それで details
Examples
and so — the result or consequence that followed
財布を家に忘れちゃって。それで、走って取りに戻ったんだ。
saifu o ie ni wasurechatte. sorede, hashitte tori ni modotta n da.
I went and left my wallet at home. So I ran back to get it. casual
前の日から雨が続いていました。それで、グラウンドがぬかるんでいたんです。
mae no hi kara ame ga tsuzuite imashita. sorede, guraundo ga nukarunde ita n desu.
It had been raining since the day before. That's why the field was so muddy. neutral
引っ越し先の近くに大きな公園があった。それで、犬を飼うことにした。
hikkoshisaki no chikaku ni ookina kouen ga atta. sorede, inu o kau koto ni shita.
There was a big park near the place we moved to. And so we decided to get a dog. neutral
so? and then? — asks the other person for the rest of the story
「昨日、駅で先生に会ってさ。」「へえ、それで?」
"kinou, eki de sensei ni atte sa." "hee, sorede?"
"So yesterday I ran into the teacher at the station." "Huh, and then?" casual
Formation
それで、clauseattaches to plain clause
Related patterns
Similar
ので packs cause and result into one sentence and subordinates the cause, and it happily fronts a request (遅れますので、お待ちください); それで needs the cause already closed as its own sentence and only reports what followed — no request or command can follow it, where から/だから both allow one.
Both carry a narrative forward, but それから only claims the next thing came next, while それで claims the previous sentence CAUSED it — swapping それで into a bare list of steps invents a causal link the speaker never made.
それで reports the result that actually followed and will not carry an intention announced on the spot or a command after it (それで、もう寝るね and それで、早く帰りなさい both fail); だから asserts the speaker's own reasoning and fronts exactly those — dropping だから into a plain account of events makes it sound as if you are arguing a point rather than telling what happened.
Lookalikes
One は apart from それでは — the formal end of the じゃあ entry — and both react to the last turn, but それで points backwards at a result that already followed (「それで?」asks for the rest of the story), while それでは/じゃあ points forwards and announces the next move.