We were ready to leave before daylight.

我们准备在黎明前离开。

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Some time before daylight something took one of the baits that were behind him.

离天亮还有点时候，有什么东西咬住了他背后的一个鱼饵。

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It was cold now in the time before daylight and he pushed against the wood to be warm.

眼下正当破晓前的时分，天气很冷，他把身子紧贴着木船舷来取暖。

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Robert Jordan could walk well enough himself and he knew from following him since before daylight that the old man could walk him to death.

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"The smugglers were trying to pick these up before daylight, but there was probably an agent in the area, " Adame said, explaining why the smugglers on the U.S. side never collected the canisters that pockmarked the tilled land.

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O'Gara converted and stroked a drop-goal through the posts shortly after to create some daylight before Paterson's fifth penalty narrowed the gap to four points.

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