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к концу первого года жизни

English translation: By the time he turned one


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Russian term or phrase:к концу первого года жизни
English translation:By the time he turned one
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10:43 Dec 8, 2011
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Russian term or phrase: к концу первого года жизни
Уильям Сидис научился писать к концу первого года жизни, на четвёртом году жизни он прочел Гомера в оригинале, в шесть лет изучил аристотелевскую логику, в семь лет сдал экзамен Гарвардской медицинской школы по анатомии

к концу первого года жизни - by the end of his first year of life - так говорят?
translato
Local time: 06:49
By the time he turned one
Explanation:
Would be appropriate, I think.
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MariyaN
United States
Local time: 23:49
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +8by his first birthday
BitDavid
4 +2by the end of first year of his life
Jonatan Krovitsky
4 +1by the time he was oneTheodora OB
5by age one // by one year of age
Svetlana Potton
4By the time he turned oneMariyaN
3Before he was one year old
Mikhail Kropotov


Discussion entries: 2





  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +8
by his first birthday


Explanation:
я думаю, подходит в данном контексте

BitDavid
Local time: 07:49
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Vaddy Peters: it really sounds neat though in Japan for example they count birthdays in a different way
14 mins
agree  Ian Mansbridge: definitely the best option.
50 mins
agree  Theodora OB
1 hr
agree  splotnik
1 hr
agree  Leigh Mosley
2 hrs
neutral  MariyaN: Sounds nice, but there is one problem: his first birthday was the day he was born, not the day he turned one.
4 hrs
agree  Natalia Tsumakova
4 hrs
agree  cyhul
1 day16 hrs
agree  Judith Hehir
2 days11 hrs
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
by the end of first year of his life


Explanation:
по моему life не должно висеть отдельно

Jonatan Krovitsky
Israel
Local time: 06:49
Native speaker of: Native in HebrewHebrew, Native in RussianRussian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dmitry Kornyukhov
3 mins
neutral  Vaddy Peters: the first or of his first year
11 mins
agree  Mohd shadab
1 hr
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Before he was one year old


Explanation:
Before he was one year old, Leonard Bernstein played his first piano note.

At six months of age, William J. Sidis, Jr., the son of a psychiatrist, knew the alphabet.

Mikhail Kropotov
Russian Federation
Local time: 07:49
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 124

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Vaddy Peters: being a toddler
14 mins
  -> Really now. What does that have to do with my answer?
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
by the time he was one


Explanation:
more colloquial

Theodora OB
Local time: 04:49
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Natalia Tsumakova: by the time he turned one
6 hrs
  -> Thank you
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
By the time he turned one


Explanation:
Would be appropriate, I think.

MariyaN
United States
Local time: 23:49
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian
PRO pts in category: 4
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
by age one // by one year of age


Explanation:
Wow, that is amazing. By age one he already could write. I wonder at what age he started to talk.

Anyway, most of the answers are correct. Mine is just another version (very common phrase).


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    Reference: http://www.babyyourbaby.org/infants/baby-teeth.php
    Reference: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7315884/Babies-...
Svetlana Potton
United States
Local time: 20:49
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
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