Off-Campus Bermuda Shorts Day Party Upsets Calgary Neighbours
B2 English listening practice · Canadian English · Curated for upper-intermediate learners
About this clip
A 2:50 video in English at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 206 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.
- ▸Culture & Society - Traditions, current events, social issues, and history.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B2 English listening practice listening practice?
88.9%
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
82.8%
Top 1,000
88.9%
Top 2,000
96.2%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
89%
Top 1,000
94.9%
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.
barricade
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
barrier built for protection
blockading
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
blocking access or passage
deterrence
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
prevention of actions or behaviors
gentler
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
more gentle or mild
the big party of the year
1×
most important or celebrated party annually
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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