read lips

read someone's lips

to manage to understand speech by watching and interpreting the movements of the speaker's lips. I couldn't hear her but I could read her lips.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
MylÈNe	mee-LEN	French
FrÓ&Eth;I	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Gyatso	-	Tibetan
MikulÁŠ	-	Slovak, Czech
Jacqui	JAK-ee	English (British)
Kimmy	KIM-ee	English