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Meanings of secret envy in English

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Usage of secret envy in English
1
His wide black necktie was the secret envy of the Swetnam boys.
Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.)
2
Trust me without reserve; I will advise you without private interest, or secret envy.
Letters to His Son, 1751 / On the Fine Art of Becoming a Man of ...
3
But Hilda surveyed her with secret envy, transient yet real.
Hilda Lessways
4
This proof of confidence -theobject of much secret envy-is ,towomen, a field-marshal's baton.
Petty Troubles of Married Life, First Part
5
Alma surveyed everything, and felt a secret envy.
The Whirlpool
6
Diantha's soul was stirred with secret envy.
The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910)
7
Come; what secret envy is yours, you who sleep on straw, in clammy cells, and dine on crusts?
The Grey Cloak
8
Many of us grew up viewing the American smile with a characteristically British blend of fear, mockery and secret envy.
The Guardian
9
Her pretty feet were hidden in the tan-coloured, buttoned Paris boots which were the secret envy of every school girl in Carlisle.
The Story Girl
10
This magnificence filled with secret envy more than one housekeeper of Pont de l'Arche, and even the maid trembled as she dusted.
The Cross of Berny; Or, Irene's Lovers
11
"How well your father plays the part of host to these rural folks!" said George, with a secret envy.
Kenelm Chillingly — Complete
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Secret envy across language varieties
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