Hostage Chaos And A Surprising Love Confession
B2 English listening practice · Irish English · Curated for upper-intermediate learners
About this clip
A 4:38 video in English at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 187 words per minute, rated 4.0/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Relationships - Dating, friendship, marriage, and social life.
- ▸Comedy & Humor - Skits, funny moments, humor, and light-hearted content.
- ▸Storytelling - Personal stories, anecdotes, and lived experience.
- ▸Entertainment - TV shows, movies, music, books, and pop culture.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B2 English listening practice listening practice?
89.1%
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
86.4%
Top 1,000
89.1%
Top 2,000
94.6%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
94.1%
Top 1,000
95.7%
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.
tick
4×
Rare / outside top 5,000
mark or sound indicating time
bff
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
(slang) best friends forever
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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