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

sleeping alongside someone else

to sleep alongside someone else

to slice off, to chip off / (figuratively) to weaken, to dampen, to thin down

a wooden shake or large shingle (a thin board or plank of wood chipped or shaved off a larger piece and used as roofing or siding)

to slice off, to chip off / (figuratively) to weaken, to dampen, to thin down

alienation

to alienate

cut / file / trim