меж тем

• МЕЖДУ <МЕЖ obs> ТЕМ{{}}

[PrepP; these forms only; sent adv]

=====

⇒ during the intervening period of time:

- in the meantime;

- meanwhile.

     ♦ Возвратясь с Сенной, он [Раскольников] бросился на диван и целый час просидел без движения. Между тем стемнело... (Достоевский 3). Returning from Sennaya Square, he [Raskolnikov] flung himself on the couch and sat there a whole hour without moving. In the meantime it grew dark... (3a). On returning from the Haymarket, he [Raskolnikov] flung himself on his couch and sat there a whole hour without moving. Meanwhile it grew dark (3b).