Ebay Drops Seller Fees In Australia’s Online Marketplace Battle

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B2 English listening practice · South African English · Curated for upper-intermediate learners

About this clip

A 1:55 video in English at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 176 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.
  • ▸Shopping - Shopping hauls, online shopping, and consumer culture.
  • ▸Work & Career - Jobs, interviews, workplace culture, and money.
  • ▸Technology - Tech, gadgets, software, AI, and the digital world.

Vocabulary frequency

How common is the vocabulary in this B2 English listening practice listening practice?

85.6%
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

71.6%
Top 1,000
85.6%
Top 2,000
92.6%
Top 5,000

Spoken English frequency

80.7%
Top 1,000
94.4%
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 B2 level.

secondhand
3×
Rare / outside top 5,000
used items for sale
depop
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
resale shopping app
marketplaces
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
online buying platforms
reposition
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
change location or strategy
wild wild west
1×
lawless and chaotic environment for business

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

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