A Hungry Old Man And An Act Of Kindness

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B1 English listening practice · Nigerian English · Curated for intermediate learners

About this clip

A 2:32 video in English at B1 level, suitable for intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 230 words per minute, rated 4.0/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
  • ▸Relationships - Dating, friendship, marriage, and social life.
  • ▸Self-Improvement - Life advice, habits, motivation, and personal growth.
  • ▸Daily Life - Everyday routines, home life, and real-world situations.
  • ▸Food & Cooking - Recipes, restaurant reviews, street food, and kitchen vocabulary.
  • ▸Health & Wellness - Fitness, mental health, nutrition, sleep, and self-care.
  • ▸Storytelling - Personal stories, anecdotes, and lived experience.

Vocabulary frequency

How common is the vocabulary in this B1 English listening practice listening practice?

89.2%
of words are in the top 2,000 most common English words
Based on this reel’s transcript, most of the vocabulary is high-frequency, everyday English.

General English frequency

80.3%
Top 1,000
89.2%
Top 2,000
95.9%
Top 5,000

Spoken English frequency

87.9%
Top 1,000
95.8%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000
👄 Conversational vocabulary
This reel’s words appear more often in subtitle-based spoken-English data than in general usage, so it may feel closer to everyday conversation.

Words above this video’s level

Quick glosses for vocabulary that goes beyond this video’s B1 level.

madam
4×
Rare / outside top 5,000Common in speech
polite term for a woman
hopeless
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000Common in speech
without hope; desperate
comfortably
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
in a relaxed way
repay
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
pay back money owed
take advantage of
1×
to exploit or misuse someone's generosity

Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.

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