Sarcasm says the opposite of what it means, and it is one of the hardest things to detect in any variety of English. In Indian English you may hear "Wah, what timing!" when someone arrives very late, "Very good, very good, now the whole server is down" after a mistake, or "Oh, you're so busy, no?" to someone who hasn't replied for a week. What you will learn: • Sarcastic praise • Exaggeration and repetition • Understatement • Cues from face and context • Friendly VS critical sarcasm • Responding to sarcasm • Practice: decode the line • Listening strategies • Self-check questions to test your ear Level: B1–B2. Self-study: listen, then take the quizzes. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair.