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meantime Noun

— The meantime is the time between two things. Police are checking his story. In the meantime, he remains in jail.

meantime

— adverb (= meanwhile, in the meantime) during the intervening time meanwhile I will not think about the problem meantime he was attentive to his other interests in the meantime the police were notified — noun (= meanwhile) the time between one event, process, or period and another meanwhile the socialists are running the government

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meantime English » English

meanwhile in the meantime interim while for the time being lag interval along the way ad interim pending intermission interlude in the meanwhile entr’acte during between at the same time

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while meanwhile in the meantime

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Simple sentences

What should I do in the meantime?

He'll be back in two hours. In the meantime, let's prepare dinner.

In the meantime, cut the bread into cubes and fry them in hot oil.

In the meantime, we learnt from our mistakes.

In the meantime I've come to understand that this is not such an easy question.

In the meantime, the majority of the Germans demand Wulff's resignation.

In the meantime, the majority of the Germans demand that Wulff resign.

I got up an hour ago and in the meantime I've brushed my teeth, washed and shaved myself and done my morning gymnastics.

A lot has happened in the meantime.

What can I do in the meantime?

In the meantime, outside the palace walls, the poor White Duck swam up and down the pond.

In the meantime you can just put on a sweater if you're cold.

In the meantime, he went to sleep.

Mother was busily cooking; in the meantime, I was just watching TV.

What did you do in the meantime?

The guests won't arrive for an hour. In the meantime, we can set the table.

Movie subtitles

Here, even if Dol Soe is my personal slave, in the meantime he has worked hard in training all of you.

In the meantime, I have a photo shoot set for first thing tomorrow.

In the meantime, I'm sure it takes all your energy just putting one foot in front of the other.

In the meantime, we'll just cut back a little. You know, water down the soup, fewer apples in the pies, slice the meat a little thinner.

Sofren hoped Dame Margarete would stay up in the loft and mayby in the meantime he could meet Mari.

In the meantime, you can wait here for Mr. Krafft.

In the meantime, Countess Muffat, the tepid lover, suffers from melancholic episodes.

In the meantime, the Russian Bolsheviks plundered border villages.

In the meantime, please be seated.

I'll remember it. And in the meantime, thanks.

Meantime, you just forget about Miss Jones.

In the meantime, you expect our children to read of outrage and murder.

And in the meantime it does bring me in a decent income.

In the meantime, you've gotta play the cards the way I deal them, Mac.

But in the meantime, he must surely have thought about other questions in Astronomy.

In the meantime, Henk van de Huist received an invitation from Oxford to give the famous Halley Lecture in May 1953.

In the meantime, get him off the boat and have his baggage examined.

And in the meantime, thanks.

In the meantime, order the immediate arrest of.

But in the meantime, I'm going to do something to give you a chance to get well.

In the meantime, it would be a good moment to vote fresh monies for the war.

In the meantime, be assured of our warm consideration to your sovereign. and to you, his envoy.

In the meantime, you can blow out the candles.

In the meantime, you may wish to repose in Mason jail.

In the meantime have a seat on the banister.

In the meantime, I want you to buck up, get down to work.

I'll talk to you about that later. Meantime, you just forget about Miss Jones.

Meantime, leave everything to me.

In the meantime he wants you to have known Paris.

In the meantime, think of something you'd like for Christmas.

In the meantime, I suppose you'd like some spending money.

Meantime, I believe you hooked your ball.

In the meantime, be cautious.

Suppose another girl came along in the meantime?

In the meantime, something's got to be done about Briggs.

In the meantime, you gotta eat.

In the meantime, two human beings are in the guest room.

News and current affairs

In the meantime, both sides risk disrupting transfer payments (including to the elderly) and the provision of public services, as well as eroding further America's global credit standing.

In the meantime, America went from being a middle-class society to one increasingly divided between rich and poor.

Long-term development may give countries more capacity to soften the impact of climate change on the environment and citizens' health, but in the meantime the planet's poorest people will need help from the rich.

Thus, economic fundamentals will eventually trump speculation, but in the meantime society will have paid a high price.

In the meantime, even dramatic cuts in CO2 emissions will have very little impact on hurricanes 50-100 years from now.

In the meantime, we should not give up on trying to create these bonds.

Many things may change in the meantime.

In the meantime, there is another question to be considered: how many Europeans want Britain to stay in the EU?

In the meantime, if the global economy continues to integrate, will the prospect of Asian unity be enhanced or hindered?

In the meantime, we know that antioxidants can cause unwanted health consequences.

In the meantime, even if the referendum is held and eventually lost under the combined onslaught of bureaucrats, politicians and union bosses, the modernization revolution is alive.

But let them do it separately, and in the meantime let the Union be energized by the improvements that it has already adopted.

In the meantime, the rise of the euro against the dollar creates substantial European pain for manufacturing exporters.

In the meantime, the absence of institutional reform should not be allowed to serve as a pretext for inaction.

Hundreds of millions of people, in the meantime, remain trapped in hunger.

In the meantime, there is important work to be done.

In the meantime, the Treasury would temporarily re-prioritize and slow outgoing payments.

But, in the meantime, governments can call upon the European Central Bank, which the eurozone member states already fully guarantee on a pro rata basis.

In the meantime, I plan to spend more time underground.

In the meantime, some obvious steps should be taken.

In the meantime, China faces another, equally daunting challenge: the United States' growing determination to contain its growing influence.

In the meantime, however, the electoral system makes decisive action possible--and appreciated by the electorate.

In the meantime, the US is opposed to concessionary loans for Argentina from the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank.

In the meantime, adaptation to climate change is critical.

In the meantime, the Tories risk losing their way on a crucial issue - reform of the relationship between the eurozone and non-euro EU members - if they try to use it as leverage to renegotiate the various European treaties.

In the meantime, Article 136 of the existing Treaty on the Functioning of the EU would allow for some preliminary steps, such as the designation of votes at the European Council that are reserved for eurozone countries only.

In the meantime, the agreement has become obsolete; China's economy has nearly doubled in size since the deal was struck.

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