boss

to find / to seek, to look for / to desire, to wish / to demand, to sue, to compel

salary raise

to raise salary

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

obtain the ratio

direct negotiation, direct bargaining

to negotiate or bargain directly, without any intermediaries