the usual, ordinary

always, invariably, all the time / usually / (with a negative verb) never

returning home

return home

slow / late

(obsolete) slowness, tardiness / (obsolete) foolishness

late

late

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend