we had to walk four miles home to the farm.

[tufguy]

After the most thrilling and exciting day of my life, father and I tool a train back to Raven-wood, Missouri. Arriving there at two o'clock in the morning, we had to walk four miles home to the farm.

These are the lines from the 18th chapter of the book named "How To Stop Worrying And Start Living" written by Dale Carnegie.

I am confused about this line "we had to walk four miles home to the farm". What does it mean? Had to walk four miles home. I understood it to mean that they walked four miles to reach their home but what is "to the farm" right after that?

 

[shootingstar]

"home" is the adverb there, adverb to "walk". When you say "we had to walk home" you don't know where they are at home, you just say they walk home - but there are many homes: their home is the farm.

 

[jutfrank]

what is "to the farm" right after that?

They live on a farm.

 

[Skrej]

The farm is their home. They live on the farm.

*cross-posted*

 

[tufguy]

"home" is the adverb there, adverb to "walk". When you say "we had to walk home" you don't know where they are at home, you just say they walk home - but there are many homes: their home is the farm.

Sorry, I am confused. Does it mean they are referring to the town or the city they live in? Like they walked four miles within that place to reach their farm. Did I get it right?

 

[Tarheel]

They got off the train. Then they had to walk four miles to get to the farm (home).

Don't worry about parts of speech.

 

[shootingstar]

Sorry, I am confused. Does it mean they are referring to the town or the city they live in? Like they walked four miles within that place to reach their farm. Did I get it right?

Ravenwood is a small city now. In those days it had fewer houses and households for sure. Their farm was most certainly situated in the further surroundings of Ravenwood.

 

[tufguy]

They got off the train. Then they had to walk four miles to get to the farm (home).

Don't worry about parts of speech.

I got it.

 

[emsr2d2]

"After the most thrilling and exciting day of my life, Father and I took a train back to Raven-wood, Missouri. Arriving there at two o'clock in the morning, we had to walk four miles home to the farm."

These are the lines sentences from the 18th eighteenth chapter of the book named "How To Stop Worrying And Start Living", written by Dale Carnegie.

I am confused about this line "we had to walk four miles home to the farm". What does it mean? I understand "had to walk four miles home" I understood it to mean that they walked four miles to reach their home but what is does "to the farm" mean right after that?

Always put quoted text either in quotation marks or in italics.
Saying "the lines" suggests they're the only lines in the book. Also, you quoted full sentences, so call them that. Using "lines" is OK when talking about dialogue in a script or about poetry.
Write numbers from zero to twenty (ordinal and cardinal) in full (words, not numbers).
Say "I understand XXX to mean ..." not "XXX I understand it to mean".
Ask "What does XXX mean?" not "What is XXX?"