English
1
Take off that pink thing and I'll help you make the bed.
Star-Dust: A Story of an American Girl
2
Turn the mattresses daily, and make the bed smoothly and carefully.
The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking / Adapted to Domesti...
3
To make the bed, clear the ground of twigs and stones.
Camping For Boys
4
Wait a bit-I'llmake the bed, and you can lie down.
The Idiot
5
Then he went in with her, and showed her how to make the bed.
The Hunted Woman
6
After lumps are broken use the rake to make the bed fine and smooth.
The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
7
Better make the bed look as it had looked before.
The Lion's Mouse
8
In the morning he insisted that I make the bed.
High on arrival
9
Subsequently one or two light surface forkings will help to make the bed mellow.
The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots / 16t...
10
If it wasn't for business, she would be the one to make the bed.
Don't Cry Tai Lake
11
Tonight I and Sanchicha make the bed for us 'ere.
Sally Dows
12
Could not one servant harness the mule, wait at dinner, and make the bed?
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
13
He does not, however, make the bed or sweep or dust his employer's room.
Book of Etiquette, Volume II
14
Besides, I think I forgot to make the bed that last morning at your house.
Layover in dubai
15
I make the bed quickly, pulling the top sheet taut, so it almost has corners.
Four: The Son
16
Again there was not time to make the bed.
The Happy Foreigner
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Translations for make the bed
Make the bed through the time
Make the bed across language varieties
United States of America
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United Kingdom
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