He said he hoped that the job of putting together a coalition wouldn't take too much time.他说他希望结成联盟的工作不会耗时太久。I don't want you to take too much to heart what I said. I was only joking.我希望对我说的话你不要太往心里去，我只是开开玩笑。The meeting won't take too much time. 这次会议不会占用太长的时间。