He stared at the three fingers, confused because one limiting trait of their race was their inability to count above two.

The Kallikantzaroi also could not count above 2, since 3 is a holy number, and by pronouncing it, they would kill themselves.

They won't let me work the tables because I can't count above four.

He helped with the sacks last night but he can't count above four.

But running a metropolis requires the ability to count above a hundred, which generally speaking the officer class of Caraqui does not possess.

Yet anyone who can count above ten with his shoes on knows where the power is today.

I counted at least four fighters, forty-five nautical miles, slightly above us.

I'm still counting, and enjoy doing so with a show that stresses simple human dignity above the barbarism that is occurring in our streets.

When they returned to the table the agents gave him more than $1,000 in cash, which he counted above the table in view of other customers.

Indeed, in some cases, top officials and their friends had a major stake in maintaining financial systems in which what counted above all was political connections.