Australian Bomb Scare, Property Crash Fears And Global Tensions
B2 English listening practice · South African English · Curated for upper-intermediate learners
About this clip
A 8:34 video in English at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 171 words per minute, rated 4.4/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸News & Current Events - Breaking news, current events, and journalism.
- ▸Politics - Politics, elections, government, and policy debates.
- ▸Transportation - Cars, trains, planes, and getting around.
- ▸Health & Wellness - Fitness, mental health, nutrition, sleep, and self-care.
From 7NEWS Australia↗ on YouTube.Watch original
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B2 English listening practice listening practice?
85.8%
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
75.4%
Top 1,000
85.8%
Top 2,000
95.5%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
84.3%
Top 1,000
91.9%
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.
bondi
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
Bondi
hsbc
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
(acronym) HSBC — bank and financial services
right on the borderline
1×
at a critical or risky point
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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