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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
Příklady
To understand the foreign language speaker, she had to read his lips carefully.
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
InformalPříklady
Read my lips, there will be no changes to the company's vacation policy this year, " the CEO announced.
I'm telling you, I will not accept any more excuses — read my lips, we need this project completed by Friday.
