to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
please; I beg you; for mercy's sake
lately; recently; nowadays
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
happy family circle; sitting in a family circle and enjoying conversation; harmony in a family
car; automobile; motorcar; motor vehicle; auto
one's possessions; ownership
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
gaudy (esp. of makeup or clothing); garish; glitzy; loud
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
to (relax and) stretch one's legs out; to go for a further walk
visit for no reason; go on fool's errand
to start for home; to head for home; to make for home
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to gather in a circle; to form a circle
to persevere; to keep at something (regardless of one's fatigue)
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
mess; jumble; muddle; chaos
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
settlement; solution; resolution
thereupon; shortly thereafter
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
state of mind; mentality; psychology
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
curfew; lockdown; grounding
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be