I must take issue with your over what you said at the meeting.
我要和你好好谈谈你在会上说的那些话。(take issue with someone: 对某人的观点提出异议。)
It took him some time to connect the long rubber pipe to the air supply pipe that ran round the port, but at last it was done and as a result work was able to progress much faster.
他花了不少时间把长长的橡胶管接到铺设在码头周围的空气供应管上,最后他终于把它们连接起来,工作因而进展得更快。