David Beckham’s World Cup Mistake And Redemption
B1 English listening practice · English · Curated for intermediate learners
About this clip
A 56s video in English at B1 level, suitable for intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 195 words per minute, rated 4.2/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Sports - Soccer, basketball, tennis, the Olympics, and athletes.
- ▸Entertainment - TV shows, movies, music, books, and pop culture.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B1 English listening practice listening practice?
93.3%
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
87.1%
Top 1,000
93.3%
Top 2,000
94.9%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
94.5%
Top 1,000
99.4%
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.
rectify
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
correct something that is wrong
barge
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
large boat for transport
redemption
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
act of saving or being saved
hated forever
1×
never forgiven or accepted again
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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