to read one's lips
01
to observe the shape and movements of someone's lips in order to interpret and understand what they are saying
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Collocation
أمثلة
He was so far away that she had to resort to reading his lips to grasp the message.
read my lips
01
used to ask a person to pay attention to one's words and believe them
Idiom
Informalأمثلة
The teacher declared, " Read my lips, there will be no exceptions to the homework deadline. "
