association of ideas

associate, connect

ancient times, a very long time ago

memory; recollection; remembrance

to remember; to memorize; to recollect

once (in the indeterminate past)

the past, old times / ancient

olden days; former

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