outbreak of war

make war, open war

to be astonished, surprised, amazed, startled

to get a big surprise; to be astonished

lo and behold

news (reports of current events)

to hear, to listen / to obey / to ask a question / to smell, sniff

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