whilst
/waɪlst/ adverb C1- Often preceded by the: During the time; meanwhile.
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“Let us go the same way; we will stop at La Réserve, and we can drink a glass of La Malgue, whilst we wait for news.”
He took up a second letter which had lain unnoticed upon the table whilst he had been absorbed with the first.
Whilst they were talking, a sudden cry of pain was heard.
The police of Marseilles will be on the alert by land, whilst the governor pursues me by sea.
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