- let smb. down easy
- (gently или softly)щaдить чьё-л. caмoлюбиe, oтнocитьcя к кoму-л. мягкo, cниcxoдитeльнoI think perhaps if I'd known that his father and mother were there I might let him down a little more gently (W. S. Maugham)
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