Feux en Gironde : les pompiers en lutte

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B2 French listening practice · French · Curated for upper-intermediate learners

About this clip

A 2:16 video in French at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 162 words per minute, rated 3.1/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
  • News & Current Events - Breaking news, current events, and journalism.
  • Nature & Environment - The natural world, climate, and sustainability.

Vocabulary frequency

How common is the vocabulary in this B2 French listening practice listening practice?

88.5%
of words are in the top 2,000 most common French words
Based on this reel’s transcript, most of the vocabulary is high-frequency, everyday French.

General French frequency

84.6%
Top 1,000
88.5%
Top 2,000
96.2%
Top 5,000

Spoken French frequency

86.9%
Top 1,000
97.7%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000
👄 Conversational vocabulary
This reel’s words appear more often in subtitle-based spoken-French 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.

embrase
Rare / outside top 5,000
brasiers
Rare / outside top 5,000
embers or fiery logs
déversés
Rare / outside top 5,000
combat infernal
exhausting and seemingly impossible struggle

Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · Lexique 3.83 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.

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