L'ingegneria impossibile di Milano su terreno instabile
B2 Italian listening practice · Standard Italian · Curated for upper-intermediate learners
About this clip
A 19:55 video in Italian at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 147 words per minute, rated 3.4/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Science - Discoveries, experiments, and how the world works.
- ▸History - Historical events, eras, and the people who shaped the world.
- ▸Culture & Society - Traditions, current events, social issues, and history.
From Storia Vivente↗ on YouTube.Watch original→
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B2 Italian listening practice listening practice?
83.8%
of words are in the top 2,000 most common Italian words
Based on this reel’s transcript, most of the vocabulary is high-frequency, everyday Italian.
General Italian frequency
76.4%
Top 1,000
83.8%
Top 2,000
94%
Top 5,000
Spoken Italian frequency
85.4%
Top 1,000
93.8%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000
👄 Conversational vocabulary
This reel’s words appear more often in subtitle-based spoken-Italian 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.
ghiaia
5×
Rare / outside top 5,000
gravel
guglie
4×
Rare / outside top 5,000
spires
trincee
4×
Rare / outside top 5,000
trenches
crepe
3×
Rare / outside top 5,000
cracks
costruita sulla testardaggine
1×
built on stubbornness and persistence of builders
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · OpenSubtitles 2018 (HermitDave) (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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