Roald Dahl on Writing Children's Books
B2 English listening practice · British English · Curated for upper-intermediate learners
About this clip
A 12:47 video in English at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 195 words per minute, rated 3.7/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Books & Reading - Books, literature, and reading culture.
- ▸Interviews - Long-form conversations and Q&As.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B2 English listening practice listening practice?
91.3%
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
86.1%
Top 1,000
91.3%
Top 2,000
96.3%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
91.8%
Top 1,000
96.5%
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.
bfg
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
(acronym) Big Friendly Giant — children's book character
childishness
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
behaving like a child
deliciously
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
in a very nice way
my sins were scarlet but my books were read
1×
legacy of good writing outweighs flaws
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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