ennui, supplant, nuptial, be in the general interest

And in another example of an erotic adventure supplanting married ennui, a second couple, Annie and Douglas Brown, embarked on a similar, if abbreviated journey: 101 straight days of post-nuptial sex.



A New York administrative law judge recommended on Monday that state regulators disapprove Iberdrola's $4.5 billion takeover of U.S. utility Energy East Corp., saying the deal is not in the public's best interest.

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be in the general interest FORMAL

to be advantageous for the public:
The government will only say it is not in the general interest to reveal any more information.

nup・tial

--> ━━ a. 結婚（式）の.
━━ n. （普通pl.） 結婚（式）.
supplant
verb [T] SLIGHTLY FORMAL
to replace:
In most offices, the typewriter has now been supplanted by the computer.
Small children can often feel supplanted (in their parents' affections) (= that their parents no longer like them as much) when a new brother or sister is born.
ennui 
noun [U] LITERARY ［F.］ n. 倦怠, 「アンニュイ」 ((cf. annoy)).
a feeling of boredom and mental tiredness caused by having nothing interesting or exciting to do:
The whole country seems to be affected by the ennui of winter.