other words for jealous

• anxious.
• apprehensive.
• envious.
• possessive.
• protective.
• resentful.
• skeptical.
• suspicious.

1 He became crazed with anger/jealousy/pain. 2 Suspicions dispose kings to tyranny and husbands to jealousy. 7 At first his jealousy only showed in small ways-he didn’t mind me talking to other guys. 8 Polly felt a sharp pang of jealousy when she saw Paul with Suzanne.

1: Any can be used in a positive sentence to mean ‘it’s not important which one’. When we use any in this way, it’s most often used with singular countable nouns: You can take any bus. Pass me any glass.

When talking about quantity, or how much there is of something, the two most important words are any and some. “Any” is generally used to ask if there is more than one of something. This kind of question is a “yes no” question, meaning that the answer is “yes” or “no”: “Do you have any money?” (No, I don’t.)

Only use “some” and “any” with uncountable nouns and plural countable nouns: She wants some water. (water = uncountable noun)

As a general rule, we use ‘some’ for affirmative sentences, and ‘any’ for questions or negative sentences. Usually, both ‘some’ and ‘any’ can only be used with countable plural nouns or uncountable nouns. For example, “I have some questions.”

Little and a little are also used in front of nouns to talk about quantities. When they are used like this, they do not have the same meaning. You use a little to show that you are talking about a small quantity or amount of something.

The study has discovered “a while” estimates a length of 4 months whereas “a little while” would be a little less at 3 months’ time. Going a little further, “a while back” would indicate the potential of occurring up to 8 months in the past.

In the US, the bit is equal to 1212¢. In the U.S., the “bit” as a designation for money dates from the colonial period, when the most common unit of currency used was the Spanish dollar, also known as “piece of eight”, which was worth 8 Spanish silver reales. $ 18 or 1 silver real was 1 “bit”.

The “bit” you refer to is an extremely elastic piece of time. Without context, it generally means a short time interval- less than an hour up to a few hours. If said to someone who you see on a less frequent basis (perhaps weekly) it could cover one or two weeks. Context allows it to stretch quite a long way.

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It’s similar to saying “soon.” There’s no specific amount of time. It could mean in 30 minutes, an hour, possibly even more. ‘A bit later’ is subjective to each person. For me, a bit later can mean 15 minutes later, or up to a few hours later.

i’m running a bit late: means you’re explaining to the person that you’re a little bit late to something; an event or an appointment. i will be a little bit late: means that you’re telling them that you may not come to them on time.

(You’re a bit) late: (You’re a bit) delayed, tardy, behind schedule.

What is another word for late?