Durante el tiempo que falta hasta que ocurra otra cosa.
During the time until something else happens.
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La cena se retrasa; mientras tanto, toma un poco de pan. — Dinner is late; in the meantime, have some bread.
Mientras tanto, nadie sabía dónde estaban las llaves. — Meantime, nobody knew where the keys were.
Ella seguía hablando y, mientras tanto, la sopa se enfriaba. — She kept talking, and meantime the soup got cold.
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