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Vocabulary: envy, jealousy; revenge.

Among negative emotions and feelings, we all know about envy, covetousness and jealousy which lead to revenge and retaliations.

These are terrible forms of violence.

Revenge/ vengeance

An act of revenge

An act of vengeance

To avenge somebody/ something

To get one's revenge on somebody

To take revenge on somebody for something

In revenge for

To seek revenge for

Vindictive/ vengeful

To revenge oneself

To get one's own back

Green envy...

Envy/ envious/ enviously

To make somebody envious

To envy somebody for something

To arouse envy

To covet/ covetousness

Jealousy...

Jealousy/ to be jealous of something/ somebody

Green with envy

A rival/ rivalry

Reprisal/ retaliation

To take reprisals against somebody

As a reprisal for

In retaliation for

To give somebody tit for tat

A family feud

- To give somebody a dose of their own medicine/ To pay somebody back/ to get even with.

- It's tit for tat!

Retaliation: a voodoo doll...

For "revenge" as for everything, moderation should be respected! I give you THE FORCE and thank you for working with me!

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1. 'Don’t worry! I’ll that crook. He won’t get away with it'

2. After the incident, she had a attitude and we understood she was up to no good.

3. The kid gaped at the toy with , but wouldn’t play with it before he was invited to.

4. The between the twin-brothers started at birth and is getting worse and worse.

5. Tom isn’t usually aggressive, but if he’s attacked, he promptly.

6. Susan broke off with Tim, and he in a terrible way, publishing photos on the Internet.

7. Several members of the enemy gang were killed in . They all had long police records.

8. Boasting through the neighbourhood with a sports car, the young man and jealousy.

9. You shouldn’t your brother, your shares are equal.

10. Do not the life he seems to have. He's not happy at all and is very lonely.

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