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adj. showing a willingness to take risks.
The wager itself was audacious — eighty days was a figure most members of the Reform Club dismissed outright.
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v. to determine a value by doing the necessary mathematical operations; to work out the details of something in advance; to determine; estimate
Every expenditure Fogg made was calculated to the penny, yet he spent freely when speed required it of him.
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v. to pass completely around
To circumnavigate the globe in eighty days was considered by most Victorians an impossible and reckless undertaking.
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adj. feeling very annoyed or frustrated.
Fix grew exasperated as his warrant failed to arrive and Fogg slipped steadily eastward beyond his reach.
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adv. in a hurried and excited way often because of worry or fear.
Passepartout searched frantically for an alternative vessel, sprinting the length of the Liverpool docks in the freezing dark.
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adj. not easily panicked or upset
Fogg remained imperturbable as the steamer ran aground, consulting his timetable as calmly as if at his London club.
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v. to create or perform without preparation.
When the railroad ended abruptly in the snow, Fogg did not hesitate to improvise a wind-powered sledge.
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adj. done in an orderly and careful way.
Fogg was so methodical that his neighbours could set their watches by the moment he left his door.
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v. to keep trying despite difficulties or failure.
Despite arrest, shipwreck, and blizzard, Fogg resolved to persevere, never once betraying agitation by so much as a frown.
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adv. done or carried out or given without delay
Fogg arrived punctually at every departure, regarding a missed connection as a moral failing of the gravest order.
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adj. not relenting; harsh; pitiless persistent; unremitting
Fix pursued his suspect with relentless determination, boarding every steamer and train that Fogg chose to take.
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adj. admirably purposeful, determined, and unwavering.
Fogg was resolute in recovering Aouda even when the detour threatened to cost him the entire wager.
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adv. In a manner that is very determined to do something and not easily discouraged.
Passepartout tenaciously clung to the roof of the moving train, refusing to release his grip above the ravine.
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adv. joyful over a victory or success
Passepartout burst triumphantly into the Reform Club with seconds remaining, vindicating every mile of their extraordinary journey.
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adj. not anticipated or predicted.
Every unforeseen delay — a storm, a blockade, a festival — Fogg absorbed into his schedule without visible distress.
