Was jealous of girl embraced by English chap (6)
I believe the answer is:
envied
'was jealous of' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'girl embraced by english chap' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'girl' could be 'vi' and 'vi' is located in the answer.
'english' could be 'e' (abbreviation) and 'e' is found in the answer.
'chap' could be 'ned' and 'ned' is found within the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for envied that I've seen before include "Was jealous of, begrudged" , "Was jealous of (someone)" , "Looked greenly" , "Begrudged, coveted" , "Desired" .)