peep (LOOK) , "peep boxes", weary, city-weary, world-weary

EuroVox | 15.09.2008 | 05:30

Travelling Exhibition Looks at Romanian City With Fresh Eyes

Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Moderinizing the old peep shows for an art loving audience

"Bucharest - Fragment in a Box" is a multimedia touring exhibition that presents the sights and sounds of the European metropolis of Bucharest, in Romania.

This exhibition uses four wooden boxes, so called "peep boxes" – that were popular back in the 18th and 19th centuries – and allow the visitors to peep in, and see and hear life as it really happens in Bucharest.
German photographer, Greta Hoheisel and sound artist Norbert Lang spent a whole year in Bucharest – to capture the city’s everyday activities.
Report: Sorin Georgescu/Catherine Graue

A Traditional Cretan Village Welcomes City-Weary Travellers

In the modern world of phones and the internet, it might seem impossible to

completely escape on a truly relaxing, technology-free holiday.

The DW-WORLD Article

http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=evz96rI44va89pI7

weary 

adjective

1 very tired, especially after working hard for a long time:

I think he's a little weary after his long journey.

Here, sit down and rest your weary legs.

2 weary of bored with something because you have experienced too much of it:

I've been going out with the same people to the same clubs for years and I've just grown weary of it.

weary 

verb FORMAL

1 [T] to make someone feel tired:

Children weary me all day with their constant inquiries and demands.

2 [I] to start to feel that something or someone is boring:

Some people never seem to weary of eating the same type of food every day.

wearily 

adverb

I dragged myself wearily out of bed at five o'clock this morning.

weariness 

noun [U]

wearying

adjective

tiring:

a long wearying journey
world-weary 

adjective

Someone who is world-weary is not enthusiastic about anything, often because they have had too much experience of a particular way of life:

Fifteen years in the teaching profession had left him world-weary and cynical.

world-weariness 

noun [U]

peep (LOOK)
verb [I usually + adverb or preposition]
to secretly look at something for a short time, usually through a hole:
I saw her peeping through the curtains/into the room.

peep 
noun [S]
a quick look:
Take/Have a peep at what it says in this letter.