Noodle Experiment That Actually Worked

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A2 English listening practice · American English · Curated for beginners

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What does “zero faith” mean in English?

zero faith
Everyday way to say "none at all"
“zero” used to mean “not any” of something — not just the number 0

When the noodle tower finally stands on its own, the creator says: “I can’t believe that worked. I had zero faith.” Faith here means belief or trust that something will happen. Zero faith means no belief at all, not even a little. English often puts “zero” in front of a feeling or quality to say there was none of it.

The pattern repeats everywhere: “zero interest” (not interested at all), “zero patience” (no patience left), “zero tolerance” (accepting none of something bad). It’s stronger and more casual than “no faith,” because “zero” feels blunt, like a number reading exactly nothing. Use it when you want to sound surprised at your own doubt turning out wrong.

Vocabulary frequency

How common is the vocabulary in this A2 English listening practice listening practice?

89.7%
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

84.2%
Top 1,000
89.7%
Top 2,000
95.2%
Top 5,000

Spoken English frequency

89.8%
Top 1,000
98.5%
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.

spooning
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
(slang) cuddling while sleeping
tightly
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
with no space or looseness
noodles
3×
Rare / outside top 5,000
thin pasta strip
spoon
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
small utensil for eating soup
zero faith
1×
no belief or confidence at all

Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.

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