Awkward restaurant lunch with a very strange waiter

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A2 English listening practice · American English · Curated for beginners

About this clip

A 1:45 video in English at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 250 words per minute, rated 4.0/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
  • Food & Cooking - Recipes, restaurant reviews, street food, and kitchen vocabulary.
  • Language Learning - Grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, and real conversation practice.

Vocabulary frequency

How common is the vocabulary in this A2 English listening practice listening practice?

88.1%
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
88.1%
Top 2,000
93%
Top 5,000

Spoken English frequency

92.2%
Top 1,000
94.6%
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 A2 level.

nachos
Rare / outside top 5,000
tortilla chips with toppings
mayonnaise
Rare / outside top 5,000
creamy condiment made from eggs
infused
Rare / outside top 5,000
flavored by soaking in
sort you out
help you in a difficult situation

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

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