staking everything, playing for all-or-nothing

challenge someone, defy a person / make an attempt, try, accept a challenge

resolution; mental readiness / abandonment

to prepare oneself; to be mentally ready

he; boyfriend

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

examination, exam, test / quiz

practical test

everything