Shirley And Rita Argue Over The Missing Pen
C1 English listening practice · American English · Curated for advanced learners
About this clip
A 28s video in English at C1 level, suitable for advanced learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 250 words per minute, rated 5.0/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this C1 English listening practice listening practice?
87.7%
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
77.9%
Top 1,000
87.7%
Top 2,000
94.3%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
92.2%
Top 1,000
96.5%
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.
larceny
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
theft of someone else's property
prophylactic
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
preventing disease or pregnancy
tampons
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
feminine hygiene products
wrestle
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
to engage in wrestling
mother hen
1×
overprotective or nurturing person
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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