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whereupon

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where·up·on  (hwâr-pn, -pôn, wâr-)
conj.
1. On which.
2. In close consequence of which: The instructor entered the room, whereupon we got to our feet.
whereupon
conj
at which point: they sentenced him to death, whereupon he fainted
Translations

whereupon [wɛərəˈpɔn] conj → con lo cual, después de lo cual
whereupon [wɛərəˈpɔn] adv → sur quoi, et sur ce
whereupon [wɛərəˈpɔn] where conj → worauf
whereupon [wɛərəˈpɔn] adv → al che


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But the creatures ran off a second time, before I could seize them; whereupon there was a great shout in a very shrill accent, and after it ceased I heard one of them cry aloud TOLGO PHONAC; when in an instant I felt above a hundred arrows discharged on my left hand, which, pricked me like so many needles; and besides, they shot another flight into the air, as we do bombs in Europe, whereof many, I suppose, fell on my body,
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Whereupon the slave was pardoned and freed, and the Lion let loose to his native forest.
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I was so foolish as to persist, begging to know why, then, they were not made in two equal pieces; whereupon I was shunned.
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