underhanded dealings

To perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out.

lay off, dismiss, fire, sack

discharge, dismissal from employment

detection, disclosure, exposure, revelation

to detect, to expose

handicraft, industrial art, woodwork / underground negotiation of political, foreign relations / activities of espionage

to handcraft / to construct / to scheme

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