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| English | Russian |
| emphatic undertones | выразительный подтекст (Alexey Lebedev) |
| in an undertone | приглушённо |
| in an undertone | негромко (when referring to a voice. square_25) |
| in an undertone | вполголоса |
| sing in an undertone | петь вполголоса |
| speak in a tactful undertone | тактично понизить голос (ART Vancouver) |
| speak in undertones | говорить полушёпотом (Anglophile) |
| speak in undertones | говорить вполголоса |
| with a humorous undertone | с юмором (The letter to the Editor was written with a humorous undertone. ART Vancouver) |