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Collocations for envy - noun

ADJ.

extreme | unconscious | class, social

QUANT.

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.

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.

PREP.

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

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 in the neighbourhood.

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