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

from now on; from this point on; from now

to prepare / to furnish

difficult, trying, hard

difficulties, hardship, trouble

belly

fasten, tie up, arrest, constrict

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

to hang with a string, for example

(archaic) to be constricted