Essential Restaurant and Café English Phrases

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A1 English listening practice · English · Curated for beginners

About this clip

A 12:48 video in English at A1 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 276 words per minute, rated 2.9/5, 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 A1 English listening practice listening practice?

97%
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

92.1%
Top 1,000
97%
Top 2,000
99.1%
Top 5,000

Spoken English frequency

96.6%
Top 1,000
97.8%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000

Words above this video’s level

Quick glosses for vocabulary that goes beyond this video’s A1 level.

appetizer
Rare / outside top 5,000
small dish before main meal
platter
Rare / outside top 5,000
large plate for serving food
starving
Rare / outside top 5,000Common in speech
extremely hungry
reservation
Top 5,000Common in speech
arrangement to secure a seat
table by the window
preferred seating arrangement

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

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