dull, stagnation, lull

dull, slow, stagnant, depressed

to demote

demotion

results, score, achievements, performance, record, grades

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

bad grade; bad score

good grade; good score