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The Express English team
In London,one woman remembers being madly jealous when her husband danced with another woman.
Another woman was envious of her friend's chance to travel round the world.
And one man was happy that his new flat had a balcony, until he visited friends in the countryside. Suddenly, he was jealous of their huge garden.
Did you know?
- Fact
Babies as young as five months old can be jealous.
- Language tip
Despite how it looks, we pronounce the word jealousy 'jellussee' (or /'dʒel.ə.si/).
- Cultural tip
Green is the colour of jealousy and envy. We even call it the 'green-eyed monster'.
This Express English was originally published in 2011.
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Every time! I'd like to see here in Brazil the same justice that civilized world has or the same education and public service. But a think the most jealous of all Brazilian is about the tax. We pay a lot of taxes and for nothing.
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last week when i saw my friend, i felt jealous because he found a new job but i can't.
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First of all, I apologize for my English, it's not well...
But I have to publish a comment cause of my personal experience. I think that jealousy and envy are very different things: I don't think to be an envios person but I am very jealous. Some years ago (when me and my husband were engaged) I suffered very much for long time because I was jealous of my husband's ex girlfriend. It had become a sort of obsession. This jealousy was even more absurd because they hadn't met for many years (and still now they never meet). Fortunately with the passing of time I solved my problem (now we are married and we have two children). But in any case I hope never meet that woman... A curiosity: in Italy yellow is the colour of jealousy.
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Actually, My jealousy is quite silly. I'll be slightly jealous when someone's English level is better than me and he/she speaking with arrogant attitude. And then, I want to slap him/her real hard.
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One of my friend had intruduced me with my friend. She is my high school friend's wife. After we started going out with my wife she saw one of my photo with my friend whose meet us. Her head on my shoulder. and she said I don't wanna any girls put her head on your shoulder neither this is our good friends. She is Jealous little bit :)
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I'm always jealous about my affairs and I guess that's why I'm alone nowadays ;)
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after completing graduation, when one of my class fellow got handsome job and i did't , i became jealous.
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Actually I have never been jealous of any possessions but sometimes when I go out with my friends and they seem to know almost everyone I feel quite jealous.
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I have been jealous when a new member off the team obtained place of parking for his car. Nobody in the team was authorized to use the parking.
We have discovered few days later he was the son of the director of the compagny
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I only have jealous the artist people. I would love know painting or make wonderful things with my hands.
I remember when I was 8 or 9 years old and in the school we made an mud ashtray for Father Day. My ashtray seemed all less an ashtray and I was the center of jokes all my classmates.
I felt really bad.
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yes jealous in the past now and future
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I have been jealous some times when one of my friends, get any thing that I had wished, for example when some friends travel abroad I felt a little jealous because I would like have traveled with them, but in that moment it wasn´t possible
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Jealousy, that could be natural human things. some people trying to learn how to control jealousy, in the society,
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befor 6 month my cousine went to banke wher is my husband work to open new account for her and she save more than 16000 0 this mony cshe can saved from her jube during 6 years i got becouse i work mor than 6 yeasre and i cant save anymony untile now but from that time i disided to save mony and to reduce my expenses
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Usually to my girlfriend, I feel jealous.
When she want to go out with other guys, I am jealous.
Sometime I try to hide my feeling. But it's not easy.
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I' m jealous when I see people speaking or calling or walking with their mothers: I lost my mother recently afther her long disease.
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i need to solve this problem with jealousy, i become jealous a lot but these day i am jealous of being week in English furthermore become impressed but that's help me to improve my english so i hope i can heal .
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I am jealous when my nephew and nices seem to like my husband more than me. I am their aunt and It's me who always give them presents.
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I've been jealous sometimes when I saw some guys have intimated interaction with the girl I like.
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I have been jealous when I saw my friend grade is better than me. I felt upset about myself. :/
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When I got involved in someone first time, I was so jealous about his all past girifriends. About 5 years ago, my boyfriend met his past girlfriend without telling me. I could see the fact after checking his cellphone. I was mad cause I highly carzy for him. In retrospect, I was so rude and shilly. kkk but jealousy made me do like that.
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Good morning. In Hungary is yellow color is indicate the envy, and the jealously's colour is green. We using this colour, when we meet one of green-eyed monster, who can kill love, and this feeling can change to wrong energy , and this feeling is unfortunately. I have married for long time, and my husband is one of calm person, so we did not meet this feelings, I hope in our life we have not account with the situations.but I read on today :There is always more fish in the sea".. and there is other sentence :"Seeing is believing" Wrote St.Thomas in1639, Only physical or concrete evidence is convencing.. Have a nice day Katalin from Hungary
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I felt very jealous when I was informed that a senior student in campus had passed the national judicial examination but I failed.
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i was so jealous when my girl friend had a rich boy friend. Her family is also rich, too. When we graduated, she get a good job in a big bank with a high salary.
I don't have anything like that.
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Last month I felt jealous when I met some friends and saw that they have keeping on their professional life despite of many problems on way, while I gave up it. I felt really bad not for them, but for me.
