"what can you do" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase|head=what can you do?}} what can you do?
  1. A rhetorical question expressing that an undesirable situation is inevitable. Related terms: it is what it is
    Sense id: en-what_can_you_do-en-phrase-zRXnVie0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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        {
          "text": "Near-synonym: what can I say"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Carl Frode Tiller, Encircling: Book 2:",
          "text": "I bend my head over the paper, screw up my eyes, trying to read what it says, but it's no use, I can hardly see to read now, the print's so small that I can't read much except the headlines. Oh, well, what can you do?",
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        "A rhetorical question expressing that an undesirable situation is inevitable."
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          "rhetorical question",
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        ],
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          "undesirable",
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