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
Eason	[isən]
RisteÁRd	-	Irish
Augustin	o-goos-TEN (French)	French, Czech, Romanian, Croatian, German
Hero (1)	HEER-o (English)	Greek Mythology
Christabelle	KRIS-tə-bel	English (Rare)
Carrie	KER-ee, KAR-ee	English