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aftermath

（不幸事件后的）余波 / 后果 (n.)

通常指战争、灾难、死亡等不好的事件发生之后的「余波、后续阶段」。这里指王后去世之后的艰难时期。

I wish I had known better

what to say to you in the aftermath.

I struggled to realize that my daughter had so quickly become a woman grown.