From generation to generation, they tilled land for landlord only to eke out a bare subsistence. People who associated with them as friends were likewise honest impoverished peasants.

世代为地主耕种，家境是贫苦的，和我们来往的朋友也都是老老实实的贫苦农民。

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As with many other industries, the boom in finance in Asia doesn't apply to Japan, where the economy will eke out growth of little more than 1% this year.

正如其他许多行业，亚洲金融业的繁荣并不符合日本的情况。今年，日本经济将勉强达到不超过1%的年增长率。

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The novel ends with a broken Xiangzi picking up cigarette-ends to eke out a miserable living.

小说末尾，落魄的祥子靠着捡烟头来艰苦维持着悲惨的生活。

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The high-performance John Cooper Works version of the car reaches 60 miles per hour in 6.1 seconds (as compared with the Hardtop's 6.3) and can eke out another 2 mph of top speed, hitting 150 mph.

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These have made it increasingly difficult for the pair to argue that airlines should be satisfied with the incremental improvements in efficiency of 1-2% a year that they eke out of their existing designs.

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