"before dark" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} before dark, {{en-PP}} before dark
  1. Before night begins to fall. Translations (before night begins to fall): 在黃昏之前 (Chinese Mandarin), 在黄昏之前 (zài huánghūn zhīqián) (Chinese Mandarin), voor donker (Dutch), voordat het donker wordt (Dutch), ennen pimeän tuloa (Finnish), päivän näöllä (Finnish), avant la tombée de la nuit (French), tagsüber (German), untertags (German), πριν από το σούρουπο (prin apó to soúroupo) (Greek), prima del tramonto (Italian), 暮れの前に (yūgure no mae ni) (Japanese), 해거름의 앞에 (haegeoreumui ape) (Korean), a mane usque ad vesperam (Latin), przed zmrokiem (Polish), antes de anoitecer (Portuguese), antes do cair da noite (Portuguese), за́светло (zásvetlo) (Russian), до темноты́ (do temnotý) (Russian), до наступле́ния темноты́ (do nastuplénija temnotý) (Russian), предмрак (Serbo-Croatian), predmrak (Serbo-Croatian), antes de anochecer (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-before_dark-en-prep_phrase-DMXMMPgc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "before night begins to fall",
          "word": "在黃昏之前"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "sense": "before night begins to fall",
          "word": "在黄昏之前"
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "before night begins to fall",
          "word": "voor donker"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "before night begins to fall",
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "before night begins to fall",
          "word": "ennen pimeän tuloa"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "before night begins to fall",
          "word": "päivän näöllä"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "before night begins to fall",
          "word": "avant la tombée de la nuit"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "before night begins to fall",
          "word": "tagsüber"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "before night begins to fall",
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          "lang": "Greek",
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          "sense": "before night begins to fall",
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          "sense": "before night begins to fall",
          "word": "prima del tramonto"
        },
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yūgure no mae ni",
          "sense": "before night begins to fall",
          "word": "暮れの前に"
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "haegeoreumui ape",
          "sense": "before night begins to fall",
          "word": "해거름의 앞에"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "before night begins to fall",
          "word": "a mane usque ad vesperam"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "before night begins to fall",
          "word": "przed zmrokiem"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "before night begins to fall",
          "word": "antes de anoitecer"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "before night begins to fall",
          "word": "antes do cair da noite"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zásvetlo",
          "sense": "before night begins to fall",
          "word": "за́светло"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "do temnotý",
          "sense": "before night begins to fall",
          "word": "до темноты́"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "do nastuplénija temnotý",
          "sense": "before night begins to fall",
          "word": "до наступле́ния темноты́"
        },
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "before night begins to fall",
          "word": "предмрак"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "before night begins to fall",
          "word": "predmrak"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "before night begins to fall",
          "word": "antes de anochecer"
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  "word": "before dark"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "before night begins to fall",
      "word": "在黃昏之前"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zài huánghūn zhīqián",
      "sense": "before night begins to fall",
      "word": "在黄昏之前"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "before night begins to fall",
      "word": "voor donker"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "before night begins to fall",
      "word": "voordat het donker wordt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "before night begins to fall",
      "word": "ennen pimeän tuloa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "before night begins to fall",
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "before night begins to fall",
      "word": "avant la tombée de la nuit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "before night begins to fall",
      "word": "tagsüber"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "before night begins to fall",
      "word": "untertags"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "prin apó to soúroupo",
      "sense": "before night begins to fall",
      "word": "πριν από το σούρουπο"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "before night begins to fall",
      "word": "prima del tramonto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yūgure no mae ni",
      "sense": "before night begins to fall",
      "word": "暮れの前に"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "haegeoreumui ape",
      "sense": "before night begins to fall",
      "word": "해거름의 앞에"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "before night begins to fall",
      "word": "a mane usque ad vesperam"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "before night begins to fall",
      "word": "przed zmrokiem"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "before night begins to fall",
      "word": "antes de anoitecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "before night begins to fall",
      "word": "antes do cair da noite"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zásvetlo",
      "sense": "before night begins to fall",
      "word": "за́светло"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "do temnotý",
      "sense": "before night begins to fall",
      "word": "до темноты́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "do nastuplénija temnotý",
      "sense": "before night begins to fall",
      "word": "до наступле́ния темноты́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "before night begins to fall",
      "word": "предмрак"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "before night begins to fall",
      "word": "predmrak"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "before night begins to fall",
      "word": "antes de anochecer"
    }
  ],
  "word": "before dark"
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