expected winner / most desired, favorite

the heavenly stem and earthly branch of a person's birth year

lathe

lace (fabric)

race (of people) / race (competition)

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

disgraceful, shameful, indecent / shabby, unsightly

to see, to watch, to observe, to look at something / to look over, to examine, to judge / to take care of, to look after, to keep an eye on somebody