keep tally
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The third scrutator reads each name aloud, while the cardinals keep tally.
From Time Magazine Archive
Their names were so tangled up that no one could keep tally of them.
From Outback Marriage, an : a story of Australian life by A. B. (Andrew Barton) Paterson
Although this narrative has faintly attempted to trace it here and there in operation, no one can keep tally with rumour in Polpier, or render any convincing account of its secret ways.
From Nicky-Nan, Reservist by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
For this reason small gangs of concrete workers need no foreman at all, provided one of the workers is given command and required to keep tally of the batches.
From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Halbert Powers Gillette
Gorham Polly keeps tally, because he has got the newest jackknife—oh, how slick it whittles the old broom handle Gorham picked up in Packard's store an' brought along jest to keep tally on!
From Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know by Asa Don Dickinson
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