Turning A Love Of Balloons Into Art And Career
B1 English listening practice · British English · Curated for intermediate learners
About this clip
A 2:10 video in English at B1 level, suitable for intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 226 words per minute, rated 4.4/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Work & Career - Jobs, interviews, workplace culture, and money.
- ▸Culture & Society - Traditions, current events, social issues, and history.
From WGN News↗ on YouTube.Watch original→
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B1 English listening practice listening practice?
89.6%
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
89.6%
Top 2,000
94.3%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
90.9%
Top 1,000
96.4%
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.
giraffe
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
tall African animal
ecstatic
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
extremely happy
pinterest
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
image sharing site
bread and butter
1×
main source of income or livelihood
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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