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。)
Yes, very hard. Years of hard work, very little food, only a small cold room to live in and never a moment's rest.
是的,境况很不好。多年劳累,食不果腹,斗室寒舍,从无休息。