Question: The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the U.S. government, responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice in the United States, equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries. The department was formed in 1870 during the Ulysses S. Grant administration. In its early years, the DOJ vigorously prosecuted Ku Klux Klan members.

The Department of Justice administers several federal law enforcement agencies including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The department is responsible for investigating instances of financial fraud, representing the United States government in legal matters (such as in cases before the Supreme Court), and running the federal prison system. The department is also responsible for reviewing the conduct of local law enforcement as directed by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.

The department is headed by the United States Attorney General, who is nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate and is a member of the Cabinet. The current Attorney General is Jeff Sessions.

The office of the Attorney General was established by the Judiciary Act of 1789 as a part-time job for one person, but grew with the bureaucracy. At one time, the Attorney General gave legal advice to the U.S. Congress as well as the President, but in 1819 the Attorney General began advising Congress alone to ensure a manageable workload. Until March 3, 1853, the salary of the Attorney General was set by statute at less than the amount paid to other Cabinet members. Early Attorneys General supplemented their salaries by running private law practices, often arguing cases before the courts as attorneys for paying litigants. 1. What is DOJ short for?
2. Who heads the department?
3. who nominates him?
4. And who confirms it?
5. Who is the Attorney General now?
6. When was the DOJ started?
7. What are some of its responsibilities?
8. Anything else?
9. Any others?
10. Any other duties? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Department of Justice
2. United States Attorney General
3. the President
4. the Senate
5. Jeff Sessions
6. 1870
7. investigating finacial fraud
8. reviewing conduct of local law enforcement
9. running the federal prision
10. drug enforcement

Question: There are many idioms in English. An idiom is a phrase that we can't understand from the meaning of each word. The following are some of them.

As the crow flies

When a bird flies from place to place, it takes the most direct route. But when people drive, they have to follow roads and often go farther. When people give a distance "as the crow flies", they mean the shortest distance between the two points, not the distance you would have to travel by following roads.

As Dan and his mum drove along the river, they could see the beach on the opposite side. Dan asked "How far is it to the beach?"

"It's only about a quarter of a mile as the crow flies" his mother said.

Blow hot and cold

In one of Aesop's Fables, a man blows on his fingers to warm them up and then blows on his soup to cool it down. In both cases, the man is opening his mouth, but what comes out is different. If a person says one thing and later says the opposite, we say that the person is blowing hot and cold.

"Is Felicia going to try out for the soccer team this year?" Stacy asked.

"I don't know," Tricia replied." Last week she was saying yes, but this week she's saying no. She's really blowing hot and cold."

Break the ice

Nowadays people use the phrase to refer to ending an awkward silence by beginning a conversation.

It was the first day of summer camp. The four girls began to make their beds in silence. None of the girls knew each other, and no one knew what to say. Finally, one of them broke the ice by saying" Hey, where's everybody from?"

Bury the hatchet

In native American culture, when two nations agreed to end their war, they buried the hatchet. So to bury the hatchet is to make peace with someone else.

Colin could not excuse his sister for breaking his tennis racket. Finally, his sister said, "Colin, can't we bury the hatchet?" 1. What is the article about?
2. What are they?
3. What is an example?
4. What does that insinuate?
5. Another example?
6. Can you explain?
7. What is the significance?
8. Any other examples?
9. What does that indicate?
10. Any other examples?
11. What does that indicate?
12. Is there history behind it?
13. A certain group? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. idioms
2. a phrase that we can't understand from the meaning of each word
3. As the crow flies
4. the most direct route
5. Blow hot and cold
6. Blowing can cool or warm.
7. Contradictions are like hot and cold coming from the same breath.
8. Break the ice
9. refers to ending an awkward silence
10. Bury the hatchet
11. to make peace with someone else.
12. Yes.
13. native American culture

Question: Annabelle Smith and her two best friends, Samantha and Kristy, loved going to Sand City School. Mrs. Lemming, their teacher, would read them a story. That Monday afternoon, Mrs. Lemming read them a story called Super Sophie Saves the Day. After school, Annabelle, Samantha and Kristy walked home together. "I decide that from now on I'm going to be a superhero like Sophie," Annabelle told her friends. "You mean heroine," Kristy said. "You're a girl, Annabelle." The next day Kristy and Samantha picked Annabelle up on their way to school. Annabelle had a red towel taped to her blue shirt. "I am Super Annabelle," Annabelle said. "I'll save someone on the way to school." Charlotte, another second-grader, walked past the girls. Her sweater was tied around her waist. She ran a little faster, and her sweater was nearly on the ground. Annabelle wondered what she would do. Giving her a dirty look, Charlotte ran away. Annabelle walked into her father's study when she got home. She had a homework question for him. A note on her father's desk said he was lending some books to Charlotte's father. She noticed a magazine on his desk that said Go Green. "Homework can wait," Annabelle thought. "Maybe Charlotte goes green!" In the woods, Annabelle saw a man cutting down a tree. Trees were good for the environment. She prevented him from cutting down the tree, and then she fell on the hard ground. Annabelle walked farther in the woods, where she found Charlotte picking up litter. Annabelle said, "You are the second-grade's hero, Charlotte." Charlotte stared at Annabelle. "I'm picking up litter to make the earth a better place," she said. "I don't care about being famous." Annabelle felt slightly ashamed of herself. 1. Who were Annabelle's best friends?
2. Did they have a teacher?
3. what was her name
4. What book did she read
5. What did Annabelle decide?
6. Who did Kristy and Samantha pick up
7. What did she have on her shirt?
8. What color was the shirt?
9. Who is Charlotte?
10. Where was her sweater?
11. Did she run away?
12. What kind of question did Annabelle have for her dad?
13. What was on her father's desk?
14. What else?
15. What did it say?
16. Where was Annabelle when she saw a man?
17. What was he doing?
18. Did she let him do that?
19. Who else did she find in the woods?
20. What was she doing?
21. Does she care about being famous? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. Samantha and Kristy
2. Yes.
3. Mrs. Lemming
4. Super Sophie Saves the Day
5. going to be a superhero
6. Annabelle
7. red towel
8. blue
9. another second-grader
10. nearly on the ground
11. Yes.
12. homework question
13. note
14. magazine
15. Go Green
16. In the woods
17. cutting down a tree
18. No
19. Charlotte
20. picking up litter
21. No