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
Nikolaas	-	Dutch
Lia (2)	LEE-ah (Italian)	Italian, Dutch
Orville	AWR-vil	English
GaweŁ	GAH-vew	Polish
Hamilton	['hæmiltən]
Shimon	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew