Taylor Swift - The Lakes Official Lyric Video
B2 English listening practice · American English · Curated for upper-intermediate learners
About this clip
A 3:30 video in English at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 138 words per minute, rated 3.1/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Music - Songs, artists, genres, and music culture.
- ▸Books & Reading - Books, literature, and reading culture.
- ▸Nature & Environment - The natural world, climate, and sustainability.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B2 English listening practice listening practice?
88.7%
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
79.2%
Top 1,000
88.7%
Top 2,000
96.5%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
91.9%
Top 1,000
96.2%
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.
auroras
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
natural light displays in sky
burrowed
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
dug a hole or tunnel
calamitous
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
causing great harm or suffering
cliffside
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
side of a cliff
poets went to die
1×
poets feel despair or loss there
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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