(grammar) past tense

to use / to employ / to make use of, to apply / to spend

the past (period of time that has already happened)

talk about, tell, narrate / recite / show that there was something

(grammar) tense / time measurement system

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

negotiation; consultation; discussion / rumors; rumours / lecture; speech / talking; speaking; speech; conversation / story; tale; narrative / a topic; a subject; that which is spoken about

Counter for stories. / Counter for episodes of TV shows.