(idiomatic) to continue on... (some trend, often negative)

continue

to follow

course, way

earnest, wholehearted / singleminded

earnestness, wholeheartedness / single-mindedness

follow, pursue (a road, course) / follow a hyperlink / to steer, to navigate (towards a specific place)

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