situation (position vis-à-vis surroundings) of something that changes

to overcome, to surmount / to climb (over) / to surpass, to overtake

guts, willpower, spirit, grit / one's nature, one's disposition

difficult, trying, hard

difficulties, hardship, trouble

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

(idiomatic) to reform oneself

dyspnea, labored breathing