近代まで
until [down to] modern times
…までに
before.
go so [as] far as to commit theft
go to the length(s) of committing theft
読み方 まで
1
[時](From morning) till (night); (from 8) to (12):(現在まで)till (now); to (this day); up to (the present):(過去のある時まで)up to (that time):(未来のある時まで)till, until (that time):(過去より現在まで)(from that time) down to (the present time):(未来のある時までに限り)not later than (the end of the month):(未来のある時までどうするに及ばぬ)(not) before (the end of the month, etc.)
2
[場所](From Tokyo) to (Kyoto); up to (some mark); as far as (some place)
3
[程度]To (the end); up to (100 yen); down to (the lowest people); as far as, so far as (some limit)