Why British pubs have such quirky names
B2 English listening practice · British English · Curated for upper-intermediate learners
About this clip
A 48s video in English at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 167 words per minute, rated 4.1/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Culture & Society - Traditions, current events, social issues, and history.
- ▸Food & Cooking - Recipes, restaurant reviews, street food, and kitchen vocabulary.
- ▸History - Historical events, eras, and the people who shaped the world.
- ▸Language Learning - Grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, and real conversation practice.
- ▸Storytelling - Personal stories, anecdotes, and lived experience.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B2 English listening practice listening practice?
83.2%
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
77.2%
Top 1,000
83.2%
Top 2,000
93.3%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
83.1%
Top 1,000
90%
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.
drunken
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
intoxicated (formal)
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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