(idiomatic) to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself

to prepare / to furnish

from now on; from this point on; from now

difficulties, hardship, trouble

difficult, trying, hard

belly

to bind, bundle, fasten, tie up / to enclose / to hang oneself / to consolidate, summarize / to resolve / to estimate / to tie-dye / to constrain, detain

(archaic) to be constricted

to hang with a string, for example

fasten, tie up, arrest, constrict