to dance / (figuratively, usually as a passive) to act in accordance with someone else's plans

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

somewhat embarrassing / very embarrassing

in front of, before, ago,

before / in front

in front (of) / before (in time)

to dance

the last, the previous / pre- (of an era)