a tape measure

desk; table

desk, table

to use / to employ / to make use of, to apply / to spend

to measure / to gauge / to estimate

To measure (water deepness) / To weigh

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

long / (time) long, lengthy