"mirror and match people's expression"
Hi, native English speakers!
Hope you're doing fine.
An American girl who's visiting Russia, says,
"I try to, like, mirror and match people's expression, but at the same time, like, I also smile, like, all the time.
So, I've been trying to, like, contain my smile today to ... kind of like, match everybody else's, like, frowns.
But, like, honestly it takes more effort to frown."
I'd like to know if I got what she said correct:
a) Russians around her are frowning, and she tried to do the same (to frown, too)
b) it's easier for her to smile than to frown, so she periodically 'slip' (fail) to smile.
And, what did she really mean using the "match" verb here??
Which verb could hypothetically replace it for my better understanding?
Here's the original YouTube link-time of the point I am talking about.
https://youtu.be/XkcepP0qMEI?list=PLPHEqKWkXSm0NmRHJmOYPmf3juaSWXoke&t=549
Thank you in advance.