преуменьшать достоинства (Not to take anything away from Jersey but after what I believe was a real solid period where we had some real good looks... VLZ_58); умалять достоинства (The victory looks rather hollow. That takes nothing away from the courage and skill of the fighting forces. VLZ_58); испортить (That one accident took somewhat away from the overall good impression. VLZ_58); подпортить (VLZ_58)

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