Newport Wins $3 Million For Downtown Revitalization
B2 English listening practice · American English · Curated for upper-intermediate learners
About this clip
A 1:29 video in English at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 204 words per minute, rated 4.4/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸News & Current Events - Breaking news, current events, and journalism.
- ▸Politics - Politics, elections, government, and policy debates.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B2 English listening practice listening practice?
87.5%
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
78.5%
Top 1,000
87.5%
Top 2,000
94.3%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
83.9%
Top 1,000
92%
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.
vtrans
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
Vermont transportation
nvda
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
(acronym) NVDA — National Valley Development Agency
railyard
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
train storage area
place of connection and economic activity
1×
a hub for social and economic interaction
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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