You will have to learn to harden yourself to tragedies like this. They happen every day in a hospital.
•She had learned to harden herself to the kinds of poverty she had to work in.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
brace oneself for — verb prepare mentally or emotionally for something unpleasant • Syn: ↑steel oneself against, ↑steel onself for, ↑prepare for • Hypernyms: ↑inure, ↑harden, ↑indurate • Verb Frames … Useful english dictionary
steel oneself against — verb prepare mentally or emotionally for something unpleasant • Syn: ↑steel onself for, ↑brace oneself for, ↑prepare for • Hypernyms: ↑inure, ↑harden, ↑indurate • Verb Frames … Useful english dictionary
steel — /stil / (say steel) noun 1. iron in a modified form, artificially produced, containing a certain amount of carbon (more than in wrought iron and less than in cast iron) and other constituents, such as chromium, molybdenum, etc., and possessing a… …
education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… … Universalium
literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… … Universalium
habituate — habituate, accustom, addict, inure mean to make used to something. Habituate distinctively implies the formation of habit through repetition {by constant practice she habituated herself to accurate observation} {to habituate our selves, therefore … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Set — 1. v. (setting; past and past part. set) 1 tr. put, lay, or stand (a thing) in a certain position or location (set it on the table; set it upright). 2 tr. (foll. by to) apply (one thing) to (another) (set pen to paper). 3 tr. a fix ready or in… … Useful english dictionary
set — 1. v. (setting; past and past part. set) 1 tr. put, lay, or stand (a thing) in a certain position or location (set it on the table; set it upright). 2 tr. (foll. by to) apply (one thing) to (another) (set pen to paper). 3 tr. a fix ready or in… … Useful english dictionary
United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… … Universalium
prepare for — verb prepare mentally or emotionally for something unpleasant (Freq. 7) • Syn: ↑steel oneself against, ↑steel onself for, ↑brace oneself for • Hypernyms: ↑inure, ↑harden, ↑indurate … Useful english dictionary
steel onself for — verb prepare mentally or emotionally for something unpleasant • Syn: ↑steel oneself against, ↑brace oneself for, ↑prepare for • Hypernyms: ↑inure, ↑harden, ↑indurate • Verb Frames … Useful english dictionary
