Tense moment in the crown office
A1 English listening practice · British English · Curated for beginners
About this clip
A 31s video in English at A1 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 171 words per minute, rated 2.6/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this A1 English listening practice listening practice?
88.1%
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
73.8%
Top 1,000
88.1%
Top 2,000
97.6%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
90%
Top 1,000
97.5%
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 A1 level.
alphabetical
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
arranged in order of letters
quietly
1×
Top 5,000Common in speech
without noise or sound
desk
1×
Top 5,000Common in speech
a table for working at
quiet
1×
Top 5,000Common in speech
silent; lack of noise
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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