それで: meaning and usage

How to form it

• sentence+。それで、+sentence
• clause+、それで+clause

How it is used

(1) What came before is the reason for what follows: 'and so'; the result is something that has happened, not usually an order or request. (2) In conversation, urging someone to go on: 'And then?'. It sounds softer than 「だから」.

Examples

1. 去年の夏に病気をして、 それでバイトも辞めちゃったんです。

   I got sick last summer, and because of that I quit my part-time job too.

2. 電車が止まっていた。それで、会議に遅れてしまった。

   The trains had stopped, so I was late for the meeting.

3. 「駅で昔の友達に会ったんだ。」「へえ、それで？」

   'I ran into an old friend at the station.' 'Oh really? And then?'