eke russian

• прозяба́ть

  to vegetate, to languish, to lead a dreary existence

  to scrape by, to eke out a miserable existence, to live from hand to mouth

• влачи́ть

  to eke out (an existence), to lead (a wretched life)

  to drag, to trail, to haul

Examples

• Он влачил жалкое существование в чужом городе

  He eked out a miserable existence in a чужой city.

• Мой дядя, прозябавший много лет в бедности, теперь счастлив.

  My uncle, who had eked out a miserable existence in poverty for many years, is happy now.