chatter, idle talk

to shoot the breeze, yakety-yak

matter of taste

useless, pointless; meaningless / wasteful

uselessness; no good; being in vain; futility / waste

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

liked, favorite

fondness, favor, favour