to battle, to fight, to wage war / to compete (in a match, for example) / to contend (for one's own interests) / (figuratively) to get through with one's sufferings or difficulties

continue

brink of death / giving up

last, end, conclusion / last, final

once

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

reluctant to admit or accept one's own failure; tending to grasp at straws

ultimatum