I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
stoke fear/anger/envy etc
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The scandal has stoked public outrage.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a twinge of guilt/envy/sadness/jealousy etc
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Carew felt a twinge of envy.
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Romanov felt a twinge of envy at the thought that he could never hope to live in such style.
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Thrilled by the beauty of the scene, she had sometimes felt a twinge of envy for the people on board.
green with envy
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Color Cam Neely blue, and make everybody else green with envy when Jaromir Jagr showcases his enormous talents.
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His voice had a freshness that would make many tenors under the age of 40 go green with envy.
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It's enough to turn your fellow board directors green with envy.
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Many thanks for a first class mag, even if I do go green with envy at some of the kit!
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Everyone in the neighborhood envied Bob Green's expensive new luxury car.
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He always envied his brother for the way he made friends so easily.
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I envied her. She looked so calm and capable.
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I envied him his freedom to do or say what he wanted.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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How I envy him his focus and how I mourn for him his loss.
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I am envying him, thought Cameron sardonically.
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I love watching the kids romp and in fact as I watch them I realize how much I envy them.
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No longer need he envy his long-dead friend, Martin Fenlon, for having saved the soul of an unrepentant sinner.
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Not that a one of them envied his freedom, consciously.
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She couldn't help envying Perdita.
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You've always been very close to them - in fact, it's one of the things I envied about you.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
green
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Other women took one look at them, and went green with envy .
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Color Cam Neely blue, and make everybody else green with envy when Jaromir Jagr showcases his enormous talents.
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It's enough to turn your fellow board directors green with envy .
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His voice had a freshness that would make many tenors under the age of 40 go green with envy .
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Many thanks for a first class mag, even if I do go green with envy at some of the kit!
■ VERB
feel
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Romanov felt a twinge of envy at the thought that he could never hope to live in such style.
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I feel a stab of envy in spite of myself.
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Generations of Artificers had lovingly serviced and adorned the gun; and Yeremi had felt bitten with envy .
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She felt a stirring of envy at this unknown woman.
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Carew felt a twinge of envy .
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Thrilled by the beauty of the scene, she had sometimes felt a twinge of envy for the people on board.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Before you get green with envy , I had to do a lot of stuff that wasn't so glamorous, too.
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He stared with envy at Robert's new car.
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It was difficult to hide her envy as Jim described his new job.
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The country has a low crime rate that is the envy of most other countries.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And the second feeling is one of extreme envy at their apparent cosiness.
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But it isn't easy to be envied, any more than it is to feel envy.
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Coupled with envy was a terrible sense of inferiority.
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I was consumed with envy of the young men and women who drifted together through the streets.
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She's aye the envy of every other girl on the island.
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She walked with a nose-up sprocket-hipped model-girl gait calculated to provoke maximum envy and resentment.
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What I felt as she stood there, waiting for further instructions from Sister Mary, was a moment of envy .