Saving Money On Dates With Cheap Cocktails
B1 English listening practice · Irish English · Curated for intermediate learners
About this clip
A 40s video in English at B1 level, suitable for intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 187 words per minute, rated 4.2/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Relationships - Dating, friendship, marriage, and social life.
- ▸Work & Career - Jobs, interviews, workplace culture, and money.
- ▸Food & Cooking - Recipes, restaurant reviews, street food, and kitchen vocabulary.
- ▸Self-Improvement - Life advice, habits, motivation, and personal growth.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B1 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
78.9%
Top 1,000
87.3%
Top 2,000
90.1%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
89.1%
Top 1,000
96.9%
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.
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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