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
Magnhild	-	Norwegian
Avelina	-	Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Eder (1)	-	Biblical
Sirius	SIR-ee-əs (English), SEER-ee-əs (English)	Astronomy
Halvor	-	Norwegian
Cordelia	kawr-DEL-ee-ə, kawr-DEL-yə	English