overcast, dawn, predawn, breaking dawn half-dawn', at the crack of dawn,

Shakespeare was (we think) born #OTD in 1564. He “belonged to a period of half-dawn, when an old order and its panorama of life were fading or crumbling and a new one was only fitfully taking shape”, according to Victor Kiernan.

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You May Bite the Bride

The “Twilight” saga continues with “Breaking Dawn — Part I.”

8 夜が明ける. ▼主語はday, morningなど

Day breaks.
夜が明ける.

After an Earlier Misstep, a Minutely Planned Raid

By AL BAKER and JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN 5:19 PM ET

The predawn action was an almost military-style operation that involved hundreds of police officers.

Divided Italy celebrates 150 years of unity

Its 150 years since Italy became a unified country, and official
celebrations have begun. But the nation's party spirit is distinctly
overcast as skeptics argue that Italy remains as divided as ever.

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Solar Valley Rises in an Overcast Land
By MARK LANDLER
Thanks to its aggressive push into renewable energies, cloud-wreathed Germany has become an unlikely leader in the race to harness the sun’s energy.


'The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers, And heavily in clouds brings on the day, The great, th' important day--?'

at the crack

Adj. Very early in the morning. Truncated form of 'at the crack of dawn'.

As we had a 12 hour car journey ahead of us, we had to be up at the crack.

overcast
(ō'vər-kăst', ō'vər-kăst')
adj.

1. 1. Covered or obscured, as with clouds or mist.
   2. Clouded over.
2. Gloomy; melancholy.
3. Sewn with long, overlying stitches in order to prevent raveling, as the raw edges of fabric.

n. (ō'vər-kăst')

1. A covering, as of mist or clouds.
2. An arch or support for a passage over another passage in a mine.
3. A cast made in fishing that falls beyond the point intended.
4. An overcast stitch or seam.

v., -cast, -cast·ing, -casts. (ō'vər-kăst', ō'vər-kăst') v.tr.

1. To make cloudy or gloomy.
2. To cast beyond (the intended point) with a fishing rod.
3. To sew with long, overlying stitches.

v.intr.
To become cloudy or gloomy.

[形]

1 一面に曇った；どんよりした；《気象》（本）曇りの

an overcast day
本曇りの日.

2 陰うつな

an overcast face
陰うつな顔.

3 《裁縫》かがり縫いの.

━━[名][U]《気象》曇り.

━━[動] 〔–, –〕 （-cast）(他)

1 …を一面雲でおおう；〈人を〉（悲しみなどで）暗くする, 陰うつにする((with ...)).

2 〈縁を〉かがり縫いする.

━━(自)曇る, 暗くなる.