How herpes infects your body and treatments explained
B2 English listening practice · American English · Curated for upper-intermediate learners
About this clip
A 5:56 video in English at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 137 words per minute, rated 4.1/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Health & Wellness - Fitness, mental health, nutrition, sleep, and self-care.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B2 English listening practice listening practice?
77.7%
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
71%
Top 1,000
77.7%
Top 2,000
91.7%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
83.6%
Top 1,000
90.2%
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.
hsv
13×
Rare / outside top 5,000
(acronym) HSV — herpes simplex virus
ganglia
4×
Rare / outside top 5,000
nerve cell clusters
sores
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
painful skin eruptions
antiviral
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
medication against viruses
stealthy virus
1×
difficult to detect and understand virus
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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