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
Sisu	SEE-soo	Finnish
MÜNİRe	-	Turkish
Wilhelmus	-	Dutch
Rauf	-	Arabic
Coley	['kəuli]
Vic	VIK	English