to keep up; to retain / to maintain

equal

equality

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

he; boyfriend

relationship, relation / involvement, participation / personal connection, family relationship / romantic relationship

be related / be romantically involved

(chiefly women's speech) first person singular pronoun: I, me

(polite) first-person singular pronoun: I, me