The noun forms for the verb to avoid are avoider, avoidance, and the gerund, avoiding.
The noun for the verb to avoid is avoidance. The word avoiding can also be a noun (gerund), and is probably used more.
The abstract noun forms of the verb to avoid are avoidance and the gerund, avoiding.
They is a pronoun. It is used to replace a noun to avoid repetition
Avoidance
Yes the word dodge can be a noun. It is mostly used as a verb to mean to avoid.
Always put a capital letter on a proper noun
You should say "(noun) and I" when referring to yourself and someone else as the subject of a sentence. For example, "My friend and I went to the store." Use "me and (noun)" when you are the object of the sentence, as in "He gave the book to me and my friend."
The word 'summertime' is the object of the preposition 'in'. The gerund, hiking is the object of the verb 'avoid'.
sounding repetitive The repetition of a person's name over and over
Thunder is a noun, not a verb. You do not say "it was thundering earlier" you say "there was thunder earlier".
The plural noun is cuffs; the singular noun is cuff.
It depends on whether the noun is masculine or feminine. If the noun is masculine, you would say il est grand. If the noun is feminine, you would say elle est grande.