Macbeth speaks his final speech when the joined forces of Malcolm and Macduff are coming to his castle to defeat him. In a brief moment, we can see an echo of Macbeth's former self when he hears the cry of a woman, and he thinks to himself that once upon a time he would be scared of such a cry and maybe stop fighting, but that time is long gone. He has committed so many atrocities that nothing can startle him now.
Avoiding doing something by making yourself busy with other things.
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In the US, ot is mostly around December, January and February.