快黑的时候 meaning in English

towards evening

A little before dark i passed a farmhouse , at the open door of which the farmer was sitting , eating his supper of bread and cheese
天快黑的时候，我走过一家农户。农夫坐在敞开着的门口，正用面包和奶酪作晚餐。
One day in the third month after my birth , when my dad was playing with me in his arms , he suddenly found a white spot in one of my eyes . as darkness fell , i kept on weeping that made my worried parents to take me to the hospital for examination
在我三个月的时候，一天爸爸抱着我玩,突然发现我的眼睛里有一个白点，到了天快黑的时候我就会不停地哭。
That day he decreased the distance between him and the ship by three miles ; the next day by two ? for he was crawling now as bill had crawled ; and the end of the fifth day found the ship still seven miles away and him unable to make even a mile a day
这一天，他把离船的距离缩短了三英里；第二天，又缩短了二英里? ?因为现在他像比尔一样在爬行；而在第五天天快黑的时候，他估计那条船还在七英里之外，自己却一天连一英里都走不了。