Being Happy With The Toys You Already Have
A2 English listening practice · African American Vernacular English · Curated for beginners
About this clip
A 3:01 video in English at A2 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 146 words per minute, rated 3.2/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Self-Improvement - Life advice, habits, motivation, and personal growth.
- ▸Health & Wellness - Fitness, mental health, nutrition, sleep, and self-care.
- ▸Relationships - Dating, friendship, marriage, and social life.
- ▸Parenting & Family - Family life, raising kids, and parenting advice.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this A2 English listening practice listening practice?
93%
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
87.5%
Top 1,000
93%
Top 2,000
97.3%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
93.4%
Top 1,000
98.1%
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 A2 level.
flutter
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
to wave or flutter lightly
kindness
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000Common in speech
being nice to others
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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