原文:Harder than I expected.比我预想的困难得多。
【expect的用法】
1.预料；预期；预计
We are expecting a rise in food prices this month.我们预

计这个月事物价格会上涨。
2.等待，期盼，盼望
Are you expecting visitors?你在等待客人吗？
3.~ sth (0f/from sb):要求；指望
Her parents expected high standards from her.她的父母对她的期望很高。
4.猜想，认为，料想
'Are you going out tonight?'
'I don't expect so.'
“你今晚要出去吗？”“我想不会吧。”

【短语扩展】
be expecting a baby/child:怀孕
Ann' expecting a baby in June.安六月份要生孩子。

be (only) to be expected:可以预料；可能发生；相当正常
A little tiredness after talking these drugs is to be

expected.服用这些药后有点倦意是正常的。

原文:I thought I could compensate for your dad going.我以为你爸爸走了我能应付。
【compensate的意思及用法】
1. ~(for sth):补偿，弥补
Nothing can compensate for the loss of a loved one.失去心

爱的人是无法补偿的。
2.~ sb (for sth)给(某人）补偿（或赔款）
Her lawyers say she should be compensated for the

suffering she had been caused.她的律师说她应该为所遭受的

痛苦得到赔偿。

原文:It's not the first card to be declined.已经不止一张卡被取消了。
【decline,decrease的区别】
decrease专指数值上的下降
Is your production on the decrease?
你们的产量在减少吗？
There has been a decrease in our imports.
我们的进口减少了。

decline除了数值上的还能指能力等抽象量的下降.
Cruelty can accelerate your decline.
冷漠可加快你的衰落。
Athens went through times of glory and times of decline.
雅典经历过光辉和衰退的岁月。

【日常用语】
You've done a great job.
你们做的很好。

Harder than I expected.
比我预想的困难得多。