Meaning: We gathered our things and departed from our residence.
Choice of Words: Packed: gathered and arranged items for a journey or storage; Belongings: personal possessions; Left: departed from a place or person.
Alternative Expressions
We gathered our things and departed from our residence.
Meaning: This sentence means the same as the first sentence, but it uses more formal words.
Choice of Words:Gathered means to collect or bring things together. Things are objects that you own. Departed means to leave a place. Residence is a formal word for home. When you put them together, this sentence means that we collected our belongings and left our home.
We loaded up our stuff and hit the road.
Meaning: This sentence means the same as the first sentence, but it uses more informal words.
Choice of Words:Loaded up means to put things into a vehicle or container. Stuff is a casual word for belongings. Hit the road means to start traveling. When you put them together, this sentence means that we put our belongings in our car and started driving away.