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"text": "Deaf people may be able to read people's lips, but it's not a foolproof means of communication."
}
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"To discern what someone is saying by watching the shape of the mouth rather than by hearing the sounds of the words."
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"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "discern what somebody is saying",
"word": "lukea huulilta"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "discern what somebody is saying",
"word": "czytać z ust"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "discern what somebody is saying",
"word": "czytać z ruchu warg"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "discern what somebody is saying",
"word": "läsa på läppar"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "discern what somebody is saying",
"word": "läsa någons läppar"
}
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"text": "Read my lips. We are not going to the park today, and that is final."
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"To pay close attention (often imperative)."
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"(idiomatic) To pay close attention (often imperative)."
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"translations": [
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "discern what somebody is saying",
"word": "lukea huulilta"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "discern what somebody is saying",
"word": "czytać z ust"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "discern what somebody is saying",
"word": "czytać z ruchu warg"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "discern what somebody is saying",
"word": "läsa på läppar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "discern what somebody is saying",
"word": "läsa någons läppar"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Lip reading"
],
"word": "read someone's lips"
}
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