For the Love of the Game
B1 English listening practice · American English · Curated for intermediate learners
About this clip
A 1:01 video in English at B1 level, suitable for intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 197 words per minute, rated 3.5/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Sports - Soccer, basketball, tennis, the Olympics, and athletes.
- ▸Daily Life - Everyday routines, home life, and real-world situations.
- ▸Parenting & Family - Family life, raising kids, and parenting advice.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B1 English listening practice listening practice?
90.4%
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
84.4%
Top 1,000
90.4%
Top 2,000
95.6%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
90.8%
Top 1,000
99.2%
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.
leek
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
vegetable related to onion
homers
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
home runs in baseball
dispersion
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
spreading out or scattering
deviation
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
not following a standard
semifinal
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
round before the final
home run dads
1×
fathers who heavily support their kids' sports
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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