turn of the year/decade/century

turn of the year/decade/century
«Поворот года/десятилетия/века». Начало или конец определённого года/десятилетия/века. Таким образом, the turn of the twentieth century — этот период между 1895 г. и 1905 г., когда XIX в. переходил в XX в.

My grandfather was born in 1855 and died about the turn of the century. — Мой дедушка родился в 1855 г., а умер в конце XIX века или в самом начале XX века.

I shall be going to Paris about the turn of the year. — Я поеду в Париж где-то перед Новым годом.


English-Russian dictionary of expressions. 2014.

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