Canadian discount giant buys The Reject Shop
B1 English listening practice · South African English · Curated for intermediate learners
About this clip
A 1:57 video in English at B1 level, suitable for intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 182 words per minute, rated 4.2/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸News & Current Events - Breaking news, current events, and journalism.
- ▸Shopping - Shopping hauls, online shopping, and consumer culture.
- ▸Politics - Politics, elections, government, and policy debates.
From 7NEWS Australia↗ on YouTube.Watch original
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B1 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
74.7%
Top 1,000
88.1%
Top 2,000
94.9%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
89.3%
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 B1 level.
dollarama
4×
Rare / outside top 5,000
discount retailer
aldi
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
grocery store chain
cadbury
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
chocolate manufacturer
flocked
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
gathered in a group
kmart
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
discount department store
shake up
1×
disrupt or change significantly
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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