The Tragic Fate And Redemption Of Oedipus
C1 English listening practice · American English · Curated for advanced learners
About this clip
A 5:36 video in English at C1 level, suitable for advanced learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 142 words per minute, rated 4.3/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
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Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this C1 English listening practice listening practice?
80.9%
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
73.4%
Top 1,000
80.9%
Top 2,000
88.2%
Top 5,000
Spoken English frequency
88.6%
Top 1,000
95.5%
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 C1 level.
laius
7×
Rare / outside top 5,000
Oedipus's father
thebes
7×
Rare / outside top 5,000
Ancient Greek city
jocasta
5×
Rare / outside top 5,000
Oedipus's mother
corinth
3×
Rare / outside top 5,000
City in ancient Greece
seeds of doubt
1×
sparks of uncertainty in one's mind
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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