Tense moment in the crown office

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A1 English listening practice · American 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 150 words per minute, rated 1.9/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
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Vocabulary frequency

How common is the vocabulary in this A1 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

52.2%
Top 1,000
87%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000

Spoken English frequency

82.6%
Top 1,000
95.7%
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.

quietly
Top 5,000Common in speech
in a quiet manner
desk
Top 5,000Common in speech
worktable in an office
quiet
Top 5,000Common in speech
making little or no noise
onto
Top 2,000Common in speech
to a position on

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

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