lose heart, be discouraged / sprain one's ankle

never, by no means / not in the least

confrontation

face (deal with, confront)

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

dyspnea, labored breathing