envier

Dans son pays, de nombreux collègues enviaient son talent.
Many of his colleagues at home were envious of his talent.
A la fac, quand on s'est connus, les gens nous enviaient.
In college, when we first started dating, people were so jealous of us.
Les hommes nous enviaient.
All the men wanted to be us.
Car pour se sentir pauvre, il faut envier le riche alors qu’eux, ils n’enviaient personne.
To feel poor one must envy the rich, and they envied no one.
En Cisjordanie, de nombreux Palestiniens enviaient (à tort ou à raison) le fait que les Gazaouis se portaient mieux économiquement.
In the West Bank many Palestinians envied (rightly or wrongly) that Gazans fared better economically.
Les propriétaires terriens avaient de bonnes raisons de craindre ceux qui enviaient leurs privilèges.
Landowners had much to fear from enviers of their privileges.
Les Dinosaures enviaient les chérubins qui aidaient Adam de près.
Dinosaurs envied cherubim that helped Adam in a close proximity.
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