- c'était une chose douloureuse pour moi que de revenir au crépuscule
En face, sous une voûte ténébreuse menant à l'un des passages qui partaient de la rue, se tenait en observation un individu aposté en ce lieu depuis le commencement de la soirée et qui y était resté sans perdre patience, le dos appuyé contre l
2. n. Demi-jour. Faible clarté.
3. v. Éclairer faiblement, comme au crépuscule.
4. adj. Qui relève de l'aurore ou du crépuscule ou y ressemble.
1. n. The soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth’s atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflect
I could just make out her face in the twilight.
2. n. The time when this light is visible; the period between daylight and darkness.
It was twilight by the time I got back home.
3. n. (astronomy) The time when the sun is less than 18° below the horizon.
4. n. Any faint light through which something is seen; an in-between or fading condition.
The twilight of one's life
5. adj. Pertaining to or resembling twilight; faintly illuminated; obscure.
1. n. The time of the day between dusk and night, when it gets dark.
2. n. The time of the day between the approximate time of midwinter dusk and midnight (compare afternoon); the period after the end of regular office working hours.
3. n. (figuratively) A concluding time period; a point in time near the end of something; the beginning of the end of something.