extended period of absence from school or work; gap

(slang) abnormal, mentally ill

sickness / ill, sick

a long period; long-term

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

lengthening of time

lengthen

extended period of time