How Impossible Is Quantum Tunneling Your Hand Through A Table?

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C1 English listening practice · English · Curated for advanced learners

About this clip

A 2:03 video in English at C1 level, suitable for advanced learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 233 words per minute, rated 5.0/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
  • ▸Science - Discoveries, experiments, and how the world works.
  • ▸Self-Improvement - Life advice, habits, motivation, and personal growth.

Vocabulary frequency

How common is the vocabulary in this C1 English listening practice listening practice?

89.2%
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

83.3%
Top 1,000
89.2%
Top 2,000
96%
Top 5,000

Spoken English frequency

91.8%
Top 1,000
95.5%
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.

atoms
3×
Rare / outside top 5,000
basic units of matter
quantum
3×
Rare / outside top 5,000
The total amount of something; quantity. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size…
tunneling
3×
Rare / outside top 5,000
excavating a tunnel
atom
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
basic unit of matter
gaussian
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
related to normal distribution

Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.

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