Commentary On Maradona’s Infamous Hand Of God Goal
B1 English listening practice · English · Curated for intermediate learners
About this clip
A 50s video in English at B1 level, suitable for intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 170 words per minute, rated 2.8/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B1 English listening practice listening practice?
91.9%
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
91.9%
Top 2,000
95.3%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
85.5%
Top 1,000
97.4%
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.
fenwick
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
a surname
handball
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
illegal football move
get the jump on
1×
gain an advantage over someone
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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