Phone calls are the hardest listening of all: no faces, a bad line, two people talking at once, English words dropped into Malayalam, and the topic jumping from trains to fish curry in one breath. Translating every word, you fall behind by line two. In this lab you first hear an invented call at full native speed, then decode it line by line, answer comprehension questions, and finally take Arjun's part yourself in the pauses. In this episode: • How to use this lab • The call at native speed • Decode, line by line • Comprehension questions • Your turn: reply in the pauses • Language bridge • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Learn Spoken Malayalam at Home: a complete course in everyday spoken Malayalam for English speakers. Native Malayalam pronunciation, every phrase in Malayalam script, Manglish and English, plus a language bridge comparing Malayalam with other world languages. Listen, repeat out loud, then take the 52-question quiz. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair.