āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
meanwhile
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01
āĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻā§, āĻāĻāĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧā§
at the same time but often somewhere else
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The kids played in the backyard, meanwhile the adults prepared the food for the barbecue.
āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧāĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻā§, āĻāĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧā§
during the period of time between two events or while waiting for something to happen
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The car is being repaired. Meanwhile, we can grab lunch.
āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻā§, āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻĻā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤
03
āĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻā§, āĻāĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧā§
in a way that connects or contrasts two simultaneous actions, events, or conditions
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Some employees were adapting well to the new remote work setup; meanwhile, others were facing challenges in staying connected.
āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§ āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻ°āĻŋāĻŽā§āĻ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻāĻĒā§ āĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ
āĻāĻŋāĻ¯ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛; āĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻā§, āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻ°āĻž āĻ¸āĻāĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻšāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
Meanwhile
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He went to the store; in the meanwhile, she cleaned the house.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻā§āĻ˛; āĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻā§, āĻ¸ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
meanwhile
mean
while
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