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B2 English listening practice · Indian English · Picked for people who know more

About this video

A 8:34 video in English, level B2. Good for people who know more. People talk at about 204 words a minute, rated 3.9/5, hard to listen to.

What this video covers:
  • ▸News - Big news and what's happening now.
  • ▸Politics - Politics, elections, and government.
  • ▸Culture & Society - How people live, the news, and history.
  • ▸Stories - Stories about people's lives.

How common are the words?

How common are the words in this B2 English listening practice video?

92.5%
of words are in the top 2,000 most common English words
Most of the words in this video are common English words.

How common in written English

84.6%
Top 1,000
92.5%
Top 2,000
97.3%
Top 5,000

How common in spoken English

91.4%
Top 1,000
95.7%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000

Harder words in this video

These words are harder than B2. Here is what they mean.

wion
3×
Not in top 5,000
World Is One News
colonized
2×
Not in top 5,000
taken over by another country
nagasaki
2×
Not in top 5,000
Nagasaki
contaminate
1×
Not in top 5,000
make something dirty or unsafe
devastate
1×
Not in top 5,000
cause severe destruction
grand storytelling competition
1×
competition to tell persuasive stories

Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-US 2012 (spoken). These numbers are close, not perfect.

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