What does means "took a while"? How can I use it in a conversation?
I just readed this phrase: "We actually finished our workout, took quite a while".

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It took them long to finish their workout.

Took quite a while= took long=took a long time

It took me quite a while to figure out the answer to this problem.

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It means it took a lot of time but using the word “quiet” kind of implies that it took longer than expected. I think the Portuguese translation would be. “Demorou um pouco” ou ”demorou um bom tempo.”

You can use it in a conversation for example:
Sorry I’m late. I was cleaning and it took a while.

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It means that they worked out for a lot of tiime

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