How To Make The Best Beef Stew
A2 English listening practice · Southern American English · Curated for beginners
About this clip
A 2:24 video in English at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 214 words per minute, rated 4.1/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Food & Cooking - Recipes, restaurant reviews, street food, and kitchen vocabulary.
From Pepperbellypete↗ on YouTube.Watch original
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this A2 English listening practice listening practice?
81.6%
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
77%
Top 1,000
81.6%
Top 2,000
93.1%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
87.4%
Top 1,000
94.5%
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 A2 level.
stew
5×
Rare / outside top 5,000
a dish of meat and vegetables
lid
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
cover for a container
ounce
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
unit of weight or volume
simmer
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
cook gently in liquid
tablespoon
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
large spoon for serving
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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