while jelentése

while jelentése: conjunction, noun

1 A2 míg, amíg, mialatt, miközben

I read it while you were drying your hair.

While I was in Italy, I went to see Alessandro.

I thought I heard him come in while we were having dinner.

"I'm going to the post office." "While you're there, can you get me some stamps?"

2 B1 míg ellenben (összehasonlítás)

He gets fifty thousand pounds a year while I get only twenty!

Tom is very confident while Katy is shy and quiet.

3 B2 bár, habár, noha, jóllehet; annak ellenére hogy also UK formal: whilst

While I accept that he's not perfect in many respects, I do actually quite like the man.

While I fully understand your point of view, I do also have some sympathy with Michael's.

while jelentése – kifejezések:

(every) once in a while B2 nagy néha

We do go to the beach once in a while.

a while B1 egy (rövid) idő

I only stayed for a short while.

You were there a while, weren't you?

"When did that happen?" "Oh, it was a while ago".

After a while, Roberto came back inside.

I haven't seen him for a while.

I'll be fine in a while.

be worth your while C2 megéri az időt/fáradságot

It's worth your while taking out travel insurance before you travel.

It isn't worth my while going all that way just for one day.

quite a while B1 jó kis ideje/ideig

I hadn't seen Rebecca in quite a while.

It took quite a while to clean out the garage.

Hosszú időtartam – Rövid időtartam – Egy időben, közben – Néha, alkalomszerűen – Hasznos, előnyös – Vagy, de, ellenben