Basic Needs

[bed]
: -s[-s]
Everyday Expressions
n.
a single bed
double bed
bunk beds
twin beds
a 200-bed hospital 200
an apartment with three bed and two sit

n.
I dont feel like bed yet.
n.
a river bed / a flower bed /

bedclothes

bed-and-breakfast

Linguistic Skill
Useful Phrases
--- early to bed and early to rise
--- to wet the bed
--- to keep to ones bed
--- make ones bed
--- go to bed
/ --- put to bed
Idioms & slang
get up from the wrong side of bed ---

 lie in the bed one has made ---

lie on a bed of thorns ---

Communicating Clearly
Street Talks
A: When do you usually go to bed?
B: Around midnight.
A: Oh really? Thats not good. If I were you, Id be early to bed and
early to rise. It will keep you healthy, and wise.
B: Thats you! You never study at night, huh?
A: No, thats not true! I usually read for a while before I go to bed.
A: How much is bed and breakfast in your hotel?
B: Well sir, bed and breakfast costs 20 a night.
A: were looking for a two-bedroom apartment.
B: I have one I think youll find appropriate.

Cultural Focus
Transcripts

Just felt like getting out of bed for a while.

Im going to get out of bed, every morning, and breathe in and out all day
long and then after a while, I wont have to remind myself to get out of bed
in the morning and breathe in and out and then after a while, I wont have
to think about how I had it great and perfect for a while.

Louie: I am in Paris, but you are somewhere else.

Sabrina: Im sorry Louie. I shouldnt have done this.
Louie: I would like to help. But what you have to fix you wont fix it
in bed. You have to fix it here.
Sam: Youre right. Camping is good. Time for bed.
Jonah: Its only 10:00.

 Proverbs
Life isnt a bed of roses.

You have made your bed and you must lie on it.

Quotations
The bed is now as public as the dinner table and governed by the same
rules of formal confrontation.
Angela Carter (1940-92), British author. The Sadeian Woman,"Speculative Finale" (1979).