a hand / a handle, grip / a paw, foreleg / a way of acting, means / (board games) a move, play

tighten, stiffen

physical tension, strain / mental strain, nervousness / tension in a relationship / the contracted state of a muscle

be physically tense / be mentally tense, be nervous / for a relationship to suffer tension / for a muscle to contract

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

(historical, archaic) taxation; collecting taxes

détente; easing of tensions; thaw

catatonia