to be engaged, to work (for)

last year

last year

retirement from office

to retire from office; to retire from one's post

many years

(used with negatives) for a long time

many years / a long lifespan

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