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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.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Boutros | | - | Arabic, Coptic |
| Sharleen | | shahr-LEEN | English |
| Mirek | | MEE-rek (Polish) | Czech, Slovak, Polish |
| AnĐElka | | - | Croatian |
| Alexia | | ə-LEK-see-ə (English) | French, English (Modern) |
| Wenceslas | | WEN-səs-laws (English) | History |