The answer would be simile
        
             
        
        
        
"and he would go tot work and bore me nearly to death with some infernal reminiscence of this as long and tedious as it should be to me"
"Simon Wheeler backed me into a corner and blockaded me there with his chair, and then sat down and reeled off the monotonous narrative…"
Then there's another one when Simon talks about the frog's talents:  "you never see a frog so modest and trightforward as he was, for all he was so gifted"
I hope this helps!
 
        
        
        
Answer:
you should tell us whats your topic
Explanation:
sorry
 
        
             
        
        
        
Ahh I don’t think you need to change anything because pushed is a past tense.
        
                    
             
        
        
        
Answer:
it depends on the word
Explanation:
certain prefixes only fit with certain words as they can change the word entirely from what ur trying to say if used incorrectly :)