New Vermont Animal Cruelty Law Explained
B2 English listening practice · American English · Curated for upper-intermediate learners
About this clip
A 2:17 video in English at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 188 words per minute, rated 4.4/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸News & Current Events - Breaking news, current events, and journalism.
- ▸Pets & Animals - Dogs, cats, wildlife, and pet care.
- ▸Politics - Politics, elections, government, and policy debates.
From MyNBC5-WPTZ↗ on YouTube.Watch original
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B2 English listening practice listening practice?
87.3%
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
80%
Top 1,000
87.3%
Top 2,000
93%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
87.7%
Top 1,000
95.5%
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 B2 level.
clarifies
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
makes clear or understandable
desensitization
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
becoming less sensitive
harsher
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
more severe or strict
caught in the legal system
1×
stuck in ongoing legal proceedings
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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