to be at a loss; to not know what to do

a question

confused; perplexed; at a loss

sudden

suddenly

all of a sudden, all at once

to ask a question

I have a question

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