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What does " who could you have possibly done? mean in the following context ?
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I would like to ask about the meaning of the sentence" Who could you have possibly done " in this context :
Here is the video from the TV-series "Friends"
http://130.211.5.232/yarn-clip/4759828b-0baf-48c0-ac0b-b14cd0c00a3b
This is the written context:
Monica: You invite my brother, you invite my whole family, and not me? Why? Why wouldn't you want me at your wedding? What could I have possibly done? Stuart.
Frannie: I believe you know my husband.
Ross: So it's really a question of "who" could you possibly have done.
24 paź 2019 16:32
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"To do someone¨ can mean to have casual sex.
From the dialog, it appears that Frannie did not invite Monica to the wedding because Monica had had a sexual relationship with Frannie's fiancée. [former lovers are not normally welcome at a wedding ....]
Notes -
The humor in this dialog depends on a double meaning of ¨know¨ somebody and the shift between ¨what you did¨ and ¨who you did.¨
Frannie: I believe you ¨know¨ my husband.
[intended meaning - you know him too well because you have had sex with him in the past]
Ross: So it's really a question of "who" could you possibly have done.
[intended meaning - Frannie is upset because of who you´ve had sex with.]
24 października 2019
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In the context “done” or “do” means to have sex with someone. I can’t watch that clip right now to confirm why he said that, but I’ve seen that episode.
24 października 2019
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