他终于意识到她一直在开玩笑。

It finally ___dawned ___on him that she’d been joking.

他意识到，无论出于什么原因，他现在独自一人在城市里。

It ___dawned ___on him that for whatever the reason he was now alone in the city.

经过多年的否认，真相终于被她意识到。

The truth ___dawned ___on her after years of denial.