IELTS Listening Vocab

Question 1

not having the things that are necessary for a pleasant life, such as enough money, food, or good living conditions

Answer 1

Deprived

-She had a deprived childhood/comes from a deprived background.

-A deprived area
-As children, my sister and I didn’t have a TV at home, but I didn’t feel particularly deprived.

Synonyms: disagvantaged, impoverished

Question 2

to succeed in arranging your life so that you have time to involve yourself in two or more different activities or groups of people

Answer 2

Juggle (v)
-Many women find it hard to juggle a family and a career (= to arrange their lives so that they have time for both)