Usage of "bed-making"

испанский

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

make the bed

Использование термина bed-making на английском

All the boys do their own dishwashing, sweeping and bed-making. 
 The Iron Puddler: My Life in the Rolling Mills and What Came of ... 

I am also constantly amazed at Annabelle's bed-making technique. 
 You say tomato, I say shut up 

Winnie, the maid, was as strong as a post, and wore them all out in bed-making. 
 Mary Anerley: A Yorkshire Tale 

There is no better exercise to expand the figure and to beautify the shape than is bed-making. 
 Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children 

The girls complained of backache from bed-making, and fiery sensations in their feet from standing all day. 
 Atonement 

Bea was competent; there was no household labor except sewing and darning and gossipy assistance to Bea in bed-making. 
 Main Street 

She says she spends the whole of her time in the ward kitchen, except for bed-making and washing patients. 
 A Patriotic Schoolgirl 

During the first days in Vermont, it had seemed a magnificence to her that she need never think of dish-washing or bed-making. 
 The Bent Twig 

William finished his bed-making with his usual frown of concentration, then, lying down, fell at once into the deep sleep of childish innocence. 
 More William 

As a safety measure, the automatic bed-making function won't work if someone is in the bed and the entire process takes about 50 seconds. 
 Ebony 

They went on to the upstairs work and Val received his first lesson in the art of bed-making under his sister's extremely critical tuition. 
 Ralestone Luck 

"You'll excuse me mentioning such things," she continued, "but there's the washing-up and bed-making." 
 Essays in Rebellion 

"Our folks better watch out," cautioned Mary Furniss, "I'm to learn bed-making, and I have to leave home at six-thirty. 
 The Girl Scout Pioneers; Or, Winning the First B. C. 

Частые словосочетания

automatic bed-making

Translations for bed-making

испанский

hacer la cama tender la cama

Bed-making через время

Язык интерфейса

Значения термина bed-making на английском