time! But if you ask a friend to do something out of kindness or
generosity, you are asking a favour.
This is quite easy to do in English, but it's complicated slightly by
the fact that we tend to be very polite when we're asking favours.
Don't forget to practise what you've learned with the activity further down this page.
Listen
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Listen to some examples of dialogues featuring sarcastic remarks:
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