The rooster in your backyard wakes you up every morning at the crack of dawn.(每天黎明時分后院的公雞會叫醒你。)

At night she would hide herself in the cloak-room to study; ax the crack of dawn she would sit on the landing with a book.(夜里她躲在廁所里邊讀書，天將明的時候，她就坐在樓梯口。)

We have to get up at the crack of dawn.(我們不得不在破曉時起床。)

Helli: ok! Say no more... I would also have woken up at the crack of dawn to get to the bathroom first!(知道了！無須多說…那樣的話如果我需要第一個進浴室也得在破曉時分起床了！)

These days they were up at the crack of dawn.(這些天他們在破曉時就起床。)

If you don't need to get up at the crack of dawn, turn off the alarm clock.(如果你不需要破曉起床，那么關閉鬧鐘。)

Paolo:You're lucky! I had to get up at the crack of dawn when I was at university.(你真幸運！我在上大學時必須在破曉十分就起床。)

Some people can spring out of bed at the crack of dawn and slip right into a pair of sneakers without stopping for coffee.(有些人能在黎明時分跳下床，迅速地穿上運動鞋，連喝杯咖啡的時間都沒有就走了。)

A couple went on vacation to a fishing resort up north. The husband liked to fish at the crack of dawn; the wife preferred to read.(一對夫妻在往北的釣魚勝地度假。丈夫喜歡在拂曉時釣魚，妻子則喜歡讀書。)

One week later, I lived in the den of my grandparents' apartment, got up at the crack of dawn and worked in a place where I was so intimidated that I didn't get up to go to the bathroom.(而畢業一個星期后，我搬到祖父母公寓的一個小房間里，天剛擦亮就起床，工作的時候嚇得都不敢站起來去上廁所。)