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Verb[た/る] - means that dictionary form and ta form are accepted.
Verb[causative[て]] - means て form of the causative form of the verb.
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Aというところだ is an expression meaning “the stage/level/degree that one would call A” and is used to describe a speaker's feelings/opinion/estimate guess about the current stage/situation. The speaker is not completely sure, but the degree/amount is about/approximately A. Often implies that the amount/degree/activity is “at best” (usually together with せいぜい) A - it is below A level and the speaker does not consider it to be a big/important thing. Often used with phrases expressing quantity (quantifiers).