to sneak away from either an activity or a location. / to escape or get away from an unfavorable situation.

quagmire

to endeavor, to make an effort

an effort, an endeavor

mortality / desperation / (shogi) brinkmate

(obsolete) mortal / desperate, frantic, with all one's might

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

(colloquial) current boyfriend