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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 [ˌwɛərəˈpɒn]
sentence connector
at which; at which point; upon which
adv
Archaic upon what?
Translations
whereupon [ˈwɛərəpɒn] ADV (frm or liter) → con lo cual, después de lo cual
whereupon hwɛərəˈpɒn] advà la suite de quoi
whereupon [ˌwɛərəˈpɒn] adv (frm) → al che, dopo di 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,
Whereupon the slave was pardoned and freed, and the Lion let loose to his native forest.
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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