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Grammar detail: たところ

たところ  After doing X, the outcome was Y; Y occurred just as X came to an end
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ところ
means
After doing X, the outcome was Y; Y occurred just as X came to an end
There are two distinct meanings to this expression. It can be used to describe that after doing X, the outcome was Y.
This first example below, could be translated to "After checking the information, everything adds up."
この
じょうほう
情報
しら
調
べた
ところ
まちが
間違
いない

This information checks out all right.
配達されてきたものを確認したところ in the next example could be worded "After checking the delivered items, ..."
はいたつ
配達
されてきた
もの
かくにん
確認
した
ところ
ちゅうもん
注文
していない
Tシャツ
はい
ってました

As I checked your delivery that I received, I found it included a T-shirt which I did not order.
およ
いで
みずうみ
おうだん
横断
した
ところほとんど
まい
ってしまった

Swimming across the lake almost finished me.
The expression is often combined with てみる, to form てみたところ to express "After trying X, or doing and seeing X the outcome was Y".
レシピどおり
つく
って
みたところ
おい
美味
しく
できました
After making it as per the recipe, it turned out nice.
ゲーム
さんか
参加
して
みたところとても
たの
しかった

After joining the game to see what it was like, I had a lot of fun.
せんせい
先生
こわ
そう
えた
けれども
はな
して
みたところとても
やさ
しい
ひと
きづ
気付
いた

The teacher looked really scary, but after talking with her, I realized she is a very nice person.
The expression is also used to describe something that occurred just after the completion of another.
ちょうど
かけよ
していたところ
あめ
した

Just as I went to go out, it began to rain.
ちょうど
かけてみよ
していたところに
げんかん
玄関
ベル
った

I was about to leave when the doorbell rang.
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Kanji used in this grammar

ハイ   くば to distribute   
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タツ    arrive   
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カク   たし certain   たしかめる to make certain   
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ニン   みとめる to recognize, to perceive, to approve of   
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ジョウ   セイ   なさ emotion; circumstances   
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ホウ    report   むくいる to compensate, remunerate   むく reward, recompense   
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調
チョウ   しらべる to investigate   ととの to be arranged, to be in order   ととのえる to adjust, tune   
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カン   ケン   あいだ interval, between   ま space, room   
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イ   different   ちが to be different   ちがえる to change, alter, vary   
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チュウ   そそ to pour   
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ブン   モン    literature   ふみ a letter   
ニュウ   い to enter   はい to enter   いれる to put in   
エイ   およ swim   
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コ   みずうみ lake   
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オウ   よこ side   
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ダン   ことわ to refuse, to decline   た to cut off   
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サン   まい to visit, go, come   
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サク   サ   つく to make   
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ビ   うつくしい beautiful   
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ミ   あじ taste   あじわう to taste   
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カ   くわえる to add to   くわわる to join, to be added to   
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ガク   ラク    music   たのしい happy, pleasant   たのしむ to be happy   
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セン   さき ahead   
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セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   う to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   お to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
フ   こわ frightening   
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ケン   み to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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ワ   はな to talk   はなし talking   
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ユウ   すぐれる to excel   やさしい kind   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
キ   ケ    spirit   
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フ   つける to put in place, affix   つ to adhere to   
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シュツ   スイ   だ to take out, to put out   で to go out, to exit   
ウ   あめ    あま- rain   
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コウ   おりる to get off   おろす to drop off   ふ to fall (eg rain)   
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ゲン    mystery, dark   
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カン   せき barrier   かかわる to be connected   
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メイ   な to chirp, to twitter   な to sound, to ring   ならす to make ring   
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