Arguing Over A Plain Doughnut
A1 English listening practice · American English · Curated for beginners
About this clip
A 22s video in English at A1 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 223 words per minute, rated 2.8/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Food & Cooking - Recipes, restaurant reviews, street food, and kitchen vocabulary.
- ▸Comedy & Humor - Skits, funny moments, humor, and light-hearted content.
- ▸Daily Life - Everyday routines, home life, and real-world situations.
From Jenny Hoyos↗ on YouTube.Watch original
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this A1 English listening practice listening practice?
87.5%
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
87.5%
Top 1,000
87.5%
Top 2,000
90.6%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
96.6%
Top 1,000
96.6%
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 A1 level.
donut
3×
Rare / outside top 5,000
round fried dough pastry
plain
1×
Top 5,000Common in speech
without toppings or decoration
hey
1×
Top 1,000Common in speech
used to get attention
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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