looking straight ahead / looking square at, looking someone or something straight in the face

look straight ahead / look square at, look someone or something straight in the face

needed, necessary

need, necessity

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

question, problem on homework etc. / a question; a matter (of time etc.) / a problem (something that needs to be dealt with); a trouble / an issue; a matter

necessity (quality or state of being necessary, unavoidable, or absolutely requisite)

unnecessary