Ian McKellen Recalls Christopher Lee Wanting Gandalf
B1 English listening practice · American English · Curated for intermediate learners
About this clip
A 58s video in English at B1 level, suitable for intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 205 words per minute, rated 4.2/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B1 English listening practice listening practice?
89.6%
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
83.3%
Top 1,000
89.6%
Top 2,000
95.3%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
92.2%
Top 1,000
97.8%
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.
gandalf
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
Gandalf
aragorn
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
Aragorn
boromir
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
Boromir
hobbiton
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
Hobbiton
hobbits
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
hobbits
contemplating a virgin neck
1×
to consider harming someone innocently
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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