Choosing Culture Over Money For A First Big Job
B2 English listening practice · American English · Curated for upper-intermediate learners
About this clip
A 3:36 video in English at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 209 words per minute, rated 4.4/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Work & Career - Jobs, interviews, workplace culture, and money.
- ▸Politics - Politics, elections, government, and policy debates.
- ▸Self-Improvement - Life advice, habits, motivation, and personal growth.
From Bloomberg Television↗ on YouTube.Watch original
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B2 English listening practice listening practice?
95.1%
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
91.1%
Top 1,000
95.1%
Top 2,000
98.4%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
96.8%
Top 1,000
98.4%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000
Words above this video’s level
Quick glosses for vocabulary that goes beyond this video’s B2 level.
nascent
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
emerging, just beginning
verve
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
enthusiasm, energy, spirit
vibrancy
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
liveliness, brightness, energy
took a bet
1×
made a risky decision for potential gain
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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