Musicians React To Being Chosen By Elton John
B1 English listening practice · Canadian English · Curated for intermediate learners
About this clip
A 1:08 video in English at B1 level, suitable for intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 233 words per minute, rated 4.4/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Music - Songs, artists, genres, and music culture.
- ▸Entertainment - TV shows, movies, music, books, and pop culture.
From CBC News↗ on YouTube.Watch original
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B1 English listening practice listening practice?
89.5%
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
84.8%
Top 1,000
89.5%
Top 2,000
97.1%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
94.3%
Top 1,000
98.1%
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.
humanitarianism
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
concern for human welfare
songwriter
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
one who writes songs
pinch
5×
Rare / outside top 5,000
squeeze tightly
charitable
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
generous towards others
pinch me
1×
expression of disbelief or surprise
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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