Clinton’s visit to Derry turns the house upside down
C1 English listening practice · Irish English · Curated for advanced learners
About this clip
A 2:08 video in English at C1 level, suitable for advanced learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 222 words per minute, rated 4.9/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Politics - Politics, elections, government, and policy debates.
- ▸News & Current Events - Breaking news, current events, and journalism.
- ▸History - Historical events, eras, and the people who shaped the world.
- ▸Travel - Travel vlogs, tips, cultural experiences, and life abroad.
From Hat Trick Comedy↗ on YouTube.Watch original
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this C1 English listening practice listening practice?
86.2%
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
79.3%
Top 1,000
86.2%
Top 2,000
95.6%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
90.4%
Top 1,000
97.9%
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 C1 level.
londonderry
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
city in Northern Ireland
reedy
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
full of reeds
skirting
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
border or edge covering
transmitters
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
devices sending signals
take an ocean
1×
make an effort or take a chance
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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