I drove by the accident on my way home.回家时我顺便去了一下事故现场

on one's way home在某人回家的路上

I like to read China Daily on my way home.

我喜欢在回家的途中阅读《中国日报》。

She paid a call on Aunt Liu on her way home.

她在回家的路上去看望了刘大婶。

Of course, I panicked at first,的确，刚开始我有些惊慌失措

at first最初； 首先

Cook the meat quickly at first to seal in the juices.

一开始要大火烧肉，以便保存肉汁。

It is easy at first, but we are in deep water now.

起先很容易，但现在我们陷入了困境。

But then it occurred to me--但过了一会儿我突然想到

occur to想到； 意识到

It occurred to me to visit my teacher.

我想到要去看看我的老师。

It didn't occur to me that you would object.

我没有想到你会反对。

We would have heard about it by now.我们现在也应该听说了

hear about听说

I was very sad indeed to hear about it.

我听到这件事，确实非常难过。

Did you hear about the new project?

你知道那个新项目吗？