Senate Parliamentarian Blocks Trump Ballroom Security Funding
C1 English listening practice · American English · Curated for advanced learners
About this clip
A 1:27 video in English at C1 level, suitable for advanced learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 166 words per minute, rated 4.3/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸News & Current Events - Breaking news, current events, and journalism.
- ▸Politics - Politics, elections, government, and policy debates.
From PBS NewsHour↗ on YouTube.Watch original
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this C1 English listening practice listening practice?
91.2%
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
83.8%
Top 1,000
91.2%
Top 2,000
95.6%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
89.5%
Top 1,000
97.7%
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 C1 level.
parliamentarian
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
(formal) legislative expert
filibuster
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
delaying tactic in legislature
snag
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
obstacle or problem
pbs
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
(acronym) Public Broadcasting Service — media organization
hit a very big snag
1×
experienced a significant obstacle or problem
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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