She woke up early in the morning.

Meaning: She arose from sleep at an hour before the customary time in the morning.

Choice of Words: Woke up means to stop sleeping and become conscious. Early means happening or occurring before the usual or expected time. Morning is the period of time from sunrise to noon.

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The girl opened her eyes before the sun was high.

Meaning: This sentence describes a specific female who moved her eyes apart to create a space or passage before the sun was at a high position in the sky, typically indicating a later time of day.

Choice of Words: The girl is the subject of the sentence and refers to a specific female. Opened is the past tense of the verb "open" and means to move something apart to create a space or passage. Her eyes refers to the female's eyes. Before means happening or existing earlier in time than something else. The sun was high means the sun was at a high position in the sky, typically indicating a later time of day.

At the break of dawn, she stirred from her slumber.

Meaning: This sentence describes a specific female who made a slight movement, often indicating waking up from sleep, at the time of day when the first light of the sun appears in the sky, typically before sunrise.

Choice of Words: At the break of dawn means the time of day when the first light of the sun appears in the sky, typically before sunrise. She is the subject of the sentence and refers to a specific female. Stirred means to move slightly or make a slight movement, often indicating waking up from sleep. From her slumber means from her sleep.

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