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Collocations for envy - noun

ADJECTIVE

extreme
unconscious
class, social
penis
the Freudian concept of penis envy

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… OF ENVY

tinge, touch
I detected a tinge of envy in her tone.
pang, stab, twinge
I felt a twinge of envy for the people who lived there.

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VERB + envy

be consumed with, be green with, feel, have
I had no envy of his success.
express, show
arouse, excite, fill sb with, inspire
Her youth and looks aroused extreme envy in her rivals.

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PREPOSITION

with envy
I look with envy on those lucky people with big families.
envy at
I was filled with envy at their adventurous lifestyle.
envy for
the envy she felt for her sister

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PHRASES

be the envy of sb/sth
British television is the envy of the world (= is admired by everyone).
an object of envy
Her car was an object of envy among her friends.

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Collocations for envy - verb

ADVERB

greatly, really
secretly
almost

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PREPOSITION

for
I secretly envied her for her good looks.

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