Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
verb
To understand the emotions and thoughts of the people present, especially to determine the kind of speech or actions that would be appropriate or inappropriate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
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Synonyms: read the table
Antonyms: none provided
History
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Across languages
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
