persuasiveness

(in negative sentences) at all / completely / truly

expresses exasperation: honestly

evasion, excuse

evade, dodge with excuses, quibble, explain away

persuasion

persuade

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