Taino myth of Deminan and the origin of the sea
B2 English listening practice · English · Curated for upper-intermediate learners
About this clip
A 3:45 video in English at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 161 words per minute, rated 4.1/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B2 English listening practice listening practice?
88.3%
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
81.9%
Top 1,000
88.3%
Top 2,000
96.5%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
92.1%
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.
gourd
4×
Rare / outside top 5,000
spherical container, often made of dried fruit
cursed and blessed
1×
suffering while having special abilities
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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