Sergeant York's Shooting Test at Boot Camp

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B1 English listening practice · Southern American English · Curated for intermediate learners

About this clip

A 58s video in English at B1 level, suitable for intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 207 words per minute, rated 3.2/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
  • ▸Movies - Films, directors, and cinema discussions.
  • ▸Entertainment - TV shows, movies, music, books, and pop culture.
  • ▸History - Historical events, eras, and the people who shaped the world.

Vocabulary frequency

How common is the vocabulary in this B1 English listening practice listening practice?

90.2%
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

85.4%
Top 1,000
90.2%
Top 2,000
96.7%
Top 5,000

Spoken English frequency

94%
Top 1,000
97.4%
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.

bullseye
4×
Rare / outside top 5,000
perfect shot
plumb
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
exactly vertical
haze
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
thin mist
cut plumb center
1×
hit the exact center of a target

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

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