Octopus Mating Behavior Explained
B1 English listening practice · American English · Curated for intermediate learners
About this clip
A 3:13 video in English at B1 level, suitable for intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 145 words per minute, rated 2.6/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
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From National Geographic↗ on YouTube.Watch original
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B1 English listening practice listening practice?
87.6%
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
82.1%
Top 1,000
87.6%
Top 2,000
92.6%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
93%
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-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.
appendage
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
body part used for movement or grasping
hectocotylus
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
modified tentacle used by male octopuses to transfer sperm
octopi
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
octopuses
octopods
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
member of the order Octopoda (eight-armed cephalopods)
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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