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daylight ['deɪlaɪt]∎ before daylight avant l'aube(b) (light of day) jour m, lumière f du jour;∎ it was still daylight il faisait encore jour;∎ in daylight de jour;∎ in broad daylight en plein jour;∎ daylight hours heures durant lesquelles il fait jour;∎ figurative to put daylight between oneself and sb distancer qn;∎ to put daylight between two teams creuser l'écart entre deux équipes;∎ figurative to begin to see daylight (approach end of task) commencer à voir le bout (du tunnel); (begin to understand) commencer à voir clair;∎ familiar it's daylight robbery c'est du vol pur et simple∎ to beat or to thrash or to knock the living daylights out of sb tabasser qn;∎ familiar to scare or to frighten the living daylights out of sb flanquer une trouille bleue à qn►► daylight saving (time) heure f d'été
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