Southern accent jokes, New York, cats and airplane seats
C1 English listening practice · Southern American English · Curated for advanced learners
About this clip
A 7:06 video in English at C1 level, suitable for advanced learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 206 words per minute, rated 4.7/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Comedy & Humor - Skits, funny moments, humor, and light-hearted content.
- ▸Relationships - Dating, friendship, marriage, and social life.
- ▸Travel - Travel vlogs, tips, cultural experiences, and life abroad.
From The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon↗ on YouTube.Watch original
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this C1 English listening practice listening practice?
92.5%
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
85.9%
Top 1,000
92.5%
Top 2,000
97%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
94%
Top 1,000
97.8%
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.
armrest
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
support for arms on chairs
bisque
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
creamy soup or sauce
cpap
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
(acronym) Continuous Positive Airway Pressure — sleep apnea device
crosswalk
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
pedestrian crossing area
captain of my row
1×
dominant or controlling seat position
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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