Dr. Manette uses shoemaking to calm his troubled mind after learning Darnay's true identity
A grund is a noun.
A gerund is a noun that comes in the family of a verb. U add -ing in the words such as:
Learning
Playing
Fighting
Punching
Swimming
Laughing
Touching.
You can see thse words shows an action, but they are called gerund.
Ur answer is a gerund is a noun.
Answer:
b. understatement
Explanation:
The Cambridge Dictionary defines understatement as "a statement that describes something in a way that makes it seem less important, serious, bad, etc. than it really is, or the act of making such statements". In the speech we see that Twain states that if you get offended by someone, you should not take extreme measures, just simply hit them with a brick whenever possible. We saw that "hit him with the brick" is the understatement, making the action seem less serious.
You're wasting my time, lol
But here you are:
Raw
Her
Pork
Bet
Beak
Port
Hi
Hair
Are
A prepositional phrase consists of a preposition and its object. Therefore, the prepositional phrase is A, under the wooden bridge.