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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kollokation
Exempel
She learned to read lips after losing much of her hearing.
read my lips
01
used to ask a person to pay attention to one's words and believe them
idiom
informellt
Exempel
Read my lips: I am not paying for your mistake.
