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Situation: Introductory class in which students ask one another get-to-know-you questions. The first question is "Have you broken a bone?"

Me: "So who else has broken a bone?"
Celine: "Joseph has broken a bone."
Me: "Joseph, what did you break?"
Josephe: (pointing) "I broke my this and my this."
Me: "My this?" (pointing to arm) "What is this?"
Class: "Arm"
Me: "Right, you broke your arm and your..." (pointing to feet)
Class: "Foot!"
Me: "Yes. Foot."
Joseph: "No. I not break my foot. I break... my... fingers of my foot."
Me: "Your fingers of your foot? What do we call 'fingers of the foot'?"

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