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
Jackie	JAK-ee	English
Salena	-	English (Modern)
Alysha	ə-LEE-shə	English (Modern)
FraÑSez	-	Breton
Fishke	-	Yiddish
Thulile	-	Southern African, Zulu