Robert Badinter et l’abolition de la peine de mort
B2 French listening practice · French · Curated for upper-intermediate learners
About this clip
A 5:40 video in French at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 153 words per minute, rated 3.3/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸News & Current Events - Breaking news, current events, and journalism.
- ▸Politics - Politics, elections, government, and policy debates.
- ▸History - Historical events, eras, and the people who shaped the world.
- ▸Culture & Society - Traditions, current events, social issues, and history.
From Karambolage en français - ARTE↗ on YouTube.Watch original→
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B2 French listening practice listening practice?
91%
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
86.7%
Top 1,000
91%
Top 2,000
97.3%
Top 5,000
Spoken French frequency
85.5%
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-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.
badinterre
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
(brand) Badinter — related to Badinter
pages sanglantes de notre justice
1×
dark history of our justice system
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · Lexique 3.83 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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