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CLARIFICATION: I just feel like I may not have explained my point about understanding fast speech that well. What I mean to say is that we often only struggle with fast speech, because we don't know some of the words being said. 

For slow speech, even if you don't know some words, you have more time to infer the meaning of the words from context. It's also easier to pinpoint exactly what words you didn't know so you can search it up or ask someone to repeat/explain.

Therefore, improving your vocab is the best way to understand faster speech. Also, understanding how natives shorten words or phrases will help a lot.

But overall, it just takes a long time to get used to a language. Do not feel frustrated if you can't understand a super fast speaker, even if you feel advanced in other contexts. I promise it will come with time. Keep it up!