Australia Mourns Neale Daniher And His MND Legacy

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B2 English listening practice · South African English · Curated for upper-intermediate learners

About this clip

A 9:13 video in English at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 150 words per minute, rated 4.1/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
  • ▸News & Current Events - Breaking news, current events, and journalism.
  • ▸Health & Wellness - Fitness, mental health, nutrition, sleep, and self-care.
  • ▸Relationships - Dating, friendship, marriage, and social life.
  • ▸Sports - Soccer, basketball, tennis, the Olympics, and athletes.

Vocabulary frequency

How common is the vocabulary in this B2 English listening practice listening practice?

87.7%
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

82.6%
Top 1,000
87.7%
Top 2,000
97%
Top 5,000

Spoken English frequency

88%
Top 1,000
93.7%
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 B2 level.

mnd
4×
Rare / outside top 5,000
(acronym) MND — motor neuron disease
essendon
3×
Rare / outside top 5,000
Essendon
beanie
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
Beanie
ailing
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
sick or struggling
play on
1×
continue despite challenges or difficulties

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

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