原文:Harder than I expected.比我預想的困難得多。
【expect的用法】
1.預料；預期；預計
We are expecting a rise in food prices this month.我們預

計這個月事物價格會上漲。
2.等待，期盼，盼望
Are you expecting visitors?你在等待客人嗎？
3.~ sth (0f/from sb):要求；指望
Her parents expected high standards from her.她的父母對她的期望很高。
4.猜想，認為，料想
'Are you going out tonight?'
'I don't expect so.'
“你今晚要出去嗎？”“我想不會吧。”

【短語擴展】
be expecting a baby/child:懷孕
Ann' expecting a baby in June.安六月份要生孩子。

be (only) to be expected:可以預料；可能發生；相當正常
A little tiredness after talking these drugs is to be

expected.服用這些藥后有點倦意是正常的。

原文:I thought I could compensate for your dad going.我以為你爸爸走了我能應付。
【compensate的意思及用法】
1. ~(for sth):補償，彌補
Nothing can compensate for the loss of a loved one.失去心

愛的人是無法補償的。
2.~ sb (for sth)給(某人）補償（或賠款）
Her lawyers say she should be compensated for the

suffering she had been caused.她的律師說她應該為所遭受的

痛苦得到賠償。

原文:It's not the first card to be declined.已經不止一張卡被取消了。
【decline,decrease的區別】
decrease專指數值上的下降
Is your production on the decrease?
你們的產量在減少嗎？
There has been a decrease in our imports.
我們的進口減少了。

decline除了數值上的還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.
雅典經歷過光輝和衰退的歲月。

【日常用語】
You've done a great job.
你們做的很好。

Harder than I expected.
比我預想的困難得多。