Sarcasm is the hardest thing to hear in any variety that is not your own, because it depends on the gap between the words and the tune, and you need to know the ordinary tune before you can hear the gap. In Episode 71 you learned that Indian English praise is often doubled and loud: "very nice, very nice", "too good", "superb". Indian English sarcasm borrows exactly those words. What you will learn: • Sincere praise: the baseline • The sarcasm cues • The stock sarcastic phrases • Irony without praise words • How common is it, and where • Using context and faces • Practice: decode the scene • 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.