to be astonished, surprised, amazed, startled

lo and behold

to get a big surprise; to be astonished

great strides, great progress, breakthrough

make great strides, make remarkable progress

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

(business) a company

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