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i have always been jealous when i felt that the person to whom i am talking with has more knowledge then me... ;p
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I felt jealous other woman who is better me about qualification and intelligent. Their life influence than me. when I was a kid, I felt my family so difficult and admired somebody around me, Now My job isn't well, I always change company. My mother said me that you were bad girl. Sometime jealous will help you improve yourself.
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I´ve felt jellous, but I try to control it, thinking in the good things that I get, or if I don´t have anything similar, I try to obtein it.
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When I feel jealous it means my self-esteem fell down. For example, someone has reached what I would love to get (a great job and a husband called Mr. Right), this let me down because I'm just hankering about it!
Despite my conciousness of that feeling, I need to repeat to myself one Buddhist sentence: more wishes give you more distress.
So let's try to be free of jealousy! :)
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i've have ever been jealous of my knowledge's friend about society,economic,etc. It sounds very silly
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Iam often jaelous when i meet people speaking a better English then me. In certain moments of jealousy i am finally afraid about myself. But i meet those experiences with the thoughts to improve my skills for being more satisfite
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Iam often jaelous when i meet people speaking a better English then me. In certain moments of jealousy i am finally afraid about myself. But i meet those experiences with the thoughts to improve my skills or situation for being more satisfite
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I feel jealous when my friend mentions the name of his wife. sometimes I feel he loves me, but he will nerve confess that, and he will nerve scarify his live with his wife for me. I don't want him to do so, and I know that our relationship can't and mustn't be more than friendship, but I wish at least he wouldn't talk about her when we are together.
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I was jealous when my boyfriend was writing on ICQ with his exgirlfriend. It was just innocent "How are you" thing but still... :-)
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Every time, like previous comment.
When I go to the department store, lot of person spent
something even though it should be very costly.
But, I am young man. I try to meet my dream.
Some day, I can get a chance to buy high values items.
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I feel jealous, when someone with less calibar get a good opportunities like onsite opportunity or promotions in the office only by doing butter polishing
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I was always jealous of my best friend over 10 years. It made me very hard mentally. After each test, She compared the test scores me and friend. Middle school grades were similar. but When a high school, she is better than me. and mother's comparison was getting worse. As a result, It made me helpless. I love friend of mine. but I also hate her. I thought friendship was pure, one thing. but It wasn't. Because I know her, and It made me unhappy 10 years. She knows that I love and hate her. So, I'm sorry more.
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In the past I was very jealous, my ex girlfriend made me crazy and I wasn't sure of her love. Furthermore, I was 17 years old. Now I'm not very jealous, because I know that my girlfriend is falling in love with me. I think that jealous depends by situations and people.
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Last weekend I felt quite jealous when my boyfriend was getting ready to go the gym. He took hours fixing his hair and he took several minutes to get dress. So, I asked why too much timing? My blood was burning. Anyway, he left. I forgot the situation and when he got home he kissed me with passion!
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when my coursins go out on weekends without me a feel jealous.
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I am jealous when I see someone has a good camera.
Because I really really like camera respite I'm not good at taking pictures!
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I am really jealous when someone has better camera than mine! I'd like to be a good photographer but it requires a lot of work and I'm quite lazy. But today I was really jealous when my friend passed the driving exam earlier than me. I started the driving lessons first but now she passed the exam and I'm still on the course ;c
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yesI feel jealousy when I see people speaking English frequently why I can't. I am a successful person in my life a good job good family everyhing is ok instead speaking English. Its my weak point and It make me jealous of my fellows. and second thing which made me jealous is my life partner i never share him with anyone else.
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I am a bit of jealousy with my collegue sitting cross over as his english is way better than mine. I am upset when I cannot get our clients/suppliers understand my words.
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yes I`m very jealous with my husband when collegue or a friend (women) called him for only having some news,ridiculous when they just called for unimportant things
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Yes I fell many times, why I can't get a good job here in this country ...
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As for me I used to be jealous when I was a child, like man other children, but now I can't say so. I try to concentrate on positive things and even I catch myself appearing jealous I use it for developing efforts, f.e. for studying, training etc.
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I feel jealous when i see a guy who wear a nice footwear like a new nike sneakers and fred perry footwear. :p
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I feel jealous when i hear the pregnancy news of my friends. I have been married for almost six months and I hope to get pregnant as soon as possible
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I rarely feel jealous. I'm so easygoing that it scares me
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Obviously when I hear some guys date my girlfriend for lunch or something
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I feel jealous when I see a girl who is taller or whiter than me or her family is very rich. But I realize this emotion is not good for me. It leads me to some nagative thingking so that I feel life is border and dont want to do anything. So I try to calm down my feeling, etc: try not to see her or focus on word and the value of myself...After that I feel better. No need to be jealous beacause we are worth as we were born.
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mmm...actually i never get jealous of material things, what ma friends have , what they are planning to do. I usually get jealous when ma bf goes some parties without me ,100 of ideas come to my mind, i 'm jealous only of my love, but i'm strong enough to overcome it too. I am able to get it out ma mind. but when it comes 1st it hurts...
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Yesterday, I feel jealous with my friends when they got new jobs but I didn't and I cry so much. I hate myself for thinking like that, but it is really difficult to change.
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