"To be honest, I didn't expect him to stay as he was way better than us."
"DIdn't expect him to stay" what does expect mean?
Expect means, according to the Cambridge Dictionary, "to think or believe something will happen, or someone will arrive". The sentence therefore can be rephrased to "To be honest, I didn't think he would stay, as he was way better than us".
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Expect means, according to the Cambridge Dictionary, "to think or believe something will happen, or someone will arrive". The sentence therefore can be rephrased to "To be honest, I didn't think he would stay, as he was way better than us".