Talking big dog business you wouldn’t understand

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C1 English listening practice · African American Vernacular English · Curated for advanced learners

About this clip

A 11s video in English at C1 level, suitable for advanced learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 241 words per minute, rated 5.0/5, hard listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
  • ▸Food & Cooking - Recipes, restaurant reviews, street food, and kitchen vocabulary.
  • ▸Daily Life - Everyday routines, home life, and real-world situations.

Vocabulary frequency

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

87%
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

87%
Top 1,000
87%
Top 2,000
95.7%
Top 5,000

Spoken English frequency

91.1%
Top 1,000
93.3%
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.

skits
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
short comic performances
bing
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
sound of a bell
bam
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
sound of impact
big dog business
1×
serious or important matters; dominance

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

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