non-committal(Mayor McGrath was non-committal when asked by Coun. Bill Jepsen if he was considering running for a third term as mayor in the upcoming municipal election. "I'm considering next week going to Tahiti for nearly three weeks," he said. "I'll be contemplating over my martini, I'll be taking a walk in the sand." – не дал чёткого ответаART Vancouver)
downplay(The president downplayed the Litvinenko case by arguing that it was dependent on two different legal systems and that Moscow would never hand over Lugovoi because the Constitution prohibits the extradition of Russian citizens. "This will never happen, no matter what the circumstances. We all have to learn to respect our legal frameworks," he said.themoscowtimes.com4uzhoj)
