Illinois Gas Tax Increase Explained
B1 English listening practice · American English · Curated for intermediate learners
About this clip
A 47s video in English at B1 level, suitable for intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 167 words per minute, rated 3.8/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸News & Current Events - Breaking news, current events, and journalism.
- ▸Politics - Politics, elections, government, and policy debates.
From FOX 2 St. Louis↗ on YouTube.Watch original→
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B1 English listening practice listening practice?
83%
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
73.2%
Top 1,000
83%
Top 2,000
98.2%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
77.8%
Top 1,000
88.9%
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.
gallon
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
unit of liquid measure
inflation
1×
Top 5,000
rise in prices
pause
1×
Top 5,000
temporary stop
adjustment
1×
Top 5,000
change made to something
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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