Tuesday, September 19, 2017

tally vs tall

tally /t'aeli/
tall /t>l/



//=== http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/tally

tally /ˈtæl·i/
n, ​count
a record or count of a number of items:

The final tally was 21 for and 16 against.

v,
to match or agree:

[ T ] I need to finish tallying the receipts.
[ I ] His statement doesn’t tally with the other witnesses’.

v.
to count or calculate something:
[ T ] The judges are tallying the scores.
[ T ] Zolga tallied (= scored) 16 points.
[ M ] She tallies up our expenses each month. 每個月算一次帳
- The votes for the winners of the best articles of last month have been tallied and
the winners are ...


to tally with
http://www.linguee.com/english-chinese/translation/tallied+with.html
- The transaction amount of the 25 units sold tallied with the prices as shown on the price lists made public by the developer earlier on.
- Evidently, the conclusion of the Panel tallied with the views of most people.
- He did not tell us why these three points do not tally with the statistics that he mentioned.





//=== tall,
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/tall

a, of more than average height:
- She’s tall and slim.
- The Sears Tower is taller than the Empire State Building.


a, of a particular height:
- Four of her friends are six feet or taller.



to stand tall
to walk tall
to speak tall