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idioms in progressive forms | Is this sentence "I had emailed you the file." correct?
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At the turn of the century-what does this mean? Mon May 26, 2008 4:14 am  At the turn of the century-what does this mean?
 

Hello everyone,
Please read this sentence :''He was born in the US [at the turn of the century]''
Please tell me the meaning of ''at the turn of the century'' because it doesn't appear in many dictionary I have looked up.[/i]
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At the turn of the century-what does this mean? Mon May 26, 2008 4:31 am  At the turn of the century-what does this mean?
 

It's around the end of an old century or the beginning of a new century. (the old one is turning to the new one)
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