他们花了很长时间才达到顶峰，多年等待的唯一回报是，当他们有了自己的报纸，他们俩都知道自己想要什么，并坚定地着手去实现它。

They took a long time getting to the top, the only reward for the long years of waiting being that when they had their own newspapers, both knew what they wanted and firmly set about getting it.

youdao

我最好还是迁就他，去一去吧；不会花很长时间的。

I'd better humour him and go; it won't take very long.

youdao

我的一些长期目标会花很长时间去完成(如做完我的工作)。

I have some long term goals that will probably take a while to accomplish (like killing my day job).

youdao